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SARAH SIMBLET
I made this drawing (at age 8) in response to
a local bookstore's request for children to draw
their village. It shows how children usually map
large scenes in flat layers one above the other,
including all they recall about the subject.
Children are uninhibited and problems with one
element being obscured by another rarely arise.

Scale Our farmhouse was in the woods. This drawing maps
my experience and understanding of the nearby village; a
logical narrative of memories. Young children typically ignore
issues of scale when making room for important points in
their story. Note the rather large rabbits and pheasants on

the hills, which I saw from home every day.

Breamore Village, New Forest, England
1980

9 x 16 in (228 x 405 mm)
SARAH SIMBLET

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI Two-point perspective Sunlight through this colonnade illuminates Two Courtyards
Italian artist, architect, and designer Piranesi's prolific a great example of two-point perspective. Lightly marked vanishing
architectural drawings, visionary and practical points are located on either side of the drawing, at the top of each c. 1740
lateral column base. Mark these points with your pin and follow 51/2x 83/8 in (141 x 212 mm)
understanding of ancient Rome, and theoretical the converging lines of the drawing by rotating your thread. GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI
writing strongly influenced neoclassicism.