Perspective Drawing with Tom Quinn

Six Tuesdays, April 14-May 19, 12-2 p.m.

$168, a supply list will be emailed to you after registration.

Perspective is to drawing what grammar is to writing and scales are to music. It provides a structure to art by dictating where objects must be placed and which directions the angles go to achieve that vital third dimension of depth. From one-point, two-point and three-point perspective, we move on to circles, shadows, and reflections. Best of all you don’t have to be an artist to draw well in perspective — when you know how to use the tools, they do the drawing for you.

Week 1 - Introduction to one-point perspective using shoeboxes

Week 2 - Indefinite and definite divisions. House and tile floor in one-point.

Week 3 - Introduction to the cone of vision, and how to draw a perfect cube in one-point. Introduction to two-point.

Week 4 - Chessboard and perfect cube in two-point. How to rotate a cube

Week 5 - Drawing objects of similar sizes in different positions. Introduction to three-point

Week 6 - Shadows and reflections of cubes in one- and two-point