Perspective Drawings
Perspective in art is how you view your surrounding and making the “illusion” 3-D on a flat surface. It is a fun way to get a drawing to look 3-D is with the help of one and two perspective. In the 15 century AD, early Renaissance period, a sculptor, architect and engineer named Flippo Di Ser Brunellesci (Brun-ell-es-kee) is given the credit for the invention of linear perspective drawing. His observation concluded that objects in the back appear small and the object in front of the viewer appears larger. For more, click to:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.geometry/unit11/unit11.html#brunelleschi
Overview:
Students started out with drawing a horizon line (the line that separated the sky form the ground) and 2 vanishing points. By drawing a long rectangle on the left hand side of the paper, students were instructed to make a line from the right hand corner of the building. With a ruler, students align the edges of the building to the vanishing point (a point that goes to infinity). Next step, decide how thick the building will be by sectioning off the sides. The process is repeated 4-5 times depending on how many buildings are constructed. When completed, students made imaginative additions and employed multi media color to enhance drawing.
http://www.artyfactory.com/perspective_drawing/perspective_index.htm
Origami 3-D Buildings
A transition from the perspective drawings is creating a 3-D origami (art of paper folding developed in Japan) pop up building. Student’s study the “valley” fold in which the fold goes inward. The “mountain” fold is when the fold is going towards you, like a mountain ridge. To start, fold paper 2” from left, draw a 1.5” line. Do the same on the right side. Take scissors and cut along both lines. Then fold the cut area and crease with fingers. Open the paper to the “valley” fold. With one hand behind paper, push behind the paper. Use the other hand to “pop” out the valley fold into a “mountain” fold. Crease the fold. Repeat until you have a 4 (or more) tier buildings. You can also ask any 8th grade Exploratory student to demonstrate this process.
Interior 1 and 2 point perspective drawing
The final perspective lesson is drawing the interior (inside) of a room. As in the city buildings, the use of horizon line and several vanishing points help create the illusion of the inside of a room. Once this process was mastered, students then use their design sense, imagination and added more furniture, electronic equipment, rugs, etc.
http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/roomper1.htm
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