Perspective Drawing Perspective drawing l Perspective drawing is

Perspective Drawing

Perspective drawing l Perspective drawing is the geometry of drawing. Artists use perspective drawing techniques in order to add depth to their drawings and paintings. Perspective simply put is the way artists create three dimensional (3 D) effects onto a two dimensional surface. http: //www. cs. appstate. edu/~sjg/class/1010/wc/geom/perspective/

l Artists have been using perspective techniques for centuries. The Renaissance period is most commonly accredited for the first perspective drawings. It added depth and a sense of reality that had not been seen in art before.

Before Perspective l Cultures before the Renaissance created art without much depth and little to no perspective qualities.

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The Last Supper 1498 Tempera on plaster 460 x 880 cm Leonardo da Vinci

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Vincent van Gogh

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l We will now investigate some properties of perspective drawing and see how they can help us appreciate art and explore the differences between 2 d and 3 d.

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Vanishing Point

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Perspective All Around

Two- Point Perspective

Project Assignment 1. 2. 3. Your Choice Design a video game scene using two point perspective with original settings and characters. Draw a city scene with two point perspective. Draw a home town street using two point perspective.

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Jobs Using Perspective l l l l Museums (memorials) Computer (games) Animation (cartoons) Interior design (feng shui) Landscaping (decks) Movies (set designer) Architect (bridges) Draftsman (machinary)

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Perspective Drawing Illinois State Goals Goal 25: Know the language of the arts. A. B. Understand the sensory elements, organizational principles and expressive qualities of the arts. Understand the similarities, distinctions and connections in and among the arts. National Visual Arts Standards 1. 2. Goal 26: Through creating and performing, understand how works of art are produced. A. B. Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts. Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the arts. Goal 27: Understand the role of the arts in civilizations, past and present. A. B. Analyze how the arts function in history, society and everyday life. Understand how the arts shape and reflect history, society and everyday life. 3. 4. 5. 6. Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related visual arts. Knows how to use structures (e. g. , sensory qualities, organizational principles, expressive features) and functions of art. Knows a range of subject matter, symbols and potential ideas in the visual arts. Understands the visual arts in relation to history and cultures. Understands the characteristics and merits of their own work and the work of others. Makes connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

Why is this lesson great for 7 th Graders? Students become better able to think about abstract things. l Thinking tends to be multidimensional l See things relative rather than absolute l Think about what is possible, instead of limiting their thought to what is real l

Relating Illinois & National Standards to Perspective Drawing

Sources Taflin, Gail. Arts and Activities, March 1999, v 125 n 2. Patterson, Berniece. Arts & Activities, May 2002, v 131 no 4. Brewer, Evelyn J. (1999) Geometry and OP art: Teaching Children Mathematics, v 6 no 4 p 220 -4. White, Gwen. (1969). Perspective: A Guide for Artists, Architects and Designers. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications. Bacci, Mina. (1978). Leonardo. New York: Avenel Books.