HORIZON – THE BIG HOOVER
Where all lines get lost…
Previous article: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT…?
Right, in the previous article we made it clear that the horizon is directly connected to your eyes level. That means the higher you stand you will be able to see things from above and vice versa; you will be able to see things from below when you stand lower. How does this affect your drawings though?
The lines tend to vanish as they go closer to the horizon. You can imagine the horizon as a big linear hoover that sucks the lines of your drawings. EVERYTHING has to vanish into your horizon. And this applies even to the objects that are very close to yourself. Even these gradually vanish in to the horizon. Lines can be interrupted before they actually reach the horizon ie. the small carton box standing in front of you doesn’t need to reach your horizon line to vanish, however the extension of its lines will do reach.
Of course “vanishing into the horizon” is quite a vague phrase and everyone can interpret in various different ways. In reality perspective follows specific rules and the easiest way to understand it is by using the “vanishing points”. The vanishing points attract all lines of the drawing – this is where your lines actually vanish. A drawing can have 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 vanishing points. Working with 2 vanishing points is a good start for a beginner and once you master this you can easily start using 3 points.
Now lets grab some paper, a pencil and a rubber and start drawing in perspective. Move to the next article:
Previous Article: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT…?
Next Article: Coming Soon…
THE ARTIST…
“The article above as well as the whole series of the Sketching Advice articles is an effort to put together my knowledge and offer it to fellow artists in their first steps in as simple words as possible . I am not a professional artist or tutor, however I have spent some time sketching and through trial and error I realised that following some basic principles can simplify sketching a lot. Feel free to ask any questions and I ll be glad to help if I can .”
Love Sketching & Painting
Bakas Art 
Thanks you Jasonas, practicing perspective is an ongoing process.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes Sharon i agree. Once you learn the basic principles then practice and experience help you understand better and move into more complicated designs and shapes. Especially when you add tone and shadow it becomes really beautiful!
LikeLike
interesting reading this article and gained an insight into horizon and various facets pertaining to it. I think in the aftermath I would readily incorporate more calculated elements into my drawing
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi Sourya. Its very important to have a theoretical background when you draw. It can be very helpful to know at least the basic principles and then you can then build up and explore techniques, different media and subjects. I hope that people will find ithelpful and useful reading these simple articles.
LikeLike