The Perspective Course
Understanding Perspective(37 Lessons )
Intro to Perspective
Materials to Spare You Pain
Depth Tricks and Old Masters
Intro to Forms
Orthos and One Point
Orthos and No Point
Bonus Lessons
Mastering the Skills(0 Lesson )
Learn how to draw airplanes starting with rough blobs and refining them into structured forms.
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Li Ming Lin
10d
It was fun to follow along, here is a page of planes :)
I thought that the repetition was good. By the 7th demo, I drew a bit faster and had a better understanding of the plane's form.
@niesmiesznyzart
11d
I don't know if I should draw vanishing points or just eye-ball it, also how to draw equal wings? ?
Any feedback welcome
Li Ming Lin
10d
Hi there,
For the vanishing points, it seems that Demo 2 has some vanishing points. I personally don't fully understand vanishing points yet, however I don't think it is the focus of this lesson. It'll probably be its own lesson in the future.
For those wings that should be about the same size, I found those crisscross that Marshall drew on both wings quite useful. So the crisscross area of each wing should be about 'comparable' as mentioned from 16:00 - 16:30 minutes. It is also a good reminder that the crisscross areas will include any hidden areas (e.g. the part of the wing that is behind the plane's body).
In terms of feedback, I feel that the estimation for the size of the equal-sized wings was good, even without the crisscross! I think one thing to work on is the angle of the wings compared to the plane's body. For example, the middle plane's wings would be more parallel to the body's horizontal-ish lines. I think you were going for the vanishing points? However, using our imagination, I think it wouldn't be as big of an angle difference, similarly with the back tails; this is something I also need to work too, I had to redraw a lot of my wings again because they didn't look right with the plane's body. Finally, I liked how you started the blobs at the top and then the planes had more structured forms as we go down the page. Hope this helps :)
Léa
12d
I had a lot of fun drawing these ! It definitely helped me with thinking in volumes and not just shapes. I feel like ellipses are a challenge though... Watching Philip DImitriadis' demo helped me a lot apprehending this in a more relaxed and fun way. Thanks so much for this wonderful course !
Moka
13d
Lots of fun with these, drew along the video!
Michael Longhurst
20d
These were a lot of fun. Great way to practice.
@lwel
22d
Ok, so perspective exersises like these aren't new to me, but I'm still not very skilled at freehanding my lines so they are wonky and not always in the direction I wanted them to be. I also needs some tips on keeping the the wings simmatrical in size and shapes when there is a lot of foreshortening. the wings on the fourth plane are clearly not right.
It was good practice though. I did one airplane type that is a different variation, based of a photo.
Ishaan Kumar
24d
Alright here are my attempts. I still fight the need to get it 'right' instead of just getting into the drawing but following this course has helped that feeling subside considerably. It has also really helped to train my brain to go from the big, simple forms down to the details.
Blondie the good
28d
Trying to free hand these is such a pain but still I'm satisfied by how these turned out😁
Kevin Thon
1mo
I shameful to ask a question without submitting any work, but hey - Marshall seems to be a nice/forgiving guy:) I know we will be delving more into the line systems, but for now we are only using true verticals right,
i.,e the blobs are not “tilted” ? Also chatgpt says .. :)
Yes, there seems to be an inconsistency in vertical convergence that doesn't fully align with strict perspective rules. If this were a casual drawing, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but since it's a perspective course, it might be worth questioning.
Lin
29d
This is a question I initially had too. After some drawing and observing, I think the only true verticals exist when the (1) the edge is facing the viewer directly or close to it, or (2) the object is on the horizon level or in 2 point perspective. As you start looking down or up on something, lines begin to converge more and more - sometimes subtly if the object is further and sometimes very radically with lots of distortion if the object is close to the viewer. Because when it’s close to the viewer the VPs move closer together so you get lots of distortion. I think it was d’amelio’s perspective book which basically said some simplify to complete verticals but stuff looks weird when you do that, and I tend to agree (which is why I went down this rabbit hole myself trying the blob to boxes exercise, something felt off and it was that doing true verticals was ruining the angles of the boxes which are 90 degrees but of course in perspective.) In the screencap above you can see the lines are subtly converging and not true verticals. You can test this out for yourself with the zolly app which is really helpful with confusions to remind how things change when it’s really subtle. As for tilting it, it’s up to you how much you’re comfortable with!
@rupertdddd
1mo
More Boxy Planes...
Angelica
1mo
Planes!!
@luvbuzz
1mo
Blobs to planes. Great to watch Marshall demo multiple times. Can’t wait for more. So good to see everyone’s drawings. 2025 is the year we are all getting perspective. Thanks Marshall and the Proko team
Pär
1mo
Fun to see all the activity in here :), here myself adding some stuff to a plane doing a very loosely A-10 based plane to turn around. Has to remind myself to be sure to check constistency within the basic three sets of lines. Proportions...ah, well..
Andy O
1mo
Hey all! Here is my hw for the week. Found that the orthos were super helpful here. Learning a lot about the relationships of the shapes!
chekdot
1mo
Made some planes and then for fun, watercoloured them. This was a fun exercise!
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1mo
I love the colors!
@jaejaelearning
1mo
Watching this demo there was a moment of fear, followed by the realisation: 'Oh, It's like the isometric exercise'. That exercise I did not find easy. It was one where I had to walk away and back again several times trying to understand how on earth seeing through cubes was meant to be easy! There just wasn't something clicking in my brain initially but I did suffer through and eventually, sort of, work it out. I didn't feel convinced I got it at the time. It felt like I had managed to fake it just enough to get to the next lesson. It was in this demo I realise I think I did get it. The fear washed away, and I felt excited at the notion of trying to draw a plane.
If you had told me I'd be looking forward to drawing a plane at the beginning of this course I would have called you crazy! I have made all my friends look at it. My plane, that I drew. Wonky, sure. Basic- maybe. But it is a mechanical thingy and in different angles even. Wow. something I thought I would never begin to know how to draw. I know my line accuracy needs work but just the fact I didn't feel completely petrified approaching this exercise is a win in my books.
Thank you Marshal. I am excited to keep learning. I think I just sharpened my stick into a spear.
Ethyn
1mo
Putting some more practice in over the weekend!
Sara
1mo
Your lines are so clean - I like the one coming towards the viewer a lot
Sara
1mo
Ty so much for showing it in real time - it helped enormously! The tiny planes in the little perspective cages are the ‘before’ ones - and then the others are following along in this demo.
Michael Giff
1mo
Some very nice improvement. Number 7 looks particularly good.
Daniela
1mo
I'm late to the plane party due but this was a journey. You find challenges where you expect it less I suppose.
So in order of events
1. I went for a simple blob approach first. I was simple and pleasant although visualizing a foreshortened blob is definitely a challenge
2. Did a blob and then boxed it. Now, what bothered me here was that the blob did show that the plane was thinner towards the back but the box did not. I tried to add a smaller box and connect them but it did not look right.
3. Plane from boxes, nice and clean and pleasant.
4. At this point it was bothering me that I couldn't visualize how something smaller at the back, with the back facing towards me, would look. So here I did some form explorations with 2 boxes. They aren't very well done but I did learn from them I think
5. This time I tried to do the plane from the back as foreshortened as I could. It's not very symmetrical because I was tired at this point, but I do think I mostly got it.
I expected to finish this homework fast but the more I drew this plane the more I felt like was missing. Honestly even now I feel like I could do much more but for today I am satisfied.
Sara
1mo
Your bent/‘organic’ perspective lines look really cool
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1mo
I don’t take much pride in my ability to draw mechanical stuff, but I want to get better. This course is an awesome opportunity to learn.
Marshall is a perspective drawing wizard!
Here’s how I would break down this assignment. I’m not sure I got it all perfect yet, but I think I got the rough idea.
Maybe this can help some other students too.
Im sure you guys can draw some prettier planes ✈️
Sara
1mo
This is so nice (also I love the plane’s little happy face :D )
Michael Giff
1mo
oooh. aaaah. Thanks for taking the time to assemble this. How did you decide on the three vanishing points when assembling the grid? Do you put down the three main axis lines somewhere in the middle and then have all the gird lines converge to them out in the distance?
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