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Old 09-22-2006, 10:51 AM
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Default feb Having problems with perspective.

I am having with scenic relief carving. I have the Lora Irish book, Landscapes in Relief.I followed her step by step and it came beautiful. The dephts were all numbered. I Went to the scenes in the back of the book, example page 82 if you have the book and without the numbers. I wonder if she sells numberd pattern packages I'd like to here from some relief carvers. Thanks FEB
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Old 09-22-2006, 10:57 AM
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Default Re: feb Having problems with perspective.

So far as I know, Ms. Irish sells tons of patterns. Click >>>HERE<<<

Persepective can be tricky. Just remeber one basic thing; to the eye, the further away something is, the smaller it will appear.
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Old 09-22-2006, 01:54 PM
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Default Re: feb Having problems with perspective.

Feb ,
Perspective is all about angles, and how to perceive them to get a photo to effectively to reflect depth.

If your looking at a tree against the side of a house , you perceive a closer item, which would stands closer to you. If you removed the items that fill in the form between the house and the tree . The tree would seem to stand and open space. In relief carving we're basically doing just that by removing the grass, we give the tree a freestanding single item perspective . By combining the different depths that we what others to see we present the picture which we want others to perceive, as as a 3-D picture.

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Old 09-22-2006, 08:52 PM
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Default Re: feb Having problems with perspective.

Let me see if I can help. Perspective relies on a vanishing point. the vanishing point is that spot on the horizon where all horizontal lines converge.

If you look along a straight road, the parallel sides of the road appear meet at a point in the distance. This point is called the vanishing point.

To draw in perspective, draw a horizon line and draw a vanishing point anywhere on the horizon. Lines which are parallel in real life are drawn to intersect at the vanishing point.

Distant figures appear smaller but have the same shape and proportions as they would close up. In geometry, we would say that the figures are similar.

In order for a drawing to have a realistic effect it needs 2 vanishing points. This is called two-point perspective drawing. There are three types of lines: lines that converge to the left at a point (called the Vanishing Point Left), lines that converge to the right at a point (called the Vanishing Point Right), and vertical lines. Sometimes the vertical lines have a vanishing point as well making the drawing a three-point perspective drawing, say if you are really close to a building looking up, but for the most part two-point perspective drawing is the norm.

When drawing in perspective, you can vary your point of view by altering the position of the vanishing points.

For more information on how to draw in a two-point perspective check out this page.
http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum98...DrawPersp.html

For more information on how to draw in a one-point perspective check out this page.

http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum98.../1ptPersp.html

I hope this helps.

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