Today, I found myself practicing perspective grids. I have watched so many videos and tutorials for 2-point perspective, but have never mentally grasped it. To practice, I downloaded a photo of a room and tried to align the grid to it.
After a failed attempt to place the vanishing points way too high, I had a breakthrough and managed to visualise it correctly, like above. I used a black pencil to line in the shape of the room’s walls.
Next I tried to draw the bed in the corner but using the perspective grid as a guide, to create a sort of ideal conforming shape.
You can see it’s not exactly what the bed actually looks like. My theories for this are, firstly, that perhaps the sheets and duvets on the bed are warping the outlines a little. secondly, perhaps my exact placement of the vanishing points are slightly off. Below is, for comparison, a diagram in which I followed the bed’s shape faithfully – but the prism doesn’t join up quite right.
When I am in the presence of someone who will be able to help me with this, I might show them these images and ask for more help. Until then, I will try the exercise with more interior areas and see if I can refine my eye. Up until now, perspective and construction is the area that’s hugely deficit in my skill set.
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