Open Cupboard 3

Here is another attempt at the Open Cupboard exercise. This time I have incorporated 2 point perspective following my reflections in my blog post ‘Open Cupboard 2’ as I stood at an angle to the face of the cupboard and could see the inside face of the cupboard door. The first version is a preliminary … Continue reading Open Cupboard 3 →

Some approaches to perspective through history

On this page I have included some pictures from different points in history to give a very fragmented look at how representation of perspective has been approached during different periods. I am simply going to respond to the pictures here and how they differ from one another. What I want to do is focus in … Continue reading Some approaches to perspective through history →

Open Cupboard 2 – Shoes

Here is another drawing I did two nights ago for the Open Cupboard exercise. Open Cupboard with Shoes - A2 paper, 2B pencil What I found really tricky in this one was the angle of the open door. I experienced a conflict. I could see right to the inner left edge of the cupboard. At … Continue reading Open Cupboard 2 – Shoes →

Open Cupboard

I found this exercise very challenging. I had to redraw a number of times to get the proportions right particularly the way objects related to one another. Just relying on lines seemed rather unforgiving, there was no way of covering up mistakes. The first few attempts were inevitably less successful (Open Cupboard 1 and 2). … Continue reading Open Cupboard →