One point Perspective

 Last day we had discussed about aerial perspective and converging perspective. Today we are going to discuss about converging perspective and its types. When an object is placed on a plane and in order to draw its image on a paper we need converging lines ,which goes in the direction of horizon and meets at a single or more imaginary vanishing points. There is no particular horizon line, as the line will change according to the position of the artist. According to horizon line and vanishing points converging perspective can be divided into five parts.  ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE, TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE, THREE POINT PERSPECTIVE , FOUR POINT PERSPECTIVE AND FIVE POINT PERSPECTIVE.   

This is a basic conception of one-point perspective in which there are converging lines meeting at one vanishing point on a horizon line.

We are going to discuss about one point perspective. The material which we are using is suitable for art students, as well as any other person who wishes to learn how to draw using single point perspective. This article is related to all the people without any prior practice or experience in single point perspective.

This sketch shows how converging lines meet at a vanishing point from objects at different positions, above and below the horizon line.

A one-point perspective drawing means that the drawing has a single vanishing point, usually (though not necessarily) directly opposite the viewer's eye and usually (though not necessarily) on the horizon line.

To simply this definition we can also say that single point perspective is a drawing to show that how objects appear to be smaller as they get further away, converging at a single “vanishing point” on a horizon line. Drawing in single point perspective also means drawing in a piece of paper so that the drawing will look three dimensional and realistic. 

In this water colour painting I have shown the perfect match of natural perspective and man made perspective. The buildings on both side of the road are creating converging lines which are meeting at a vanishing point. I have used water colour wash technique on cartridge paper.

Drawing in one point perspective is looking at an object like directly “front – on”  the face of a cube or a wall or when looking down directly something long like railway track or a road. I have given some sketches which are helpful to understand single point perspective.

This sketch represents how the person sitting on the chair of a church or standing at the entrance of the church gets visual effect of the vanishing point just at the  center of the holy cross. It seems that converging lines of every object is meeting at that point and also showing the connection between all the objects in the church.  I have used rough hand made paper and ink pen

Rules of perspective: true shapes, vanishing points and horizon lines

Surfaces of the objects appear in “true shape” in single point perspective. They are drawn using primarily horizontal and vertical lines.

This rough sketch is an example of interior perspective in which sofa and center table is so arranged that the converging lines are meeting at one vanishing point. 

There are two points which should be kept in mind while dealing with single point perspective drawing. Surfaces that face the viewer are drawn using their true shape. Surfaces that travel away from the viewer converge towards a single vanishing point.

In this sketch I have shown the gothic architectural sketch with a perfect balance between one point perspective and mirror characteristics of built up.This is an ink pen sketch on a cartidge paper. I have also shown variation in light and shadow through the density of the lines. 


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