Cityscape Assignment

 MEDIA: PENCIL RULER, 1 and 2 Point Perspective

The hardest thing about this drawing assignment is actually starting on it. After creating the roads using the basic vanishing point line, I stared at my drawing sheet for about an hour trying to figure out how and what to draw. In general, this whole assignment was very intimidating. Drawing 15-20 buildings, adding streetlights, roads, pyramids and arches all seem very difficult. The rubric sounded like a basic assignment for students studying architecture. As I ponder on, I manage to get a building done using the basic lines and steps our instructor taught us during class. The media used in this assignment was a simple drawing art pencil along with a ruler for accurate lining. The whole purpose of this drawing was to create a cityscape by using the two techniques we learned during class as well as a created vanishing point we are able to use in order to complete this assignment. The one point perspective technique is drawn in a 3 dimensional perspective as they are seen from a specific viewpoint. With this perspective, only one vanishing point exist. One vanishing point is typically used for roads, railway tracks, hallways, or buildings viewed so that the front is directly facing the viewer. Any objects that are made up of lines either directly parallel with the viewer's line of sight or directly perpendicular can be represented with one-point perspective. The other technique that we used was the two point perspective. Two-point perspective can be used to draw the same objects as one-point perspective. The drawn buildings can be rotated, looking at the corner or looking at two forked roads shrink into the distance. I applied these two perspectives into my cityscape assignment to help prove my understanding of these different point of views. The way I see it, this drawing assignment helped me develop an artist eye for seeing things in a different way. Other than feeling like and architect, I feel like I learned a lot by familiarizing myself with the one and two point perspective. It was a real challenge putting up all the buildings, roads, and pyramids. My strategy was focus on one certain area and try to incorporate these techniques. One different perspective here and another different one there. Using the vanishing point and the extended wings made the assignment a lot easier to create and complete my cityscape. Basically using one and two point perspective helped me complete the objectives and concepts of creating 20 buildings, a pyramid, four roads, and an arch shape building.