Seventh grade students have been working with one point perspective, creating rooms, cities, shadowy names, hallways and imaginary lands. Perspective is an illusion to show depth or distance on a 2D surface. There are many ways to do this. We all know that things look smaller as they are farther away. Things also fade in color, and tend to look blueish as they go further back. This is called atmospheric perspective, and was used extensively by Leonardo DeVinci. How many times have you looked at mountains and seen the blue haze color in the distance? You can also show distance with overlapping items, one of the simplest ways of showing one thing in front of another.
One point perspective is a specific technique to make things look as if they are receeding into the distance in a specific direction.
Two point perspective allows you to look in two directions on the same page. Often these images show the corner of buildings or tables, allowing you to see both sides at once.
Students are taking their assessment tests now. Can you answer these questions?
What is a horizon line?
What is a vanishing point?
What does point of view mean in terms of perspective?
How do you show perspective with size?
How do you show perspective with color?
How do you show perspective with overlapping?
How do you make something in one point perspective? Two point?
