Exercise 7.3 Draw a Real Area – One Point

For this exercise, you will need to find a real life indoor area that represents aspects of one point perspective. The area you find will need to be elaborate enough to take a minimum of 60 minutes to complete. The smaller the area, the less items there may be in it. Try to find the biggest and most interesting area you can. Make sure the area has other aspects, such as windows, doors, furniture, etc.. The more items in the area, the better. A plain room may not take the full hour to draw.

Materials needed:

• Pencils – 4H, HB, and 4B
• Stump
• Erasers – white and gray

Time to complete: 60 minutes

Instructions:

In one of the four sections of a page in your large drawing pad, draw a one point perspective drawing.

In most cases, the drawing area should be in a horizontal format with the drawing wider than it is tall. The only time it will not be in this format is if there are many features in the middle of the floor or ceiling.

When starting your one point perspective drawing, make sure the back wall or opening is the correct size within the drawing area. Remember, if this area is too big, then the walls, ceiling, and floor will be too small. If the back area is too small, then you may run out of things to put in the room or the drawing will be too small for the drawing area.

Once the back wall or opening is the correct size, add the vanishing point and all the other main features that create the room.

Once the basic room shape and angles look correct, go in and slowly, lightly add other objects in the room. Remember, all lines will either be horizontal, vertical, or go to the vanishing point.

Block in the main objects in easy to understand shapes first if needed. This will help make sure all the main objects are in correct proportion to each other.

If an object in the room is not lined up (turned slightly in relation to the room) with a wall, then it will be using two points and will converge on the same horizon line. These points may be off the page, so you may need to use your angle finding techniques.

Once all main objects are in and a line drawing is fully developed, you can go in and darken the lines, if needed.

Add shading to your drawing to help give the area the appearance of depth.