Lesson One, Perspective

I'm taking my mom's mural workshop this week. Today's lesson consisted of perspective and composition. I was VERY intimidated and scared, and not so sure about this thing called 'Perspective.' As it turns out it's not as hard as it seems, though I did have a minor malfunction and almost headed up a mutiny. "Ahhh! This isn't working!!" There was a sudden uprising of voices, but the Captain quelled it; and I realized after I used every last bit of eraser on the pencil, that I was trying to get four evenly converging lines from five points instead of six. Ah-ha! We learned that there is "no such thing as I can't" (at least in the classroom). I believe it now too. I drew buildings today that look just like the pic above. Perfectly in Perspective. Tomorrow we'll start painting. I Love it!! Hell yeah, this rocks!




A little perspective goes a long way. Once again, art imitates life. Perspective? I'm sure I could use that lesson in other areas of my life.