Perspective Drawings

The first step of this three part perspective drawing started with drawing shapes in perspective. With a regular piece of paper and pencil we drew a horizon line and one vanishing point. We proceeded on to drawing ten shapes in perspective. After that we started on the formative assessment. We began the process by drawing the back wall and the vanishing point. Then, we added the first four orthogonals to form the ceiling, floor, and two side walls. We had a list of criteria that had to be added, to I started off by drawing in ceiling beams and floor tiles. I wanted to have large windows to make the room feel bigger. I then added the furniture which consisted of a couch, two chairs, a lamp, and a coffee table. All of the angles were connected to the vanishing point so everything was in perspective. Once I had finished everything in the main room, I added a hallway to include the open door. I outlined everything in my black micron pen, and went back with watercolor to add texture and make the room more comfortable. For the summative assessment, we started off by looking for a hallway we wanted to draw, and printed it out. Then, following the same process as the formative, we found the back wall in the picture, drew the vanishing point. I ended up switching my perspective from one hallway to another, simply because I really didn't like the perspective. This set me back quite a bit so I was stressing to finish with all my other homework and basketball. Once I had drawn the basic walls, ceiling, and floor, I added the detailing of the doors, windows and ceiling tiles. To make my drawing my own, I added a couple of goats throughout the hallway. I left the perspective drawing in black and white, and added colored pencil to the goats. I decided against using watercolors, simply because I have done a lot of ink and watercolor drawings.

In my three perspective drawings I included the following elements of art: shape, color, value, form, texture and space. The first perspective drawing consisted only of shapes, and I added some value to a couple of shapes. My formative includes color and texture in various furniture such as the couch. In my summative assessment I used the following elements of art: line, contrast, and emphasis. All of these elements formed the following principles of design: balance, contrast, emphasis, and unity. I showed balance in my formative by not adding color and value to everything. This also added contrast and emphasis as it made the furniture and small details pop, rather than having the walls be super intricate. All of the colors I used were somewhat muted which created unity. I showed contrast and emphasis by drawing the goats in color, and leaving the rest in black and white. This was effective as it made the main subject of my drawing pop.

In my forative there isn't a direct story, I simply tried to make it architecturally appealing. I really thought about a kind of room I would want to have, and added some interesting furniture such as the famous Wassily armchairs from the Bauhaus movement. I am very proud of how everything fit together, both with color and style. I am very proud of the armchairs, and also how well the windows turned out. They are exactly what I pictured, and I am happy that I added the trees outside, as it gives it a more realistic feel. I also wanted to create that sensation of being outside inside, an element I like in architecture in general, and I think that worked super well by adding the bushes and big windows. I struggled mostly with the sizing of my furniture, and it was hard to find an accurate size that was to scale. I overcame this problem by drawing the door frame first, so I could imagine how big a person would be in comparison. In my summative, there isn't much of an evident story, yet I imagined what it would be like if the school was full of goats. Also, I chose goats because they are pretty funny and interesting animals, and everywhere I seem to go there is a goat. I struggled a lot with drawing the open door way halfway up the hallway. I started off by drawing that wall even though I should have started with the back wall. I messed up quite a bit, so I had to start over several times. I overcame this struggle by sketching the hallway out on a small piece of paper to wrap my head around the different angles. Overall, I really like the way all of my perspective drawings came out, especially because I was able to add my own personal style and touch to each piece.