Welcome to my first post, I have just completed my first term and wanted to share my final project. I needed to do a drawing of an actual structure done in one point perspective.
The first thing I did was grabbed my digital camera and took a photo of my subject. It was important that when I took the photo that I took it Perpendicular to the face of the house, this is to ensure it can be best drawn as a one point perspective drawing. I printed the photo and using a straight edge I drew lines running through the paper where the lines disappearing into the z dimension were. Most of the lines crossed within a centimeter of each other. I took the visual average of these intersections to utilize as my vanishing point.
Using a compass I scaled the position onto a blank sheet of drawing paper using a hard graphite pencil. I then created a horizontal line through this point as a vanishing point, please remember to use a hard graphite pencil and draw light at this stage so it is easier to erase without tearing your paper. Not having a T square friendly table I had to geometrically construct a perpendicular line running vertical through the vanishing point. Now that I have two axis I start to measure and scale key shapes from the photo to my drawing paper. The results gave me the basics of the mansion, as seen below.
The first thing I did was grabbed my digital camera and took a photo of my subject. It was important that when I took the photo that I took it Perpendicular to the face of the house, this is to ensure it can be best drawn as a one point perspective drawing. I printed the photo and using a straight edge I drew lines running through the paper where the lines disappearing into the z dimension were. Most of the lines crossed within a centimeter of each other. I took the visual average of these intersections to utilize as my vanishing point.
Using a compass I scaled the position onto a blank sheet of drawing paper using a hard graphite pencil. I then created a horizontal line through this point as a vanishing point, please remember to use a hard graphite pencil and draw light at this stage so it is easier to erase without tearing your paper. Not having a T square friendly table I had to geometrically construct a perpendicular line running vertical through the vanishing point. Now that I have two axis I start to measure and scale key shapes from the photo to my drawing paper. The results gave me the basics of the mansion, as seen below.
After having the general shape plotted out I went through the drawing and erased the guide lines. I then switched to a nice soft pencil (6B) and started to add shading and moderate details, always referencing the image.
Having completed the general details I noticed that it just was not complete, I needed more detail. A good friend of mine Kevin Gosselin (A fellow blogger and master sculptor) mentioned that the pure white background detracts from the depth of the image. To bring it forward I added a shaded sky with a cloud and a tree next to the building. This helped the mansion pop forward from the page. I also went through with a blending marker and my finger to adjust the values across the page. I also added more detail.
There was a lot more detail I could have added, however I was under a strict deadline.
Thank You for reading, and stay away from radiated carrots. Till next time.
very well done, can't wait to see more
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