Where the Street Disappears

In the picture

1. 1Vanishing point: the single spot where all the parallel lines meet
2. 2Horizon line: the line at your eye level where the vanishing point sits
3. 3Kerb edge: a line that is parallel in real life but slants toward the vanishing point
4. 4Nearest tree: the largest one, because objects shrink as they get further away

Examples

• Railway tracks seem to join together far away in the distance
• A long school corridor looks narrower and narrower toward the far end

Quiz: Where the Street Disappears (Age 13)

1. 1

   In one-point perspective, where do the lines that run away from you, like the edges of a straight road, end up meeting?

   • Nowhere, because parallel lines always stay the same distance apart in a drawing
   • At a different point for each line, spread along the horizon
   • At one single vanishing point on the horizon
2. 2

   You are drawing two trees that are the same size in real life, but one is much further away. How should you draw the far one?

   • The same size as the near one, because they are really the same size
   • Smaller than the near one
   • Slightly bigger than the near one, so it stands out
3. 3

   In a one-point perspective drawing, what is the horizon line?

   • The bottom edge of the picture, where the road begins
   • The line at your eye level, where the vanishing point sits
   • The line along the tops of the nearest rooftops

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