Lessons in Classical Drawing (Enhanced Edition): Essential Techniques from Inside the Atelier by Juliette Aristides

Author:Juliette Aristides [Aristides, Juliette]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780823006601
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
Published: 2012-03-21T04:00:00+00:00

Diagram by John Clark

A HIGHLY ACCURATE METHOD OF creating ellipses was introduced to me by the aviation artist John Clark, who once visited my atelier. Draw a square and mark the halfway points along each of the four sides. Connect the dots on opposite sides, forming your major axis lines and creating four quadrants. Then draw a V, connecting the bottom center of your square to each of the two top corners. Divide the upper-left quadrant in half horizontally. Then draw a diagonal line from the vertical halfway point on the left perimeter of the quadrant to the horizontal halfway point on the top of the full square. The intersection between this diagonal and the diagonal of your V gives you your critical point for the ellipse. Repeat this process on all four sides and you will have the four points needed to swing your ellipse.

This same system also works for an ellipse seen in perspective. Find the halfway point on a plane in perspective (not shown here) by drawing the major diagonals from corner to corner and then placing the halfway marks where they intersect. Clark shows an in-depth illustrated sequence of this construction on my website, www.aristidesatelier.com.

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