You have now practiced drawing objects working for accurate proportion. You have also worked for depth as shown by perspective lines slanting toward the eye level. Your work this week will be a study of a group of furniture objects in a room interior, working for both accurate proportions and depth by perspective.
Look for a good room corner as a subject for a drawing study. Use pencil
and drawing paper for your practice drawings. Stand (or sit) where you can see
a corner with two walls and a small grouping of items such a chair, table, lamp,
bookcase, window.
Begin by extending a imaginary line from your eyes straight across to the corner opposite you to determine the eye level. Draw a very faint pencil line horizontally straight across your paper at this level. Remember that lines of furniture above this level will appear to slant downward and that lines of furniture below this level will appear to slant upward.
Rule a rectangular margin line on your paper to establish your drawing area. You may use either a vertical or a horizontal perspective depending on which shape best fits the area you are drawing.
Plan very lightly in pencil the large divisions of the picture such as the vertical line where the room corners meet and the direction of the floor corners.
Then plan and lightly draw the grouping of furniture as accurately as you can. Do not use any ruler lines or ruler measurements. Draw free hand, exercising your ability to see and to compare sizes and relationships of one object with another without use of a ruler.
Make use of a pencil held up vertically or horizontally in front of the group to check on your line directions and on proportions of sizes as you did for the chair drawing in Lesson Seven. This is a good way to test your perspective ability. Sometimes you may feel that a line should slant in one direction; but when compared with the vertical pencil, you find that it actually slants in the opposite direction. Make use of this help until visualizing line directions becomes easier for you. Eventually visualizing line direction will become second nature to you, and it will no longer be necessary to use any help for seeing perspective.
Make trial drawings. Try not to press down too hard with your pencil in case you need to erase. If necessary make new comparisons rather than erasing and reworking. Practice visualizing each line you make as being related to every other line that you have already made.
Once you have completed your project, scan or photograph it and submit it to your teacher.
Review the rubric below to see how you will be graded on your assignment for this lesson.
| Superior 5 points |
Average 3 points |
Poor 1 point |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Your project shows considerable planning and forethought. Your final project shows considerable attention to using perspective effectively. | Your project shows planning and forethought. Your final project shows an attention to using perspective effectively. | Your project shows little planning and forethought. Your final project was put together sloppily. |
| Perspective | The freehand perspective drawing shows an excellent understanding of perspective and eye level. None of the items drawn seem unnatural or out of place. | The freehand perspective drawing shows an understanding of perspective and eye level. Some of the items appear out of place. | The freehand perspective drawing is confusing and jumbled. There is lack of unity in the perspective of the drawing. |
| Creativity | The project shows a unique technique or style. The use of perspective reflects an exceptional degree of creativity. | The project shows an interesting technique or style. The use of perspective reflects creativity. | The project shows basic techniques. The use of perspective does not show creativity. |
| Composition | The items in the project are placed in a way that makes the project very eye catching. | The items in the project are placed in a way that makes the project eye catching. | Items in the project do not appeal the viewer to draw in their attention . It appears little thought was given to the layout in the sketches. |
