A Drawing of Lake Johnson in Raleigh North Carolina

This is a drawing of Lake Johnson from the Dam. The forest was very dark in silhouette. I found creating the vanishing point and the composition of the drawing to be difficult, as was trying to create contrast between the dark shades of the water and the forest.



Some rays of sun fell across the drawing as I photographed it, I like the effect.

Tall buildings - 3 vanishing points

Today the exercise was to draw 2 tall buildings. The one on the left represents looking down on the building, while the one on the right, represents looking up at it.

Two of the vanishing points consist of the side of the buildings, and the other vanishing points consists of the top or the bottom. Looking down on the building the top looks larger then vanishes, while looking up, the base looks much larger.

I think I did a better job on the left building and the one on the right turned out to be too wide. Will have to note that for next time.

Buildings and vanishing points

Today's exercise centers around how a buildings shape is defined by vanishing points. That is to say, how small should the back of the building should appear to the front is defined by where our eye follows the building fading to the vanishing point.

A Building and Billboard with a Vanishing Point

The point of this exercise was to practice drawing objects as you would see them down a street. To get a good perspective 4 diagonal lines are drawn to a single point which serves as a vanishing point. The building and billboard are then drawn within them to show how they shrink and fade away with proper perspective to the one single vanishing point.

Two Vanishing Points

When drawing vanishing points you have to decide where to put the horizon. A high horizon suggests that you are viewing the landscape from a height and looking down, while a lower one suggests that you are standing on the plane, and looking up.

In this case we are looking up for the horizon on the left, and looking down for the horizon on the right.