Great lesson by Artist Julie Duell that discusses perspective drawing for artists.

Mastering perspective in landscape drawing for realistic and visually appealing artwork. Learn about vanishing points, horizon lines, and types of perspective.

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In this tutorial, you will learn about main types of perspectives and their characteristics, what atmospheric perspective is, and what are planes. Finally, I will step-by-step demonstrate how to use atmospheric perspective in your urban sketches to make them look livelier and more engaging.

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Great lesson by Artist Julie Duell that discusses perspective drawing for artists.

The first video shows the easiest quick method for drawing a room in one point perspective using only a ruler and a square piece of paper: The trick to accurately drawing a room in one point perspective is making sure that the back wall is in correct proportion to the size of the paper. If you try to draw a room and just draw a floor and walls without taking proportion into account you will find that the ceiling does not match up at all. Here is what will happen: Follow the directions in the video 'Draw a room in one point perspective' to create a realistic room with furniture. Use the worksheets below as a guide. From the now defunct website 'Dawn's Brain' I downloaded the worksheets above from here From Perspective Drawing by Ernest Norling Here is a worksheet I created for my students to show them how to add people to their rooms: Once you have demonstrated that you are able to accurately draw a realistic room in one point perspective,try designing your own surrealistic room. Before you begin, take a look at the famous pieces of art below to get an idea of how other artists have used one point perspective throughout history to create alternate realities: The Renaissance The first one point perspective paintings were created during the Renaissance. Art in those days often had a religious or moral theme: The Holy Trinity by Masaccio Death and the Miser by Hieronymus Bosch The Supernatural Next, let's look at the work of the painter Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) . Fuseli liked to paint supernatural or mythical creatures. The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli The woman in the painting is having a bad dream . The demon or incubus has ridden into her bedroom on his horse (the 'night mare') to haunt her sleep. Children's Book Illustrations Next let's look at children's book illustrations to see how these artists draw the viewer into fantastic stories of make believe. Alice Climbing Through The Looking Glass by Mervyn Peake James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Illustration by Nancy Ekholm Burkert 'That very night in Max's room a forest grew" From Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Surrealist Art Movement The Surrealist art movement began in the 1920's and remains popular to this day. Salvador Dali often called his paintings 'Illustrations of dreams'. Unlike the religious and moral art of the Renaissance, the supernatural paintings of Henry Fuseli and the children's book illustrations above, surrealistic pictures do not tell a single,narrative story. Instead, surrealistic pictures are often mysterious, confusing and open to interpretation, just like dreams. By using one point perspective and creating a realistic sense of space, these artists draw the viewer in to their imaginary worlds. To learn more about Surrealism, click here. Another World by MC Escher Forbidden literature (The use of the Word) by René Magritte Fortune telling by René Magritte Human Condition by René Magritte Not to be reproduced by René Magritte Personal Values by René Magritte Picture Gallery by MC Escher Relativity by MC Escher Reptiles by MC Escher Return of Ulysses by De Chirico The Listening Room by René Magritte The Month of the Grape Harvest by René Magritte The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali The Sheep by Salvador Dali Time Transfixed by René Magritte Suburbs of a Paranoiac Critical Town, Afternoon on the Outskirts of European History by Salvador Dali Installation Art Installation art describes an artistic genre of three- dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces. Installation art, first popularized in the 1960's and 1970's is still employed by many artists today. An instillation artist will transform a room or space using sculpture, manikins, actors, animals,furniture, paint, fabric, video projections, electronics, lighting, atmospheric effects and many other techniques. Some installations are meant to be walked through by the viewers, others are supposed to be viewed from the outside and others are set up just so the artist can photograph them. The idea is to create a life sized three dimensional alternate reality, like a movie or stage set, that the audience can actually experience. Fox Games by Sandy Skoglund Revenge of the Goldfish by Sandy Skoglund 'The Elephant in the Corner of the Room that Nobody Wants to Talk About' by Banksy Photography With photography, artists can create art so convincing that it is hard to determine if the scene depicted ever actually happened. Atomicus by Salvador Dali The Monster Under The Bed by Joshua Hoffine What are some ways that all these artists have used perspective and realistic space to create imaginary rooms, alternate realities and surrealistic worlds? How can you use the same methods to create your own original artwork? Before you begin to draw, look at the pictures above and see if you can figure out all of the ways that these artists used to 'Illustrate' their dreams. How will you illustrate your own dream-like imaginary worlds? Your assignment is to create a surrealistic room in one point perspective. Here are some ideas to get you started: Click on the link below for an excellent set of resources on the surrealist art movement: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/112504950/Surrealism-Worksheet Some surrealism vocabulary words from the above link: Watch this very informative video about the origins of the surrealist art movement: Student Art Gallery My students were given the choice of designing either a surrealistic or a realistic one point perspective room SURREALISTIC ROOMS 7th grade student drawing inspired by The Listening Room by René Magritte 6th grade student drawing inspired by Time Transfixed by René Magritte 7th grade student drawing inspired by The Month of the Grape Harvest by René Magritte 6th grade student drawing inspired by Max's room in the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 6th grade student drawing inspired by Max's room in the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 6th grade student drawing inspired by Return of Ulysses by De Chirico REALISTIC ROOMS

Road-scapes Grant Haffner Style.... Elementary and Middle School ArtMixed Media Road Trip Landscape Art Lesson, Grant Haffner styleI have been preparing art lessons for the next school year. Recently, I gave this lesson a test run... I taught it online to my art club students in Vancouver, BC. They are elementary students (ages 6-12) They enjoyed the introduction to one point perspective and learning about contemporary artist, Grant Haffner. Here you can see what they created in one hour. This a

The Artist’s Magazine January/February issue 2015 had an article on landscape composition, but it was these thumbnail sketches that illustrate the concepts which I found to be the most helpfu…

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Atmospheric perspective – also called aerial perspective – is certainly one of the most fundamental concepts in painting, especially landscape painting. Most of you are probably already […]

Like the Value Landscapes posted earlier this month, this lesson was inspired by Miriam at Arteascuola. However, these were "painted" with pixels on the computer rather than regular paintbrushes. Each year 4 student completed their own landscape in less than 10 minutes but still had valuable experience with using tone to create depth within a two dimensional artwork. After we observed and discussed the scenes created by Miriam's students the children took turns at making their own value landscape on the two available classroom computers while the rest of the class continued on with their set work. It was quick and easy but also meaningful for the children.

My first successful one-point perspective art lesson that my students loved. Perspective is part magic and part math and for creative types like me, there

I did this lesson with seventh graders, most of who have not learned anything about perspective drawing. This was a wonderful introduction to perspective drawing & landscapes. I would recommend it for 5th-7th grade. We did a 1 point perspective worksheet first. The use of soft pastel on colored construction paper is no fail. I love setting the kids up with a project that is destined to look great. Students had to draw a landscape and include crop lines some how. Tracing in sharpie before applying the pastel was optional. These were a few of the examples I showed the kids. If you'd like my entire slide show leave your email in the comments and I'll happily send it along to you. *** I now have my slide show available via this link. *** There are so many great Van Gogh examples, you could easily tie it in with a Van Gogh lesson. Some more great finished products:

Linear perspective is a super important drawing fundamental. Here I will cover the basics, including how to add figures, how to draw curved roads, and much more.

The Artist’s Magazine January/February issue 2015 had an article on landscape composition, but it was these thumbnail sketches that illustrate the concepts which I found to be the most helpfu…

This is a lesson in basic one-point perspective that I found at http://kidsartists.blogspot.com . I loved the choice of subject matter to cr...

Usually paper and scissors go hand-in-hand, but not for this project. We’re tearing paper and layering the pieces to make colorful landscapes. Each one turns out completely unique and beautiful, and all you need is paper and a glue stick. Choose a background paper and tear a strip from your first color. Leaving some paper … Continued

I wanted a cool one-point perspective lesson that didn't involve the typical 'cityscape'. So Grade 6's did a farm landscape instead. I did a brief lesson on the basics of one-point perspective. The kids had to include a scarecrow up-close, anywhere in the foreground, and a barn, farmhouse, etc. in the far background. Pumpkins needed to be scattered in the field in the middle ground and in varying sizes, depending on their location. We wanted these pictures to give a real sense of 'near' and 'far'. After outlining everything in Sharpie, students outlined each 'section' in waterbased marker, then simply used a brush to add water- this dissolved the marker and gave a subtle watercolour effect. Chalk pastel was used for the sky. A finished sketch done in the sketchbook to work out ideas first. Love the addition of the fence. Then drawn on the large paper and everything is outlined in permanent marker. Now time to colour....we used the 'bleeding marker' technique. Using waterbased markers, draw a thick outline within each shape. Then use a wet paintbrush and 'paint' it with water and it will dissolve the marker. It creates a lovely watercolour-type wash. Here are the Grade 6 results: Ta da! This super creepy scarecrow, according to the footprints, has just set fire to the farmhouse! Pyro scarecrow! This one has two sides: evil scarecrow and happy scarecrow- so creative!!

To continue our journey to discover the colors, with the year 7 classes, we painted landscapes in tempera tonal gradation. The forms that become more clear to the horizon can give a sense of distan…

Grab your ruler and these step-by-step directions to create a one point perspective drawing project for kids in this fun art lesson.

Linear perspective is a super important drawing fundamental. Here I will cover the basics, including how to add figures, how to draw curved roads, and much more.

I think that painting skies and clouds is one of the most enjoyable aspects of watercolor painting. It's fun and freeing, because ninety percent of the time

In this simple project, we will be LAYERING gray washes to build up VALUES, from light to dark. We will also learn how to achieve ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE, through these value changes . . . Atmospheric perspective refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of objects (in this case, mountains), as they are viewed from a distance. This effect tends to make the mountains, or hills, take on a lighter and lighter value as their distance increases. With watercolor, we can achieve this effect by layering washes, in order to build up to the dark values gradually. Start out by drawing two rectangles (freehand) on your watercolor paper. The skinny rectangle down the right-hand side of the paper will become a value scale. . . Now mix a GRAY, using French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna. I like to mix my grays instead of using a gray from a tube, because the result is much more interesting. Once you have the gray color you like, add enough water to it to make a very light version of it. Make sure you have enough to cover the entire big rectangle and most of the skinny one. With this light gray wash, paint all of the skinny rectangle, except for the top square. . . Before proceeding, make sure you have a tissue handy. No, I'm not going to make you cry . . . we're going to create clouds with it. Now, paint the entire big rectangle with this light wash. When painting a wash onto dry paper, it's helpful to have your paper/board at a slight tilt. While this is still wet, lay your board flat, take a piece of the tissue, and roll it across the top of the paper. . . you can do this more than once . . . Let this wash dry completely. Now, draw the furthest mountain ridge with pencil. Using the same wash mixture, first paint the value scale, starting with the 3rd box from the top -- all the way to the bottom. Next, paint this light gray wash from the pencil line (the mountain ridge) down -- to the bottom of the rectangle. Remember to have your board tilted, so that gravity helps you keep a "bead" at the bottom of your wash. Each time you pick up more paint on your brush and come back to the paper, you will only touch this bead of paint, while you work your way down to the bottom. Don't go back to what you've already painted. Let this layer dry completely. If necessary, you can use a hair dryer after each layer. At this point, you'll need to mix some more gray, using the same two colors. You can make this wash a little darker -- a medium value gray. With this mixture, paint the value scale, starting with the 4th box down, and paint all the way to the bottom. Then, draw another pencil line, depicting a closer mountain range. Paint this wash from the pencil line down to the bottom of the paper. Now, make your wash stronger by adding more pigment. Add another pencil line -- tree-lined hills. No details, just indicate by the edge that these are trees. Then, paint the bottom two squares of the value scale with this stronger wash, and then paint from the pencil line down to the bottom of the paper. If, after painting this, you feel that you haven't made the wash a dark enough value -- dry your paper with a hair dryer, and paint it again with the same wash. Add enough pigment to your wash to make your darkest dark -- almost black. Paint your last box black. Draw the top of a hill in the foreground, and paint it black. . . . and you're finished! You can see how we've succeeded, through the use of a full range of values -- from light to dark -- to get a sense of depth in our painting.

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