Perspective Drawing: Standard Original Version (Techbooks Book 3) by Brian Rider

Author:Brian Rider [Rider, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: FHG-LLP
Published: 2013-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

Return Wall Measurements

I must point out the important of the return wall measurements. You will see at the front of this booklet that we have invented a perspective ruler, a very simple way of providing return wall measurements. We have, however, shown the alternative methods of producing effective return wall measurements. In all cases however, there is an element of judgment. Indeed when we were teaching perspective we actually taught at a high profile Design Academy where the head designer was very proficient at drawing perspectives but she could not teach the delegates how to judge the return measurements. In fact this issue caused more failures on their own perspective courses than any other. When we introduced the perspective ruler, delegates no longer needed to worry about this aspect and were able to get on with the task with relative ease. It is also fair to say that when you first start to draw 3d it is not always possible to see what you are drawing. But, have heart, it will come after practice.

In the early years many designers used to use the grid. Frankly I have always found this more of a distraction than an aid, but it is available if you wish to try. Grids can come with or without the vanishing point but once you establish the basis of the grid you simply trace the grid through.

Return wall measurements are, in some respects, the most difficult aspect of perspective, but mainly 1 point and 2 point perspectives. The method is more or less the same for both so we shall just elaborate on the basic principles.

One of the things that our Designers found was that they could not teach their delegates how to judge the dimensions. We had developed the scale ruler as shown earlier. This was simple, effective and allowed the delegates to relax and get on with the more important drawing skills. In fact, it isn’t really necessary but it is a big help in distance learning and for speed of the drawing. We shall show over the next few pages how to interpret the return measurements in a variety of different ways.

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