Hi everyone, my name is Martijn! My background is in engineering and my hobby is art. I love a lot of artists but had to go through my list to see which ones stood out in terms of perspective: - The work of Escher has been an early love of mine. I love his precision and mindblowing ideas. See pictures 1-3 - Moebius for his organic shapes and world building. See pictures 4-5 Another couple of favorite artists of mine from the world of Urban Sketching that i follow: - Joerg Gasselborn: he mixes sketches from life with invention creating beatiful ink lineart combined with watercolor. See pictures 6-9 - Paul Heaston: is able to draw his environment in beautiful detail, often using a wide field of view perspective. See pictures 10-12 My big picture goals are the ability the draw full environments. Specific problems i'm interested in are organic shapes in perspective, and the use of wide field of view (5 point perspective). I'm looking forward to this course, and greets to all who are participating, Martijn

I started out with some level 1 blobs, and then invented a couple of level 2 head/rib age/pelvis combinations. I think I struggled to get realistic relative positions between head/rib cage/pelvis when trying to draw without reference. Afterwards i took some reference photos from the Rhythm project assignment and drew four of these. The proportions of the head/ribcage/pelvis are probably not too correct. Thanks!

I drew a police car, a cement truck and a level 2 tank using simple geometrical shapes. I first constructed the drawings using pencil, then I used a fine liner for my final lines to keep things as clean as possible, while leaving my construction lines visible. Cheers!

First 3 for level 1 and the next 3 for level 2. Toughest one till date but drawing heads in boxes exercise helped a lot to visualise the faces of different fingers. While doing the level 2 exercise, i focussed more on rotating the boxes in space rather than the pose or anatomy (I don’t know much about hand anatomy..learning). For level 2, rotating boxes in perspective approach helped more than imagining the gesture, is that the correct approach? I started with the gesture for level 1 assignment but not for level 2. Any suggestion of improvement is highly welcome.

Here are my level 1 drawings, the linework isn't very clean, probably because i kept adjusting the position of the boxes. For hand #2 and #3 i first did an initial loose/gestural sketch. I struggled a lot with the foreshortened index finger on hand #2. Love the assignment!

Here is my level 2 assignment (drawn before the level 1 demo), and also my notes from the level 1 demo. After the demo i think i better understand where the planes of the box align with and the dimensions of the box. I will try to apply this in my portrait drawings from now on. Thanks!

Level 2 version. I've had great fun with lines drawing these, and I kept wondering what I can potentially achieve with more knowledge and practice! The possibilities look breathtaking, and at the same time I can't believe how much I have improved already, only just with the very basic knowledge about lines that I learned in this course.

(Repost from Lv.2) Here’s my one-point perspective room drawn from imagination. While brainstorming, a two-story study with a balcony came to mind. So I attempted it, even though in real life it would require three-point perspective. It took me a lot of thinking and revising to produce this. I learned a lot along the way, but there’s still many unresolved questions: 1. I struggled to figure out the relative position of objects. For example, given that we’re looking at the room from the left side, where should the balcony be - relative to the stuff behind it (corridor and the window at the end of the room)? Maybe it should shift more to the right since our viewpoint is on the left? More generally, I wonder how you know where to place things from a certain viewpoint..prbly lots of observation and practice. 2. Also, it was challenging to estimate objects’ relative size. Objects in the distance appear small, but how much smaller should I make them? Take the desk and chair in the corridor. My intuition tells me that I drew them too small. Any tips on getting the relative size right in perspective drawing? 3. Again, given our viewpoint from the left, should the railings of the middle balcony be closer to each other as they move to the right? Any other feedback is welcome :) Thanks!

Here's my level 2 assignment, I drew a simple typeface in 1-point perspective. Cheers!

Here is my level 1 living room, complete with an impractical sink and museum grade artwork on the walls. I used a fine liner pen for the final pass. This was a fun assignment and hopefully will attempt a couple of more.