2/25 - City - Creating Space & Perspective

"Space the final frontier..." I couldn't resist a Star Trek quote.  The "space" I am referring to today is one of the seven elements of art.  Space refers to the emptiness (negative) or area between, above, below or within and object (positive). It can be two dimensional which creates "shape". It has height and width and is used in drawings and paintings.  Three dimensional is referred to as "form". It has depth, width and height.  This is found in sculptures, weavings, architecture.  Our project is two dimensional. We will use perspective to create the illusion of depth and volume using lines and color.

We will be creating a simple cityscape using an arrow as the starting point.

Vertical lines are then added.  See how one side of the building bottom is angled?  This is how we will create the depth in our project.

By adding more buildings with angled sides as well as smaller ones in the background, the city begins to create an illusion of being three dimensional.

Details and color are added.  We will create more depth by adding value (light and dark) to the buildings.