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Mastering Foreshortening: A Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing Perspectival Posts

Learn the art of foreshortening through a detailed, step-by-step guide on drawing a series of posts receding into the distance. Using simple materials like paper, pencil, eraser, and ruler, this tutorial will walk you through the process of creating an illusion of depth with horizon lines, vanishing points, and careful spacing. Perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike, this lesson emphasizes the importance of perspective in drawing. By the end, you’ll create a dynamic scene with multiple posts, each contributing to the overall depth of your artwork.

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Mastering Foreshortening: A Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing Perspectival Posts

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  1. Post in Perspective A lesson in Foreshortening Materials: paper, pencil, eraser, ruler

  2. Step 1: Draw a horizon line in the center of the page. Step 2: Place a dot near the center of the line and draw a road going back to the dot.

  3. Step 3: Draw a post. The post should begin near the bottom of the page and end about an inch from the top. Step 4: Draw a faint guide line from the top of the post to the vanishing point. This will be the ending point for all other post.

  4. Step 5: Draw a second post. Be careful not to place it too close to the first. Space it about ½ inch from the first.

  5. Step 6: Next you are going to find the center of the two post. To do this you will draw a line from the bottom of post one to the top of post two and a line from the bottom of post two the to the top of post one. The point where the lines intersect is your center point.

  6. Step 7: Draw a faint guide line from the center point (you just found) to the vanishing point.

  7. Step 8: Using your ruler line up the bottom of post one with the center of post two. The point where the ruler crosses the guideline (drawn from the top of post 1 to the vanishing point) is where you will place the third post.

  8. Step 9: Repeat Procedure to finish drawing post. You should have at least 6 post.

  9. Step 10: To draw post on opposite side. Draw a line (horizontal to the horizon line) from the bottom of the post, across the road, to approximately the same sport on the opposite side of the road.

  10. Step 11: Draw a guideline from the vanishing point to the top of the post. This line will indicate where your post stop.

  11. Step 12: Repeat and draw a (mirror image post) for each post already drawn.

  12. Step 13: Add details

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