Sketch Book for the Artist

ARCHITECTURE

Creating an Imaginary Space

THIS CLASS USES SINGLE-POINT PERSPECTIVE to create a simple

imaginary room. It highlights the importance of having faith

in your imagination and trusting your ability to invent. The

mistaken belief that we should know exactly what our

finished drawings will look like before we make them

prevents many people from ever starting. As David Lynch,

artist and film director, once said: "I never end up with what

I set out to do, whether it is a film or a painting. I always

start with a script but I don't follow it all the way through to

the end. A lot more happens when you open yourself up to

the work and let yourself act and react to it. Every work talks

APPLYING PERSPECTIVE

An Imagined Scaffold

"Enjoy your illusion as you make it

and it will become more real."

to you and if you listen to it, it will take you places you never

dreamed of; it is interaction that makes the work richer."

In this class, let simple lines suggest a simple space, then

let the space suggest its contents and purpose. Linear

perspective will support you by providing a frame in which

to build your picture as it did for Leonardo, p.74). On

a fresh page in your drawing book, draw a box as shown

opposite. Then follow the three given steps. If using a fiber-

tip pen as I have done for this drawing, you will find white

adhesive stationery labels are useful for covering errors or

changing the direction of your idea.