Two Point Perspective

 2 Point Perspective

One point perspective makes you feel you are looking down a tunnel. Many city scapes are painted with one point because the tall buildings naturally create that effect.

Two point perspective has you standing at a distance, where you can see two walls of the buildings at angles. 

You still have ONE horizon or eye level, but you have TWO vanishing points, one on the left and one on the right. These points are often off the page. 

Here is a short video to explain how to draw in 2-point perspective:

5 minute video on making a house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZbTBgUSn7o

The project for today was to start with this simple 2-point perspective house, and make changes in it to give it character. You could make the walls wood, stone, brick, or siding. You could add  windows, doors, a porch, people, or objects in the yard. (some people chose things like a tractor,, swing set, porch, person with a wheel barrow, flower pots, etc.) 

The point was to use your knowledge of perspective to accurately add something to the picture, so it looks believable, not awkward.

For mine, I chose to add an apple tree and two people picking apples.

Here is the basic drawing:

I made a pattern out of corrugated cardboard to imprint the metal roof ridges.

You can either paint directly on to the cardboard for a "stamp" effect, or you can paint the roof the colors you want, then impress the cardboard into the wet paint. 

(To create the pattern, I cut out the roof from my sketch, turned it upside down on the cardboard, and traced it. You have to make sure that the ANGLE of the ridges match up with the direction of your roof)

I did the sky first, wet into wet, and added some distant trees while the sky was still wet.

For the gray barnwodd siding, I used French ultramarine and burnt sienna, then used the cardboard in the wet paint to get the impression of barn wood.

Here I did the side of the house, the apple tree.

I started to fill in some of the details of the people and tree and lawn. Also the window boxes.

I've put in the shadows of the house and window boxes, put some light in the windows, and painted the roof a darker red. Putting in the shadows makes a huge difference. 

Blog links you may be interested in:

Color mixing:

Using tube greens

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8812132386157895665/155909162782220321

Mixing greens

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8812132386157895665/4002204278875297685

Split color wheel

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8812132386157895665/5080489554816836458