Linear Perspective Drawing Essay

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As designers and creators we have endless methods to create art, we can express ourself in any way we want. With interior design you will always find yourself creating new environments, so is a common thought to imagine that a client may ask you to design his/her new living room with a contemporary style, of course, for this design you need to add objects such as furniture in order for the client to have a clear vision of how this space is going to look like. But sometimes objects drawn in one dimension won’t show your whole perception of the space. Two-dimensional drawings will provide the realistic component in your designs, allowing you to see more than one side. Is almost like a trick to the eye, your concept can influence your clients …show more content…
We will be discussing two-point perspective (which is a type of linear perspective drawing), learning how to draw an object in two-point perspective will allow you to understand the importance of proportions and angles when it comes to the elaboration of objects in the design field, but before jumping into that we need to define certain terms in order to understand how this technique …show more content…
Now is the time to create the top plane by drawing lines that converge (tend to meet in a point or line; as lines that are not parallel) into the vanishing points. Measure the distance between the front corner of the cube and its top sides (the one you just create in the previous step, including right and left), this length should be between 0.7 and 1 inch and then make a mark. This next step is difficult, so please read carefully; the cube is divided between the left and right side. After taking the previous measurement trace a line from the left side into the right vanishing point, and then draw a line from the right side into the left vanishing point (the lines will cross each

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