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Mastering Drawing in Perspective: Techniques & Tips for Still Life Artists

Explore the art of drawing in perspective, mastering the picture plane, horizon line, vanishing points, proportions, contour drawing, shading techniques, and shadow play to create captivating still life artworks. Learn from famous artists' masterpieces and enhance your drawing skills.

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Mastering Drawing in Perspective: Techniques & Tips for Still Life Artists

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  1. DRAWING IN PERSPECTIVE Picture PlaneThe two-dimensional picture surface.

  2. Eye Level= Horizon Linethe implied or actual line or edge placed on a two- dimensional surface to represent the place in nature where the sky meets the horizontal land or water plane. The horizon line matches the eye level on a two-dimensional surface.

  3. VP= Vanishing Pointthe point on the horizon line at which lines or edges that are parallel appear to converge. 1 point perspective

  4. 2 Point Perspective

  5. Proportions Proportion is getting the sizes of objects correct in relation to other objects in a composition. If you are drawing from life and want to make your drawing "look like" what it is you're drawing, you'll need to get the proportions right.

  6. THE STILL LIFE A work of art composed of inanimate objects Inanimate? - bottles - boxes - flowers - things

  7. FAMOUS “STILL LIFE” ARTWORK Willem Claesz Heda "Banquet Piece with Mince Pie"17th Century Dutch Still Life

  8. Paul Cézanne. Still Life with Soup Tureen. c. 1877. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

  9. William M. Harnett Cincinnati Enquirer

  10. Pablo Picasso Still Life with Guitar

  11. Contour Drawing A contour is the line which defines a form or edge - an outline. Contour drawing is the place where most beginners start, following the visible edges of a shape.

  12. SHADING AND SHADOWS Light Source - Where the light in the picture comes from (the sun, a lamp, a candle). Can be seen by what parts of the objects are the brightest and have the lightest values.

  13. Value?The relative lightness or darkness of a hue, or of a neutral varying from white to black.

  14. Highlight - the lightest part of the object. Where the light source hits it hardest.Middle Tones - The other values between thehighlight and the shadows.Shadow - The darkest part of the object that is apparent on a surface and the reflected form that represents the body which intercepts the rays of light

  15. SHADING TECHNIQUES -Blending with your finger, rag or blending stump -Blending and erasing with a kneaded eraser -Heavy marks versus light marks

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