The trick to accurately drawing a room in one point perspective is making sure that the back wall is in correct proportion to the size of the paper. If you try to draw a room and just draw a floor and walls without taking proportion into account you will find that the ceiling does not match up at all. Here is what will happen: Follow the directions in the video 'Draw a room in one point perspective' to create a realistic room with furniture. Use the worksheets below as a guide.
Once you have demonstrated that you are able to accurately draw a realistic room in one point perspective,try designing your own surrealistic room. Before you begin, take a look at the famous pieces of art below to get an idea of how other artists have used one point perspective throughout history to create alternate realities: The Renaissance The first one point perspective paintings were created during the Renaissance. Art in those days often had a religious or moral theme:
The Holy Trinity by Masaccio
Death and the Miser by Hieronymus Bosch The Supernatural Next, let's look at the work of the painter Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) . Fuseli liked to paint supernatural or mythical creatures.
The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli
The woman in the painting is having a bad dream . The demon or incubus has ridden into her bedroom on his
horse (the 'night mare') to haunt her sleep. Children's Book Illustrations Next let's look at children's book illustrations to see how these artists draw the viewer into fantastic stories of make believe.
Alice Climbing Through The Looking Glass by Mervyn Peake
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Illustration by Nancy Ekholm Burkert
'That very night in Max's room a forest grew" From Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Surrealist Art Movement The Surrealist art movement began in the 1920's and remains popular to this day. Salvador Dali often called his paintings 'Illustrations of dreams'. Unlike the religious and moral art of the Renaissance, the supernatural paintings of Henry Fuseli and the children's book illustrations above, surrealistic pictures do not tell a single,narrative story. Instead, surrealistic pictures are often mysterious, confusing and open to interpretation, just like dreams. By using one point perspective and creating a realistic sense of space, these artists draw the viewer in to their imaginary worlds. To learn more about Surrealism, click here.
Another World by MC Escher
Forbidden literature (The use of the Word) by René Magritte
Fortune telling by René Magritte
Human Condition by René Magritte
Not to be reproduced by René Magritte
Personal Values by René Magritte
Picture Gallery by MC Escher
Relativity by MC Escher
Reptiles by MC Escher
Return of Ulysses by De Chirico
The Listening Room by René Magritte
The Month of the Grape Harvest by René Magritte
The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali
The Sheep by Salvador Dali
Time Transfixed by René Magritte
Suburbs of a Paranoiac Critical Town, Afternoon on the Outskirts of European History by Salvador Dali Installation Art Installation art describes an artistic genre of three- dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces. Installation art, first popularized in the 1960's and 1970's is still employed by many artists today. An instillation artist will transform a room or space using sculpture, manikins, actors, animals,furniture, paint, fabric, video projections, electronics, lighting, atmospheric effects and many other techniques. Some installations are meant to be walked through by the viewers, others are supposed to be viewed from the outside and others are set up just so the artist can photograph them. The idea is to create a life sized three dimensional alternate reality, like a movie or stage set, that the audience can actually experience.
Fox Games by Sandy Skoglund
Revenge of the Goldfish by Sandy Skoglund
'The Elephant in the Corner of the Room that Nobody Wants to Talk About' by Banksy Photography With photography, artists can create art so convincing that it is hard to determine if the scene depicted ever actually happened.
Atomicus by Salvador Dali
The Monster Under The Bed by Joshua Hoffine What are some ways that all these artists have used perspective and realistic space to create imaginary rooms, alternate realities and surrealistic worlds? How can you use the same methods to create your own original artwork? Before you begin to draw, look at the pictures above and see if you can figure out all of the ways that these artists used to 'Illustrate' their dreams. How will you illustrate your own dream-like imaginary worlds? Your assignment is to create a surrealistic room in one point perspective. Here are some ideas to get you started: