Proportion and prospective tools

The distance of the object from the station point The station point is the position of the viewer in relationship to the picture plane and everything within it. There is a limit to the distance human beings are able to see.

The angle of the object to the picture plane Every object in a picture plane can be rotated in any direction. Eyeballing to estimate angles To find the angles of an object in one-point perspective Find a vertical edge on the object nearest your center of vision Find the first angle of the receding plane off the vertical edge. Find the second angle of the receding plane off the vertical edge. The point at which these receding lines intersect is the vanishing point. It will be on eye level.

Draw the eye level as a horizontal line parallel to the ground plane or baseline of your drawing. To find the angles of an object in two-point perspective: Find a vertical edge on the object nearest your center of vision Find the first angle of one receding plane off the vertical edge. Find the second angle of the same receding plane off the vertical edge. The point at which these lines intersect is the first vanishing point at eye level Draw the eye level as a horizontal line parallel to the ground plane Find the first angle of the second receding plane off the vertical edge.

Find the second angle of the second receding plane off the vertical edge. The point at which these lines intersect is the second vanishing point at eye level.

When vanishing points are located beyond the picture plane boundary: Do steps above. Use a ruler to mark the angles in the margin beyond your drawn picture plane. Use these marks as a reference. As we have seen above, the perspective can be a tool for accurately depicting spatial situations.

But in order for us to be able to do that, we need to get the proportions of a view right. The challenge is to look at the view and then re-scale what we see to fit it on paper.

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