Top Foreshortening Technique Correct Scale Every Time!

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2 жыл бұрын

Do foreshortening problems spoil the scale of your drawings? Do your buildings look not quite right? This simple technique gives you accurate foreshortening measures every time. It may just cause all your scale problems to fall into place. Particularly important if you create buildings from your imagination.

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@michaelostrander3681 Жыл бұрын

The insights I've gained by watching your videos have literally transformed my work over the course of only a couple of weeks. I've been watching carefully and then applying what you're teaching by simply mimicking the exercises. My sketching wasn't terrible before, just sometimes seemed to be a bit off. After watching some of your lessons I now understand why. Thank you so much for the really fine work here.

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

What an immensely satisfying comment to read Michael. I’m so pleased for your drawing and that my videos have been so helpful. Thanks for telling me (and if you have friends who draw, please tell them as well). 😀

@noobisevolving9892 5 күн бұрын

thank you for sharing every minute details and mistakes we made. your channel deserves millions of subs...............im blessesd

@stephentraversart 4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much 😀all the best with your drawing. 😀

@TokyoDynamite Жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen for all your videos. My favorite teacher on KZfaq. With the weather getting better, I’ve been drawing buildings outside more. These videos help so much !

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Lucky you Zach. Our weather is getting colder. Have fun with all that sketching. 😀

@Jonanation Жыл бұрын

This was actually really helpful! I clicked on this video thinking I wouldn’t learn much new, given I already consider myself pretty alright with perspective. But I had really never heard of this method! I knew how to place objects correctly and foreshorten them, but I never knew there was a way to measure how many objects you put in a given space. I have no idea if any of what I said made sense, but point is I learned something new. Thanks a bunch!

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Great to hear Jonathan. It is very helpful. Mostly I estimate foreshortening, but at times when it’s a bit tricky, this is really handy to know. All the best with your drawing. 😀

@TheOldBaz 23 күн бұрын

Stephen, this is fantastic, so well explained and demonstrated.

@stephentraversart 22 күн бұрын

Thanks. Kind of you to say so.

@7th_CAV_Trooper 2 ай бұрын

It's interesting that without the foreshortening of the windows, the wall actually looks curved.

@stephentraversart 2 ай бұрын

Hmmm. That may not be the wall's fault! :)

@adamwee382 6 ай бұрын

I've seen so many videos on perspective and foreshortening but they never really made a lot of sense to me, until i watched your videos.

@stephentraversart 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Adam. A great comment for a teacher to hear v😀

@davidsmith812 Жыл бұрын

This was SO helpful in helping me (us) w/ foreshortening. Thank you!!!

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Thanks David. It’s an important part of perspective often overlooked. All the best with it in your drawing. 😀

@jazzmusician46 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen for your tutorial on perspective and foreshortening. You explained and demonstrated it very well.

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

No problem Graeme. And foreshortening applies to anything, not just buildings.

@zepto5945 Жыл бұрын

I learned about the diagonal method on david finch's channel but I didn't get how it works exactly. Now I totally understand it. Very well explained.

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Thanks Zepto. Just what every teacher loves to hear. All the best with your drawing. 😀

@nafisbernafas9073 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm a new architecture student with no knowledge of proper drawing whatsoever and this helped me make sense of the more technical stuff!

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear. Thanks for letting me know. 😀

@lurych Жыл бұрын

This method for drawing repeating pattern is described by Loomis in 3-dimensional drawing, is incredible. Wonderful and useful video by the way!

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

I’m not familiar with Loomis myself, but thanks for the reference. Thanks. Glad the video was helpful. 😀

@evijesyadrianisianipar983 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving me clearer ideas about how to make the line becomes neater!

@stephentraversart 11 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Glad to have helped. 😀

@delphinewood7519 11 ай бұрын

Another brilliant tutorial. So well explained. Thank you!

@stephentraversart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Delphine 😀

@lisadamron8876 Жыл бұрын

This was so incredibly helpful. Is it weird to be in love with both art and math?

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Not at all Lisa. Friends who are mathematicians tell me pure maths becomes more like art than maths the further into it you go. 😀

@nigelhill74 Жыл бұрын

Woah, I have never seen this technique for dividing up a surface. That is brilliant!!!!!

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

And it’s so simple Nigel. Mostly I just estimate foreshortening but when I need it to be more exact, this is great. 😀

@nigelhill74 Жыл бұрын

@@stephentraversart yes, so simple. I studied industrial design and learnt advanced perspective construction techniques that allowed you to project details from a plan view on to a picture plane and then to the viewing station to work out spacing but it was tricky and I’ve forgotten it. I also know the technique of making one square in perspective and then copying it using a similar technique with diagonal lines. But this is so much easier. I usually estimate too though. Love your videos!

@JuliaJohnstonPhotos Жыл бұрын

So so so so helpful!! Thank you 🙏🏽

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear Julia. 😀

@eb6064 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so helpful… thank you very much!!!

@stephentraversart 2 жыл бұрын

Always encouraging to hear this e b. Thanks. Please tell your friends. 😀

@safiraborgart9504 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Sooo helpful! 👏🏼

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Safira. Soooo pleased to hear it. 😀

@puoslerrious 10 ай бұрын

thats great! so simple! looks perfect!

@stephentraversart 10 ай бұрын

Thank you 😀

@richardlowell2564 Жыл бұрын

Great technique, thanks. Very helpful as always. Is there any way to calculate how long to make the wall, proportional to walls that are at another angle? For example, if you are drawing a cube shaped building in two point perspective, you know both walls are the same length. How do you know where the walls end to be sure they are proportional to each other?

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

There is, but it’s more than a comment can manage. Perhaps I can make it a video. Stay tuned Richard. 😀

@heatherh3457 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you.

@stephentraversart 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that Heather. Thanks. 😀

@cdifffc1754 2 ай бұрын

Incredibly helpful

@stephentraversart 2 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!😀

@depressoespresso5904 Ай бұрын

oh my goodness this is SO USEFUL tysmm!! where was tis video before i inked my project last nighttt?

@stephentraversart 28 күн бұрын

It’s ready for your next project. All the best with it. 😀

@jeromebonto8680 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Stephen. This is very helpful.

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

That’s greT to hear Jerome. Thanks 😀

@kausaru._ Жыл бұрын

Thank you, so much Stephen

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Naufal 😀

@cocoke7095 2 жыл бұрын

So Useful!!!! Thanks very much

@stephentraversart 2 жыл бұрын

Great to know Coco. Keep drawing!😀

@blobofblutack Жыл бұрын

Legend, thanks!

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Thank you. 😀

@Nma005 7 ай бұрын

Very well explained THANK U SIR✨

@stephentraversart 7 ай бұрын

You're most welcome😀

@Banoffeenyx Жыл бұрын

SO HELPFUL!!!

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

That’s great Laura. Thanks 😀

@hendywijaya3213 Жыл бұрын

It's so helpful, thank you sir!

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

I’m very pleased about that. My pleasure 😀

@Jay-ql4gp 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@stephentraversart 9 ай бұрын

No problem 😀

@reemara Жыл бұрын

thank you for directing me to the link

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

I hope the video was helpful. 😀

@operationgladiolives Жыл бұрын

stephen is the goat frfr

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Haha! I had to look this up to see if it was good or bad!😆 Thanks dude. 👍

@misakistalker3058 Жыл бұрын

read about perpective and i always get stuck and unable to understand the more advanced lessons, this one wall with windows is perfect, than you so much!

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

I’m really glad it worked for you Misaki. All the best using it in your drawings 😀

@kayj312 Жыл бұрын

this technique is insane

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

That’s crazy good!🤣

@SunShine-dk6rk 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great explanation,as a beginner its these kind of details that can make or break a piece of art in perspective,as always Best wishes to yourself,family,friends and fellow budding artists.

@stephentraversart 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Always examine your drawings at the end. If something doesn’t seem quite right, work out why. It gives a very valuable focus on the next drawing. All the best. 😀

@SunShine-dk6rk 2 жыл бұрын

@@stephentraversart Thank you,will remember that.

@creativeartworld935 Жыл бұрын

I love your art work sir

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

That’s very kind of you to say. Thanks. 😊

@abdelkadirbenbia3777 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@stephentraversart 10 ай бұрын

You're most welcome😀

@WoodchuckNorris.8o Жыл бұрын

I'm trying to design my house I want to build. Your videos are very helpful thank you

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Oh dear. I hope it doesn’t fall down!🤣 Actually, I considered studying architecture when I was at school, so it’s nice To hear you say this. All the best with your plans. 😀

@jerrygraves6531 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Great to hear Jerry. Thanks 😀

@omniasabet6118 7 ай бұрын

Very helpful

@stephentraversart 7 ай бұрын

That’s great to hear 😀

@Tatokala Жыл бұрын

Nice.🎉

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😀

@svenkamog2232 Жыл бұрын

Great video 👍 any tips on how to do this on a ground plane without the use of a vanishing point...

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Once we know the principle, we can just estimate it. The half way point is always more than half way in the direction away from us the wall slopes, because the closer section will be ‘wider’ looking. The more sharply the wall slopes away from us, the further along the half way point will be. Does this help 😀

@pellier08 Жыл бұрын

The 'wrong' drawing with the square window at the end looks like a round gallery. So would it work in that case? The Monet museum in Paris, l'Orangerie, looks very similar to that drawing.

@stephentraversart 4 ай бұрын

On a round wall the shape of the wi does would change according to the angle we see them on. The more straight on we see them the closer to their real proportions they will look. 😀

@caboose2406 Жыл бұрын

Hey, I was wondering what the reason is for making the eye level line on a bit of a diagonal instead of horizontally?

@stephentraversart Жыл бұрын

Eye level should always be horizontal. Did I draw one a bit crooked? Sometimes if the camera is not square on to the paper the lines can look as though they slant, but it can also be a line that simply wandered a bit. 😀

@caboose2406 Жыл бұрын

@@stephentraversart ahhhh gotcha gotcha 👌! I've been going through your videos for the past month or so, and I had seen where you differentiated eye level from horizontal lines and when I saw this I was thinking "did I muss something .o.??" Lol. So when practicing these foreshortening methods, keep the eye level horizontal. Awesome! Also, thank you so much for all the videos! I've been looking through so man channels and yours is by far one of my favorites! You cover so many unspoken areas!