Perspective Drawing and Composition tips

Perspective Drawing and Composition tips

1 Point Perspective

One point perspective is where the artist will draw whatever it is they’re drawing to a single point. This point is called the View Point. When starting a drawing, mapping out where the View Point is in comparison to the canvas is a very helpful way of drawing in landscapes and scenery. The View Point can be anywhere on the canvas, even sometimes artists locate the View Point off of the canvas.  

2 Point Perspective

Two point perspective is where the artist will draw their piece to two different View Points. It’s the same way with the one point perspective which the artist will draw the objects and landscapes in the scenery but using the two point perspective makes the whole feel of the drawing very different to something not drawn in two point perspective. The difference between one point perspective and two point perspective is that there are two View Points and there is a horizon in two point perspective. This helps showing the depth of certain parts of your image.

Fibonacci Spiral

Fibonacci Spiral or a Golden Spiral is the ‘Perfect’ spiral. It follows the most accurate way a spiral follows a true force, from by gravity. The typical usage of a Golden Spiral is from an artist who intentionally want’s to draw the eye of a person in a specific way around the image they have created. Its most common use is for pieces of photography work where the photographer will purposely set objects in the photo in the line of the spiral.

Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is a way to lay out the certain things going on in the scene or image which you’re trying to draw or paint, even photographers use this method in their work. The reason that people use the rule of thirds is because each small dot on the image is where the eyes are typically drawn to. How you would use this is, put all of your key points on or around the small dots so that it helps the viewer’s eyes be quickly and effectively drawn to them.