3rd Grade
One Point Perspective Drawing
This is so exciting! We are going to learn how to draw in 3D.... it's called, drawing in one point perspective. It's called that because there is ONE VANISHING POINT on the horizon line. In the picture, it's pink. You can see the horizon line, and the road points toward that vanishing point. At that point, the road vanishes and you can't see it any more. If you can understand that concept, and understand how everything in your picture points toward that point, you can make 3D drawing happen!
Do you see how the road almost looks like a triangle? That's because things that are close to us are bigger and things that go away from us get smaller as they "go back" in space. This is what causes your drawing to look 3D. Remember, when you are creating a piece of art, you have to create it the way another person SEES your work, not what their BRAIN THINKS it should look like. For instance, my BRAIN says to me, that road is straight... I should draw a straight line. But, my EYE see has to see it with the perspective of things are bigger in the front, and smaller in the back. So, I need to make my art the way an EYE sees it, not what my BRAIN thinks it sees. It's hard to understand....
Here are some photos for your EYES to look at to try to understand what you are actually seeing....
Even the dog's leash is "wider" when it's close to us, as viewers, and gets thinner as it "goes away" from us in the photograph.Remote Learners: This video might help you too!
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Can you pick out the horizon line? Vanishing point? Can you see how the road is "bigger" close to you, and get smaller as it "goes away?" |
Assignment: Draw a one point perspective drawing, using the worksheet below. Practice exactly what the worksheet steps you through first. Then, create your own 3D drawing (one point perspective) of whatever you would like to do. It could even be a better version of your practice, that's okay!
Student Work:
Some students end up getting a sky that looks like this photograph of a "broken rainbow" it's so neat!