James Madison University, Spring 2006
Kelly Severns Curtis
Drawing 1, ART 160
Studio Center, Room 229

2 pt. Perspective

Wherever we look, we see three-dimensional shapes. Buildings, furniture, plants, even people themselves: all are solid objects. Whenever we look at the world around us, we see it in three dimensions: length, width and height. Drawings that are created to represent the idea of these three dimensions are often called "3-D drawings."
Materials
Pen
Sharpie
Pencil
Drawing Paper
Ruler		 Vocabulary
Vocabulary
• linear perspective
• one-point perspective
• two-point perspective
• horizon line
• vanishing point
• orthogonal lines
• horizontal, vertical, diagonal lines 		 

Many artists are very interested in making two-dimensional artworks look three-dimensional. During the Renaissance, artists used mathematics and close observation to invent "linear perspective"-a technique that helps artists make things look three dimensional. Example

Assignment
1. Start by using pencil.
2. Drawing a window, a door or some type of opening that leads you to another space.
3. Look at the size, depth, layers, objects around your portal.
4. Then ask yourself what is going to happen outside of that window. What is outside of your window? Are you outside or inside? City or country?
5. Do not draw people. Just landscape.
6. Include Value, Hatching, Crosshatching or Stippling (pick one)
7. Include four line patterns.
8. Think about Composition: placement, focal point and rhythm and movement.
9. Two Point Perspective.

Evaluation
1. Technique/ Materials: the demonstration and skill of techniques introduced for an assignment.
2. Design: formal elements and principles.
3. The Use of Line: variety of designs, line weight, direction, and experimentation
4. Creativity: the inventiveness in solving the problem/s of the project.
5. Experimentation overcoming challenges.



Due Date: Thursday February 2nd