Jan' 8th

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Jan. 8th Hi Art Basic Students, we are beginning
a 1 pt. perspective assignment - Railroad
Tracks. Each drawing is done in pencil, the final
drawing should be on the good drawing paper 9 x
12. Each drawing should have a railroad track,
at least 10 railroad ties (although some may be
just lines in the distance), at least 4 telephone
poles, at least 3 trees (yes saguaros will
count), a fence (pole, wood, barbed wire, etc.)
and interesting little additions (cow, train,
helicopter.). The horizon line should be a
landscape, not just a straight line. If you use
a dot as a vanishing point please erase before
submitting piece. Call me w/questions Ms.
Flynn 928-814-8441
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Place a horizon line above the center of the
page, but not above a 1/3 of the way down.
Horizon line
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Place a vanishing point in the middle of the
horizon line.
Vanishing Point
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Add Train Tracks Remember that they will have a
thickness, and should be on top of the railroad
ties.
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Place first railroad tie - side edges will go
back toward vanishing point
Dotted lines are guide lines
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Decide where 2nd railroad tie will go - remember
it will be thinner - side edges will go back
toward vanishing point - front edges will be
perpendicular (a rectangle)
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Add a center guide line
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Now draw a guide line from the front edge of the
first tie crossing the center line at the edge of
the second tie. Where this guideline hits the
left guideline is where the next railroad tie
will be placed.
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Now draw a guide line from the front edge of the
second tie crossing the center line at the edge
of the third tie. Where this guideline hits the
left guideline is where the next railroad tie
will be placed.
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Continue guidelines for placement of railroad ties
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Continue guidelines for placement of railroad ties
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Continue guidelines for placement of railroad ties
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Continue guidelines for placement of railroad ties
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Add guide lines For the telephone poles
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If you are standing next to a telephone pole is
it above your line of sight?
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It is Now add a second smaller telephone pole
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Now find the center of poles by crossing lines
from the top of each pole to bottom of other, and
drawing a line from v.p. to edge
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Run a diagonal from the top of first pole through
where 2nd pole touches mid line - that is where
bottom of 3rd pole goes.
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Run a diagonal from the top of first pole through
where 2nd pole touches mid line - that is where
bottom of 3rd pole goes.
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Run a diagonal from the top of 2nd pole through
where 3rd pole touches mid line - that is where
bottom of 3rd pole goes. ETC
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A guideline up from the v.p. over poles will show
you where to put crossbars.
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Put in guidelines for your fence posts Try
eyeballing placement of posts
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Then add in trees, interesting details, anything
to make it creative and yours. HAVE FUN!
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Check out this website for more on one point
perspective http//www.olejarz.com/arted/perspecti
ve/index.html
But what is wrong with this picture????
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But what is wrong with this picture???? The
telephone poles would not have pointy tops.
The tops would be horizontal, or slightly curved.

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Remember we have studied Space before
Space can be thought of as the distance or area
around, between, above, below or within places.
Space is the illusion of objects having depth on
the 2-dimensional surface. In art, space can be
described as either two dimensional or three
dimensional. To create space artists use
a.        linear perspective is a mathematical
system for creating the illusion of space and
distance on a flat surface. This is 1 pt.
Perspective b.        aerial or atmospheric
perspective (distant objects and spaces with less
detail and intensity than closer objects), I
attempted this harder to do on computer c.       
placement of objects (distant shapes are higher
and closer shapes are lower in the picture
plane) d.        overlapping are all techniques
to create the illusion of space in a 2-d
piece. Positive space is where shapes and forms
exist negative space is the empty space around
shapes and forms.