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Materials needed:
A4 or A3 paper
2B pencils and 4B pencils
cardboard boxes of various sizes
books to place on top of boxes
ruler and eraser
protractor
What to do:
Place cardboard boxes on a table so that the corners are facing you, place books on top of the boxes. Find the horizon line, or the eye line on the boxes with a protractor.
If the parallel lines on a box are going upwards then hold the protractor base downwards. Put the middle of the protractor on the corner of the box being drawn and measure the parallel lines.
If the parallel lines are going downwards then you hold the protractor upside down with the middle the protractor on the corner of the box, then measure those parallel lines.
Use a ruler to draw straight lines. Make sure your drawing is not to large or you won't fit everything on the paper.
After you have finished the boxes and books then you can add shading and make the lines darker with your 4B pencil.
This lesson is a review of lesson four, mainly learning how to use the protractor the right way and drawing lines in perspective.... back
