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PERSPECTIVE PREPARED BY:

GABRIELLE CRUZ
MICHAELA PELICANO
DRAWING TRINITY PAHAYAHAY
Perspective drawing

is a technique to create the linear illusion

of depth. As objects get further away
from the viewer they appear to
decrease in size at a constant rate. The
box in the sketch below appears solid
and three dimensional due to the use of
perspective.
WHAT IS ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE?
As the name suggests, one point perspective is an
illustration technique that employs only one point of
reference to generate a seemingly three-dimensional
picture on a two-dimensional surface.

One point perspective drawing incorporates a single

point where all lines converge. This is called the
vanishing point. It is located on the horizon line, which is
also known as the eye level. Objects recede as the
artist draws closer to the vanishing point, indicating
that they are further away. This straightforward
style emphasizes drawing to scale, presenting objects
without distortion in a realistic manner.
 WHAT IS ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE?
One-point perspective is used for drawing objects
that are in front of the observer, and in reality their
width lines are parallel to the horizon (and to each
other), and their height lines are perpendicular to the
horizon (and parallel to each other).

One point perspective is a drawing method that

shows how things appear to get smaller as they get
further away, converging towards a single 'vanishing
point' on the horizon line. It is a way of drawing objects
upon a flat piece of paper (or other drawing surface)
so that they look three-dimensional and realistic
WHAT IS ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE?

One point perspective is a mathematical

system for representing three-dimensional
objects and space on a two-dimensional
surface by means of intersecting lines that
are drawn vertically and horizontally and
that radiate from one point on a horizon
line
THE HISTORY OF PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

It was 15th Century Italian architect

and engineer Filippo Brunelleschi who
rediscovered the laws of perspective.
He demonstrated a mathematical
approach that proved how forms
and space shrink in size according to
their location and distance from the
eye. In 1435 Leon Battista Alberti discovered the first theory of linear
perspective and published his treatise Della Pictura (On Painting) in which
he too relied on mathematics as the common ground of art and science.
Alberti’s discovery had an enormous impact on European artists and is
still used by artists, designers and architects today.
 TERMINOLOGIES

Horizon line Vanishing point

Orthogonals Visual rays

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HORIZON LINE
In a drawing or painting, the
horizon line is the point where the
earth meets the sky. It is always at
eye-level—no more and no less.

In general:
When the horizon line is at the center of a painting, it
translates as eye level when looking forward.
A low horizon line looks as if the viewer is looking above the
horizon line, looking up.
High horizon line translates as looking at an angle below
the horizon line, looking down.
 VANISHING POINT
It is the point in fictive space
which is supposed to appear the
furthest from the viewer - the
position at which all receding
parallel lines meet.

The vanishing point is the

meeting point for depth lines.
The closer objects are to the
vanishing point, the more they
are foreshortened.
ORTHOGONALS
Orthogonal lines are imaginary lines
which are parallel to the ground
plane and the line of sight of the
viewer. The are usually formed by
the straight edges of objects.
Orthogonal move back from the
picture plane. Orthogonal lines
always appear to intersect at a
vanishing point on the horizon line, or
eye level.
VISUAL RAYS

The visual ray method permits

us to fold the viewpoint into the
image plane — except that we
fold it to one side so that it
coincides with a horizontal diagonal vanishing point. In this
orientation the slope of a visual ray above or below the
direction of view is equal to its angle above or below the
horizon line.