Project - How to Draw Above and Below Eye Level

The Perspective Course

Understanding Perspective(74 Lessons )
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Project - How to Draw Above and Below Eye Level

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Project - How to Draw Above and Below Eye Level

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Skill-Building Project

  • Sketch examples repeatedly, this helps to internalize concepts. 30 times and you'll get it, 50 times and you'll never forget.
  • Redraw scenes with higher or lower eye levels. Observe how the lines aiming toward the horizon change angles.
  • Maintain proportions. Forms don't change, only the angles of the lines do.

Remember:

  • Looking down, lines go up
  • Looking up, lines go down
Newest
Jyayasi (*Jay-o-she*)
I tried to draw various scenes from different angles. I added a lot of details to practice keeping the proportions of the objects and their relations with the surrounding objects consistent at all the viewing angles. I struggled the most at that. Also, the extreme angles were challenging.
Dedee Anderson Ganda
Very neat! Also those rooms looks very homey with clutter of objects! It's a bane of mine, I cant seem to capable of imagining various objects to put into my drawing as of now xD
Dedee Anderson Ganda
the 2nd batch of 16pcs Starting to get better especially understanding how to tilt all the lines when we move the horizon line up and down. But dont ask me what is that last row, have no clue myself xD
@lieseldraws
Hey everyone! Really impressed with how many iterations you’ve all managed to crank out this week. Seriously inspiring! I only managed one—got too caught up trying to make things perfect instead of just practicing more loosely. If anyone has advice on how to let go of that and build a more consistent practice, I’d really appreciate it! This is a two-story library inspired by the reference photo attached. It’s a mix of freehand and ruler work. It took me a lot longer than I expected, especially drawing through everything (including the ladder). Excuse the mess. I might go back and clean up the lines later. I wasn’t sure if the balcony and railing make structural sense. Does it seem believable? Also, I struggled with relative proportion. For example, where would you say the couch hits on the ladder behind it? Around the second rung? I just placed things by intuition, but is that what we’re supposed to do when objects are at different distances—or is there a better method? Any feedback is welcome. Thanks in advance! Always learning from you all 😊
Dedee Anderson Ganda
for quantity practice, I usually try to shrink the drawing space into smaller size like thumbnails. That way you have such a small space to draw that you will be forced to let go of the details
Carlos Javier Roo Soto
Here's my 2nd batch. Next, my scene iterations. Maybe is the mechanical pencil feeling, my carpal tunnel or the fact I'm drawing smaller, but I can't for the life of me draw straight lines as before. I am doing Peter Han's exercise he show earlier in the course as warm-ups. Hopefully they will help. I also bought Stan's Drawing Basics course taking advantage of the sale, and I'm all set for when part 2 of this course drops. Any advice about juggling both courses and these eye-level assignments? I keep forgetting to repeat myself "Looking up, lines go down. Looking down, lines go down" and I think more of XYZ.
@rupertdddd
I have done 6 of my most recent office, I think 50 may kill me...
William Montalvo
These are really good
Amani Noor (Amu)
I tried to do each iteration with one minute less time. I feel like some of the quicker ones got a little messy though. I did the sketches in ink so that I wouldn’t waste time erasing. Should I try to make them cleaner next time or is ok to keep the messiness?
Melanie Scearce
So nice @Amani Noor (Amu)! I wouldn't call these messy at all.
Sita Rabeling
Keep it! They're all amazing!
@bumatehewok
Digitally did some things around my house and next day some thumbnails of some 3d models I found. Anyone else have the problem of not knowing what they want to draw? Feels like finding interesting reference online is harder then It should be and everything around me is kinda boring. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/tavern-by-duduoliveira-d2dfb0104cfc45de826cbbc4069f1774
William Montalvo
It can help to build a big reference folder on your PC. You can do this with Pinterest but I like being able to zoom in on images.
M C
7d
just to be sure I get it right: an angle is acute if it looks like an arrow that could hurt me, and is obtuse when it looks blunt and could not pierce my skin? acute is one hand of the clock on 3 the other on 6 and every position in between that, (one hand not moving) obtuse is one hand on 3 and the other between 6 and 9 and every position between that (one hand not moving) I'm very insecure about this last point; am I getting it right??? many thanks for any help, adhd makes this visualization on a clock very difficult. I found this image - there are other that show "reflex" angles etc, vo we need to understand those too?
Pamela D
3d
from another perspective I would say ‘ a cute’ angle has a tighter hug and doesn’t want to hurt you :))
Kassjan (Kass) Smyczek
Not gonna lie, I set out to be between the 30-50 mark. And it was exhausting! But I believe in learning through repitition. Going there where it hurts and not avoiding the hard things. We don‘t progress in spite of hard things but because of them. Ok, enough cheese. anyway - I made always the first picture from reference and the one underneath is the perpective tilt. I think there are to examples where I made two tilts in one room.
Anke Mols
great work, Kass!
Dedee Anderson Ganda
first 16, I find it really tough inventing rooms and objects around a middle eye level especially if the vanishing points are pretty close. I think Im so used to draw object from bottom or top view
William Montalvo
This height level is critical for comic shots as the camera is often at human height or lower. Good thing to try to master.
Pamela D
9d
I used some sketches I did recently in cafe bars for references then redrew a section to fit square ratio, followed by the two changes to the horizontal line. When I next go back to the cafes I will try the new views to compare with the ones I imagined.
Pamela D
3d
I have taken my imagining below and above the horizon line on a day trip to London, giving me a chance for another visit to my favourite Plan B cafe. There should always be a back up plan :)
You Ji An
11d
lnitially, I spent more time trying to get things right but as I went, I slowly just started doodling and trying to get the perspective right more intuitively.
Carlos Javier Roo Soto
Here's my first try. Next time I'll just sketch the outlines free-hand instead of using the tools, it will be quicker. I guess that more I do this, the more details I can add in 5 minutes. Just wish my dexterity was better. See anything that I should improve on? Would it be better to start with room itself first before adding furniture?
@vange
12d
Kassjan (Kass) Smyczek
These are very clean and I understand the vertical camera movements. Well done!
Smithies
9d
I love these... Seeing them in the same view but from different angles is so interesting and weirdly therapeutic. And they're so clean and easy to understand
Anke Mols
11d
thank you so much for posting yours. I struggle a lot with the assignment and your pictures really help me figuring it out. Thanks!
@jimmyp102375
My first attempt at two point perspective
Dave Sakamoto
Phew! After drawing 50 rooms at different angles I will never forget... um, what was I talking about? This was a great exercise. It makes you think about how lines recede and converge to accurately depict forms.
Spyridon Panagiotopoulos
Tried to do my first 7, no angle change, just to get a quick feeling. I will be moving to sketch and then angle change from here. Tbh, it's the first time I look at the rest, and feel defeated. 7 years in, and it still looks bad. Oh well 7 more years ahead. I hope.
@ashfin613
13d
Keep it simple concentrate on the major forms first and imagine what they would look like at a different angle. I didn't bother with trying to find the horizon and vanishing points I just used marshalls up and down rule.
Sita Rabeling
Some were quick warm-ups (and redrawn for cleanliness) and for some I lost time. I did not use any reference, and forgot why. :-) It’s nice to step into this world where you can build anything.
Lin
14d
Ahhh this is going to be an ugly mess, since it’s a lot of experimenting with severe timers without dwelling to fix errors. But I’m posting it to inoculate myself against fear of failure. I started with rooms but I can’t do 50 rooms without withering inside. So I am doing church interiors/exteriors which I love (blame my medieval history degree). Atm testing what low/high HLs feel like. Anything to avoid rooms…but it’s still familiarising me with the horizon level and I feel changed again. going to attempt some irl church drawing soon now I’m braver and can see HLs differently. :3 also attached 2 gifs I found very helpful
Blondie the good
Oh wow!,Great studies!!!
@ashfin613
14d
Not the prettiest of sketches. Hopefully I understood the assignment lol.I used the beds to help me orientate the views.
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