22 Jan 2020, 16:22

@Coley said in Basic Perspective Drawing class:

@BichonBistro I'm struggling with perspective too!!!!! I'm working through the course as well. I tried doing the final assignment and just setting up a grid was hard for me. I got something that looked like the bedroom in a two point perspective but it wasn't from the vantage point I tried to get it from lol. I wanted the camera to be on the dresser but somehow it looked like I was standing inside the closet šŸ˜‚ so I have to figure this out. I'm doing better than I was last week and I'm sure you are too. I think if we're confused, at least we have something to be confused about LoL. Keep pushing until we're a little bit better! Some good advice in previous posts in this thread too!

Oh my, I am sure I couldnā€™t set up a grid at this stage! I find the concept of changing camera angles SO difficultā€”Davidā€™s drawing of his studio from the different viewpoints is mind-boggling to me (as is Willā€™s ability to turn things to different angles in ā€œVisualizing Drawing in Perspectiveā€). I am glad to know I am not alone in the camera angle/point of view confusion! Do you have a thread of your work going through this class? I am taking baby steps to learn this skillā€”I look at it as the ā€œreceptive languageā€ stage equivalentšŸ˜Š. If I can learn to recognize vanishing points and horizon lines (why does this seem intuitive to most artists but not to mešŸ˜«), I will feel like I have made a huge leap forward.