Since it is impossible to flatten objects onto the surface of the paper, artists had to create a system that could simplify spatial relationships and find ways to make it look right. In the early 15th century in Florence Italy, an architect, Leon Battista Alberti and the sculptor Filippo Brunelleschi, simultaneously demonstrated that space could be described mathematically to recreate the feeling of depth on a flat surface (2 dimensional picture plane).
The system quickly became a success because, when put into practice, it produced a result that looked like what the eye was seeing. It mimicked the way that the eye sees space and objects in daily life.
Although perspective is an extraordinary tool, it is not an exact science, often geometric measurements do not always coincide with the real model.
After viewing the power point on Perspective as a Tool for Drawing, copy the following one point perspective illustrations from the image gallery into your sketchbook.
The system quickly became a success because, when put into practice, it produced a result that looked like what the eye was seeing. It mimicked the way that the eye sees space and objects in daily life.
Although perspective is an extraordinary tool, it is not an exact science, often geometric measurements do not always coincide with the real model.
After viewing the power point on Perspective as a Tool for Drawing, copy the following one point perspective illustrations from the image gallery into your sketchbook.