Perspective Drawing
Rankin Dam
December 15, 2009
Filed under News
When one looks past the various tables, chairs, and art supplies scattered throughout Mr. Kessinger’s classroom, the eyes are drawn to the multitude of student-made memorabilia pinned to the walls. Painted outlines of students and mosaics containing hidden images cover the borders of the white boards. A questioning glance is directed to the detached windows, frames and all, resting against the front wall. Everything speaks of the unorthodox.
In comparison to these slightly unusual art works, perspective drawing seems to be too far on the beaten path. Mr. Kessinger himself admits that he doesn’t usually enjoy teaching the basics of art. Perspective drawing is a basic art form used to draw objects in depth. It is primarily used in the drawing of buildings and rooms. The depth is obtained by drawing lines from a focal point to the edges of the paper, then adding lines perpendicular to those lines in order to form buildings and other basic shapes.
“Perspective is a fundamental in art. … Teaching perspective allows students to further their skills in drawing and leads to more complex techniques and assignments.” Mr. Kessinger’s slight annoyance at having to teach perspective drawing was overshadowed by the fact that doing so would allow for better results in the unorthodox lessons. While this fundamental may be finished at the end of this quarter, students are enjoying it just as much the rest of Mr. Kessinger’s art lessons.
“The perspective drawings are really fun to play around with. I didn’t really like one-point, but now that we are working on two-point and three-point the possibilities seem endless.” Junior student Atley Citeno has embraced the new multi-focal point variances of perspective drawing. Indeed, many of the students seem to enjoy the basics lesson. They eagerly look forward to the next perspective of drawing.
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