The Perspective Course

Understanding Perspective(103 Lessons )

Mastering the Skills(0 Lesson )

Assignment - The Secret of Simple Forms

Lesson by

Marshall Vandruff

inThe Perspective Course

302K

Mark as Completed

Course In Progress

Assignments 462Lesson NotesDownloads 5

Assignment - The Secret of Simple Forms

Lesson by

Marshall Vandruff

in The Perspective Course

302K

Mark as Completed

Course In Progress

Assignments 462Lesson NotesDownloads 5

Choose an Object: Select something relatively simple or box-like in form, such as a household item or a geometric shape.
Initial Drawing: Draw the object in a three-quarter view without focusing on detail. Seek the basic structure as if it were contained within a box.
Repositioning: Without looking at the object, attempt to draw it again from a different angle. This challenges you to understand and mentally manipulate the whole object.
Iteration: Repeat this process at least three times, each time choosing a different position. Aim to show it foreshorten in various orientations.

Don't forget to share your work with the community!

This assignment is designed to help you break down complex objects into simpler, manageable forms, which is a crucial skill for mastering practical perspective.

Deadline - submit by January 20, 2025 for a chance to be in the critique video!

Ixi V

•

Posting here more as an exercise in getting myself comfortable with sharing more than anything! I chose a super simple object to replicate, just to play around. I really like this blob method apporach, but still struggle with those in between views, and maintainting proptions/mass.

Sandra Süsser

•

12d

Finally caught up with the course.

Chuck Ludwig Reina

•

11d

Looks great! I practically had to duck because I thought i was about to get stabbed.

Tommy Pinedo

•

12d

Love this :D

@kotka

•

18d

I decided to try really hard to maintain an orthogonal perspective to this exercise. I think it really forces me to focus so I can pull off consistent parallel lines with the same degree, as well as really maintaining proportion. It was not easy, as I am more used to converging lines (mistakes are easier to hide that way).

Rachel Dawn Owens

•

18d

This looks so good! Nice sharp boxes!

Myles Goethe

•

20d

Daniele Olevano

•

1mo

lautaro asis

•

1mo

Everything around me is either books, boxes, or organic, so I had to go with something a bit different. I still need to improve at this, but at least I can do it. The hardest thing was the handle on the back, as the 3/4 version I used with the reference barely showed it, so I had to kinda make it up. Overall I think I had done stuff like this before, but in a very simple way. This time I really had time to focus on just the process of making it up, since I'm not trying to finish anything and just learning what I'm doing

Thieum

•

1mo

@linhchi2111

•

1mo

I did my best hehe

Maestro

•

2mo

Debbie Dawson

•

2mo

@lillifae

•

2mo

Was definitely picking it up the more I did it, was having great fun with this and just no fussing about line quality. Focused more on just rotating things

Louise

•

3mo

I worked on this assignment a bit more here are my latest attempts

Chloe Kmita

•

3mo

Definitely need to continue working on my line control, but in general I didn't try too hard to keep this neat or stress about how loose I worked. Here's some of my early attempts:

Louise

•

3mo

After doing this assignment, I decided it would be beneficial for me to take Stan Proko’s “drawing basics” class in tandem with Marshall’s class, (and learn to draw first 🤣), I’m getting the impression that you don’t want to rush thru Marshall’s class without fully grasping every step of the way, so my involvement here may be a little sporadic as I do the two courses together, but I will be “back in the room” 😉 along the way as I progress with the drawing basics course

@purpleart

•

3mo

1st attempt at a simple box with a knob. A bit wonky.

Francesca Giunchedi

•

3mo

I tried

Leif Creer

•

3mo

I drew a couple of the objects around me, tried to keep porptions in check, and have lines go to vanishing points.

Alex

•

4mo

Simple wooden box. Will revisit this assignment with a more complex object 🫡

@deadsm

•

4mo

I drew things around me (water bottle, tab mate, lens cleaner, piranha plant). I tried to not go much further than one-layer sketches, as I feel like this is where I am making foundational mistakes. My problem doesn't seem to be simplifying as much as it is drawing simple volumes in space. The bounding boxes were the hardest part, and that's not a great sign!