Drawing circles in perspective:
Ellipse
anatomy- An ellipse has a minor and major axis, the minor axis cuts the ellipse
in half across its narrowest section, and the major axis cuts it on the widest
section. When it comes to drawing circles in perspective, which turn into
ellipses, the major axis should be ignored since it would almost never cross
the actual center of the circle. The minor axis on the ellipse will always point
towards the vanishing point to make a circle. This makes the minor axis like
the axis to a wheel.
Placing
ellipses on surfaces- according to Scott Robertson’s rules, to draw an ellipse
on a surface, “the minor axis is always perpendicular to the surface on which
the circle will be placed” (Robertson 73). To place the ellipse on a surface,
first draw a minor axis perpendicular to the surface edge, then draw an ellipse
around the minor axis, then draw a box around the shape and match the angle of
the ellipse up to the angle of the box, which should match with the shape of
the surface this is all on.
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| Basic shapes using ellipses on surfaces |
Where
are some examples of where you could use this technique in a drawing?
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ReplyDeleteHi Kien, your post had helped me learned how to draw ellipses more effectively. though I'm not a very good drawer I have taken a class for drawing, but I was always unable to draw eclipses. I think that this technique is very useful to draw circular objects like a water bottle or something in that area. My question to you is, would there be an easier way to draw an ellipses?
ReplyDeleteellipse templates are something drafters use a lot
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