Drawing in Perspective

Drawing 1— students file into Professor Justin Dahlberg’s classroom in the Fine Arts building for a lesson on drawing perspective. Easels are set up in a circle around a black platform while a three dimensional white box composed of plywood sits on top.

Students will use the white box to draw the three parts of linear perspective: single point, two point and three point. Each kind of perspective uses points on a horizon line, the line that distinguishes between sky and ground, and vanishing points to create a sense of depth on a two dimensional plain.

Straight edges and kneeded erasers help the students draw perfectly straight lines and erase the graphite compleately if a mistake is made. Depending on where one sits in the room, a different section of the box can be seen, creating a unique challenge to every student to draw what is in front of them.

Cassidy RossoFreshman