Op Art: Perspective Drawing

Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Italy; Perugino;

1481-1483; Northern Renaissance; Fresco

School of Athens, Raphael, 1509-1510, Vatican City

1-Point Perspective

• Usually looking into a room or down a corridor head on, so there is only one vanishing point– What’s a vanishing

point?• Where parallel

lines in a drawing converge

2-Point Perspective

• There are 2 vanishing points on the horizon line– What’s a horizon line?

• The eye level of the viewer, or where the sky meets the ground

3-Point Perspective

• Usually used for buildings, because a third vanishing point is added to show how the buildings recede vertically as well as horizontally

Assignment Option 1

• 1 Point Perspective Painting• Select either an indoor or outdoor scene to

create in 1 point perspective• Something should be happening on all 5 planes• Something on each plane should be in

perspective (i.e. windows, posters, patterns)• Something should be in more than one plane and

be in perspective (i.e. a table, piece of furniture, something geometric!)

Assignment 1 Example

Assignment 1 Example

Assignment 1 Example

Assignment 1 Example

My Example of Assignment 1

Assignment Option 2

• 2 Point Perspective Drawing • Incorporate at least 4 structures• Use a variety of textures or patterns to

distinguish each structure from the others• Include a background

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

How to Start Assignment 2 (See Handout!!!)

How to Start Assignment 2 (See Handout!!!)