Perspective

[argos]

Grrr. Y'know, I do understand the principles of perspective. I always get tangled up in it though, when objects are near enough to the viewer that the vanishing point is somewhere way far off the edge of the paper. Drawing a scene with fences, multiple buildings, and trees at various distances did that to me this afternoon. I thought I'd worked it out, but after leaving it alone for an hour and coming back to look at it, I can see it isn't right. Fortunately it's all in 4H pencil right now and can easily be erased and corrected. I swear though, I should anchor the paper to a big table, put a pin in the vanishing point wherever it really goes, and use a yardstick to get the proper converging angle on all the straight lines.

In this case, the reference was a photograph, and of course the same perspective is visible there. It's not just an idea dreamed up by artists. A camera sees things the same way. So, back to the drawing table with me. ;p

Comments

[farthing]

Perspective is tricky, especially if the vanishing points fall off the table. And those dangling vanishing points make the picture a bit skewy. :-)

[argos]

I think I got it all fixed up well enough in the end. It was complicated by the fact that I changed the angle of view from what was in the original photo. I ended up putting it aside for a couple of days, and when I came back with a ruler in one paw and the gum eraser in the other, I could see what was needed. If not, the riot of color in the final painting may distract the viewer from the errors. (See today's post for the painting and the reference photo.)