Whether you're just sketching a bicycle and need the second tire to fit with the first or a train with a lot of receding wheels, that diagram says it all. Ellipses and curves are difficult for every beginner I know, something that left me feeling better about my own struggles with them.
You're quite right in the video too that practice does make it easier to freehand them. Drafting out perspective lines is still useful even for the expert though, when you want serious accuracy.
There's a trick I used to use when I had a wooden drafting table that I could stick pins in. I would tie black threads onto a push pin, place the vanishing point off the page and stick the pin firmly into the table, then pull the threads down and wind them around other pins placed off the other side of the page.
Voila -- perspective lines that I didn't need to rub out. Be sure to wind the string or thread several times around the second pin so it doesn't come loose, or tie a knot in the end of the string and put the pin right through the knot before sticking it in the board.
Robert from http://www.explore-oil-pastels-with-robert-sloan.com
Apr 08, 2009 Rating
Great video! by: Anonymous
You have made drawing wheels much easier! Thank you!
Apr 08, 2009 Rating
Wheels and eyes by: Anonymous
When I saw your explanation for the wheels I immediately thought that it would be good to draw eyes in perspective too. What do you think? :-)
Apr 08, 2009 Rating
thanks by: John B.
Nice addition to the video. Thanks to both of you for shariing
Apr 08, 2009 Rating
One of my favorite by: Chris
That video is one of my favorite - wheels are tough to draw but bob makes it so easy. Thanks for the extra tip John!
Apr 08, 2009 Rating
Thanks John by: Bob
Yep, so obvious and I can't think why I missed that off the video. Thanks for the spot.
