Tokyo rooftops study Sangenjaya

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And a little more perspective sketching at Chico State

• When you break it down into easy steps, it is easier to learn and apply.

• Once you know the basic guides and rules, it can be applied to almost anything you draw

• Perspective drawing touches upon many Elements of Design: Line, Space, Value, Shape, Scale and Proportion and Form. 

• It offers an opportunity for some advanced students to challenge themselves by learning two-point perspective, three-point perspective, and multiple points.

• It uses mathematical concepts like parallel lines, shapes, forms, measuring, and use of tools.

• It can become your essential technique for exploring design solutions ideas, especially when you develop the freehand applications.

Sketching perspectives in class at Chico State

 

Sketch view of Oakland from above

...progress on the sketch view of the City of Oakland...

Perspective sketching for Interiors class at U.C. Berkeley Extension, and a bit on Masaccio and Brunelleschi...

 

A progress stage photo from the Sketching for Interiors class at U.C. Berkeley Extension,  this time a focus on the rectangular volume, sitting and standing...and thinking a bit about Masaccio and Brunelleschi...

 

 

 

and a short bit on the art of perspective from: 

http://www.op-art.co.uk/history/perspective/

First Perspective – Fillipo Brunelleschi & Masaccio

 

Masaccio – The Tribute Money c.1426-27 Fresco, The Brancacci Chapel, Florence

 

 

 

The first known picture to make use of linear perspective was created by the Florentine architect Fillipo Brunelleshi (1377-1446). Painted in 1415, it depicted the Baptistery in Florence from the front gate of the unfinished cathedral. The linear perspective system projected the illusion of depth onto a two dimensional plane by use of ‘vanishing points’ to which all lines converged, at eye level, on the horizon. Soon after Brunelleshi’s painting, the concept caught on and many Italian artists started to use linear perspective in their paintings.

 

Masaccio (1401 – 1428) the first great painter of the early Renaissance period, was the first artist who demonstrated full command of the new rules of perspective; the figures in his paintings have volume and the buildings and landscapes realistically recede into the distance. Masaccio is seen now as being the initiator of the new style of Florentine Realism.

Sketching for Interiors class

View of the blackboard lessons on perspective sketching...

First class in the series for Sketching Interiors

Speculative drawing of Oakland interventions and additions, progress stage

An aerial view framework of the city of Oakland, with speculative urban interventions and designs.

aerial view of urban scenes...

a sketchy sketch painting of an aerial view of an urban scene on a test trial of inspirepro app on the ipad...