Purpose & Principles Involved

The purpose of this exercise is to have you work with the basic principles of perspective:

HORIZON LINE
POINT OF VIEW
ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE
TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE
ELLIPSES
3 DIMENSIONAL THINKING & DRAWING
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

That’s the technical reason for the assignment. The secondary reason is for you to begin to understand the importance of seeing spatial relationships and being able to keep them consistent from one drawing to another.
 
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