Sketching Linear Perspective Gesture Drawings

• Often times it can be a lot easier to sketch super loose, approximate lines and then go back in with a ruler to fix things.
• If you try to make every line you put down accurate, it can get really time consuming and cause your drawing to look very stiff and sterile.
• A gesture drawing of linear perspective is fundamentally no different than a gesture drawing of a figure.
• Gesture drawings capture the personality of the subject, are light and loose, and show a cohesive view of the subject that is complete.
• Ultimately when you draw any space, the element that matters the most is conveying the mood and the atmosphere of a space.
• When doing a quick gesture drawing of linear perspective, jump around the entire composition, don’t linger in one specific area!

• Search for landmarks within the space: a chair in the foreground, a figure in the far back, etc.
• Linear perspective is most easily seen in tiles on the floor or ceiling, or any repeated object (street lights) where the objects are lined up in a row, converging back into space.
• Don’t limit yourself to only sketching the lines when drawing linear perspective, shading in large space can be really effective in terms of showing depth.
• While measuring can be helpful, training your eye to recognize linear perspective in the real world is very important.
• You can’t draw linear perspective, if you can’t identify it in real life.
• You can train yourself to sketch linear perspective from observation, but the nuts and bolts of how linear perspective work are critical: horizon lines, vanishing points, vanishing lines, etc.

Art supplies

• Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Artist Watercolor Pencils (36 Pack)
• Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Magnus Artist Watercolor Pencils
• Utility Knife
• sketchbook

Software

• Photoshop

Reference Photos

• Linear Perspective
• Coffee Shops