Exercise 7.4 Draw a Real Area – Two Point
For this exercise, you need to find a real life indoor area that represents aspects of two 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 like 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 two 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 two point perspective drawing, make sure the back corner is the correct height and placed correctly within the drawing area. Remember, if the corner is too big, then the walls, ceiling, and floor will be too small. If the corner 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 corner of the room is the correct size, add the horizon line. Add the angled lines off the top and bottom of the corner line to create the basic shape of the room. Remember, the two vanishing points may be far out of the picture plane, so you will be relying on your angle finding techniques.
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 one of the two vanishing points.
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.
Once all the 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.
