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ARCHITECTURE78 Creating an Imaginary Space

THIS CLASS USES SINGLE-POINT PERSPECTIVE t o c r e a t e a s i m p l e to you and if you listen to it, it will take you places you never

imaginary room. It highlights the importance of having faith dreamed of; it is interaction that makes the work richer."
in your imagination and trusting your ability to invent. The
mistaken belief that we should know exactly what our In this class, let simple lines suggest a simple space, then
finished drawings will look like before we make them
prevents many people from ever starting. As David Lynch, let the space suggest its contents and purpose. Linear
artist and film director, once said: "I never end up with what
I set out to do, whether it is a film or a painting. I always perspective will support you by providing a frame in which
start with a script but I don't follow it all the way through to
the end. A lot more happens when you open yourself up to to b u i l d your picture as it did for Leonardo, p . 7 4 ) . O n
the work and let yourself act and react to it. Every work talks
a fresh page in your drawing book, draw a box as shown

opposite. Then follow the three given steps. If using a fiber-

tip pen as I have done for this drawing, you will find white

adhesive stationery labels are useful for covering errors or

changing the direction of your idea.

APPLYING PERSPECTIVE

An Imagined Scaffold

"Enjoy your illusion as you make it
and it will become more real."