From the course: Drawing Foundations: Fundamentals
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Scale and using a unit of measurement
From the course: Drawing Foundations: Fundamentals
Scale and using a unit of measurement
So now we are going to look at a subject that has many a beginner running for the hill. We're going to look at perspective, and don't be too scared about perspective because it can seem really overwhelming and really have memories of lots of lines all converging together, and lots of a technical aspects that you might have done at school. But for this stage we're going to look at it a step at a time. And start to understand why artist used to hold down their pencil and what they're actually doing when they're moving the pencil around. We're going to learn about a unit measurement. And how you can just deconstruct angles, and shapes that are in front of you. To really simplify them for your drawings. So, let's have a look at a scene and see how the perspective works within it and how you can translate that into your drawings. So, how to make that view that's so big scale down to fit onto a drawing pad or a sketch book so it actually feels right? Feels like the things in the distance go…
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