Al Held

Homework due Tues., 2/28

Homework due Tues., 2/28

1. Skim through the reading in the post below.  Particularly look at the diagrams in the second section ("Edges in Horizontal and Vertical Planes"). 

2. Make a drawing no smaller than 9 x 12 in. in pencil and/or charcoal.  Spend three or more hours on the drawing.   For this drawing, do only one of the two options below (Option A or Option B):

• Option A:
• Make a drawing from your imagination based on the principles of linear perspective.  Expect this to be challenging; don't worry if when you finish it feels like the perspective is still off.  This is a problem-solving excercise, so keep the shapes simple and expect to have to change things around. 
• Ideas for this drawing (if you choose this option, you don't need to do both of the ideas right below, only one of them):
• You could invent a simple room using one-point perspective (see Figure 3.6 on page 21 of the reading for an example). 
• You could make an abstract, geometric environment like the ones in the diagrams in the reading below, or like the  painting by Al Held that is above.

• Option B:
• If creating an imaginary environment feels a bit too challenging, then do a drawing from observation like what you did in class today, no smaller than 9x12 in. Make sure that achieving linear perspective is a major element of the composition; for example, you could draw a viewpoint down a long hallway or a corner of your room.  
• In addition to this drawing, draw a copy of one of the diagrams in the second section of the reading ("Edges in Horizontal and Vertical Planes"); for example, you could draw a small copy of Figure 3.3 on page 20.

Homework Reading for Tues., 2/28