TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE

By Paula Sadler

What are we learning? Vocabulary

Horizon line Vanishing point Vertical, horizontal, and orthogonal lines Surrealism

How to start creating a drawing with two point perspective

Final project – Surreal Cityscape

Vocabulary Horizon line: where the sky meets

the ground, a horizontal line Vanishing point: the place where all

lines meet or “vanish,” it is located on the horizon line

Horizontal line: a line that goes left to right, it is parallel to the horizon line

More Vocabulary Vertical line: a line that goes up and

down, it is perpendicular to the horizon line

Orthogonal line: lines that create the sides of an object in one point perspective, these lines are drawn to the vanishing point

Surrealism: something that is real, but wouldn’t occur in reality

Let’s get started Draw a horizon line across your paper Put two vanishing points on the horizon line, one on both sides of your paper

Now draw a vertical line through the middle of your paper

Connect the top and bottom of the vertical line to both of the vanishing points. We are

creating the orthogonal lines.

Now end the form with two vertical lines on each side.

Erase the extra orthogonal lines at the top and the horizon line inside of the form.

DO YOU SEE YOUR FIRST BUILDING?

Let’s try another one!Start with a vertical line on the left side of the

building.

Connect the top and bottom to each vanishing point.

End the building with a vertical line.

Erase the extra orthogonal lines and horizon line inside of the building.

Let’s do another one!

Now for doors and windows!Start with a vertical line and connect it to the

vanishing point.

If your window or door is on the left side of your building, connect the vertical lines to the

left vanishing point. The same goes for the right side.

End the windows and doors with another vertical line.

Erase the extra orthogonal lines.

How about a sidewalk with a curb?

Surrealism Something that is real, but wouldn’t occur

in realityEXAMPLES: a rabbit hole in the sidewalk a building made of cheese a penguin living in a palm tree

Famous Surreal Artists Salvador Dali “The Persistence of

Memory”

Famous Surreal Artists

Rafal Olbinski “Predictability of Distinctive

Manners”

Requirements One small, one medium, and one large

building At least one window and one door for each

building At least three surreal objects

One in the foreground (THE FRONT) One in the middle ground (THE MIDDLE) One in the background (THE BACK)