One Point Perspective: City Drawing A Tutorial: Art 1: Fall 2011 Mmroberts

One Point Perspective: City Drawing
A Tutorial
Art 1: Fall 2011
MMRoberts
When completing this tutorial, you must use the
following items:
* White, unlined paper
* A ruler or other straight-edge
* A pencil

You must complete all activities listed in the
order they are listed in order to receive full
credit for this tutorial.
Begin by setting up your paper for a one-point
perspective drawing. Draw a horizon line and
a vanishing point.
Draw two orthogonals (diagonal lines) that lead from
the vanishing point to the bottom of your paper.
This upside down V will be your street.
Draw a rectangle on the left side of the street. This will
be your first building. Remember to keep your lines
straight.
Draw a line between the vanishing point and each corner of the
building. The orthogonals drawn in red below are not
necessary as they will be covered by the existing shapes. You
do not need to draw these orthogonals.
Draw a straight vertical line that starts at the top
orthogonal and ends at the bottom one to end the side
of your building. The bottoms of your building should
be ended with diagonals that follow these orthogonals.
To add a second building of the same height to the left
side of the street, draw a pair of vertical lines between
the two orthogonals you used to draw the first building.
Add a front side to your building by drawing straight
horizontal lines at the top and bottom.
Erase the orthogonals and the horizon line that is
inside of the buildings you just drew.
Draw a building on the right side of the street
following the same directions. You can review the
previous slides if need be.
To create a building that is larger behind the building you
just drew, draw a vertical line that begins on the same
bottom orthogonal but extends above the top
orthogonal.
Draw two horizontal lines and a vertical line to finish out
the rectangle for the front of the building. You will not
see or draw the entire rectangle because it is
overlapped by the building in front of it.
Draw an orthogonal between the vanishing point and
the top corner of the newest building.
Draw a vertical line that starts at the top orthogonal and ends at
the bottom one. The diagonal top and bottom orthogonal
lines will be the slant of the side of the building.
Erase the orthogonals and the horizon line that is
within the buildings on the right side of the street.
Add doors to your buildings on the left side of the street by
drawing an orthogonal that cuts across the face of your
building at whatever height you would like your doors to be.
Draw vertical lines that start at the orthogonal you drew
for the top of your door and end at the bottom of your
building. Make sure that your lines are straight. The
top orthogonal is the slant that the top of the door will
be.
Erase your orthogonals.
Create doors on the right side of the street.
Draw orthogonals that will define the tops and
bottoms of the windows on buildings on the left
side of the street.
Draw vertical lines to separate the windows from the face
of the building. The orthogonals define the top and
bottom slant of the windows.
Erase the orthogonals.
Add panes to your windows by drawing orthagonals
that lead from the vanishing point through the
center of your windows.
Erase the orthogonals that are outside of the windows,
then add vertical lines to the centers. Be sure that
these lines are straight.
Draw windows on the buildings on the right side of
the street.
Add doors and windows to the sides of the building that
is facing you. Remember that the vanishing point does
not come into play when you are adding features to
that side of the building.
Add an awning by drawing it from the side against your
front left building. This shape will have a straight
horizontal bottom and a curved top.
Match the top of the awning with the vanishing point to
draw the top orthogonal, then match the bottom front
corner to the vanishing point and draw a second
orthogonal.
Draw the back side of the awning. Start at the point
where the orthogonal intersects the back wall of the
building. Repeat the same curve that the front of the
awning has.
Erase all of the orthogonals and the lines from the
building that are inside of the awning.
Draw lines leading from the vanishing point beside
the street to make the sidewalk.
Draw horizontal lines across the street to mark out
sidewalk pavers, making sure to have the lines get
closer together as they recede further into the
distance.
Erase all of the lines between the sidewalks to just
leave the pavers. Double check to be sure that your
lines are straight horizontals.
Add lines to the road by drawing orthogonals leading
back to the vanishing point.
Now to add a repeating object, draw a simple flag on
the front right building. Then draw orthogonals
leading from the corners of the flag, including the
connection point, to the vanishing point.
Use the orthogonals as guides for where to draw the
new flag on the building behind it.
Erase the orthogonals.
Questions
1. Use your ruler to double check all of your
diagonal lines. Match the up with your
vanishing point. On the back of your paper,
write how many were not lined up. Then, go
back and try to fix the errors in your
orthogonals.
2. Use your ruler to double check each of your
vertical lines. Count up the number of
verticals that are either squishy or not
perpendicular to the horizon line, then write
that number on the back of your drawing. Fix
your verticals.

3. Follow the same steps with your horizontal
lines.

4. Compare and contrast your first one point
perspective city with the one that you have
just completed. What has improved?

Turn in your new perspective drawing. You do
not have to follow the same requirements as
the first drawing.

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