Method and system for creating true perspective drawings and drawings created by same

• US 7,513,773 B1
• Filed: 01/30/2006
• Issued: 04/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ryan Oakes, Trevor Oakes
• Original Assignee: Ryan Oakes, Trevor Oakes
• Inventors: Oakes, Trevor, Oakes, Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom; Kurt
• Application Number:
  US11/343,518
• Time in Patent Office: 1,163 Days
• Field of Search: 434/81, 434/84, 434/85, 434/88, 434/89, 434/90, 434/91, 434/92, 332/76, 332/77
• US Class Current: 434/91
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 11/00 Teaching hand-writing, shorthand, drawing, or painting
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 11/10 Teaching painting

Abstract

A method and system for creating perspective drawings on a preferably curved drawing surface. An easel and a drawing surface are provided. The artist securely positions his head at a central point relative to the drawing surface and looks past an edge of the drawing surface at an object to be drawn, thereby creating an illusion of a transparent margin of the drawing surface overlapping the object. The object is then traced onto the transparent margin of the drawing surface. The traced-upon margin is cut off and removed from the drawing surface, thereby creating a new transparent margin. These steps are repeated on the new transparent margin until all of the drawing surface is used. The cut-up pieces of the drawing surface are reassembled to form a complete image. The easel includes structure that allows the artist to position an eye at the center point of the drawing surface.

Claims

1. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface comprising:

an easel having a radially symmetric curvature about a center point;

a concave drawing surface adapted to fit inside said curvature of said easel;

a rotatable head stabilizer disposable in proximity to said easel for positioning one of an artist'"'"'s eyes substantially at said center point of said easel,

wherein when the artist'"'"'s eye is positioned at said center point and the artist looks at an object in the distance, an illusion of a transparent margin of said drawing surface overlaps the object to enable tracing of the distant object onto a real margin of said drawing surface.

2. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 1, further comprising a means for manually locating said center point.

3. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 2, wherein said center point locating means comprises at least one locating element perpendicular to said curvature, wherein when the artist places his eye at said center point, only an edge of said locating element is substantially visible.

4. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 3, said locating element comprising a grid of strips of material perpendicular to said curvature.

5. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 1, said drawing surface comprising substantially flat surface elements which, when assembled, form said concave drawing surface with substantially the same curvature as easel.

6. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 5, said surface elements comprising curved longitudinal strips.

7. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 5, said surface elements comprising interlocking polygons.

8. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 1, said head stabilizer further comprising a chin rest.

9. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 1, said head stabilizer further comprising a head clamp.

10. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 1, said head stabilizer further comprising a bite plate graspable by the artist'"'"'s jaws.

11. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 1, said drawing surface comprising a single curved piece of material.

12. A method of creating perspective drawings on a drawing surface, comprising the steps of:

a) providing an easel and a drawing surface;

b) securely positioning one'"'"'s head relative to the drawing surface;

c) looking past an edge of the drawing surface at an object to be drawn and thereby creating an illusion of a transparent margin of the drawing surface overlapping the object;

d) tracing the object onto the transparent margin of the drawing surface.

13. A method of creating perspective drawings on a drawing surface according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

e) cutting off the traced upon margin on the drawing surface from step d), thereby creating a new transparent margin; and

f) repeating steps b)-d) on the new transparent margin.

14. A method of creating perspective drawings on a drawing surface according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

g) repeating steps b)-f) until all of the drawing surface is used; and

h) reattaching the cut-up pieces of the drawing surface to form a complete image.

15. A method of creating perspective drawings on a drawing surface according to claim 12, wherein the drawing surface provided in said step a) is a concave drawing surface having radially symmetric curvature about a center point.

16. A method of creating perspective drawings on a drawing surface according to claim 15, wherein said step b) further comprises the step of positioning one of one'"'"'s eyes substantially at the center point of the concave drawing surface.

17. A method of creating perspective drawings on a drawing surface according to claim 15, further comprising the step of i) providing on the easel at least one strip of material perpendicular to said curvature, substantially only the edge of the strip being visible by the artist when the artist'"'"'s eye is at the center point.

18. A method of creating perspective drawings on a drawing surface according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

j) repeating said steps c) and d) for at least two visually adjacent objects at different distances from the drawing surface, thereby creating an offset distance between the drawn images of the at least two visually adjacent objects; and

k) using the offset distance in the drawing as a scaled measurement for determining the depth between the two visually adjacent objects,

wherein the closer the objects are to each other, the smaller the offset distance in the drawing will be.

19. A method for creating perspective drawings on a drawing surface according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

l) measuring the width of the transparent margin created in step c); and

m) using said width as a scaled measurement for determining the distance between the artist and the object.

20. A system for creating perspective drawings on a surface comprising:

an easel;

a drawing surface adapted to fit on said easel;

a rotatable head stabilizer disposable in proximity to said easel for positioning one of an artist'"'"'s eyes at a predeterminable point in proximity to said easel,

wherein when the artist'"'"'s eye is stabilized relative to said easel and the artist looks at an object in the distance, an illusion of a transparent margin of said drawing surface overlaps the object to enable tracing of the distant object onto a real margin of said drawing surface.

21. A system for creating perspective drawings according to claim 20, wherein said head stabilizer is rotatable about one eye of the artist whose head is disposed in said head stabilizer.

22. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface comprising:

an easel having a radially symmetric curvature about a center point;

a concave drawing surface adapted to fit inside said curvature of said easel;

a head stabilizer disposable in proximity to said easel for positioning one of an artist'"'"'s eyes substantially at said center point of said easel; and

a means for manually locating said center point,

wherein when the artist'"'"'s eye is positioned at said center point and the artist looks at an object in the distance, an illusion of a transparent margin of said drawing surface overlaps the object to enable tracing of the distant object onto a real margin of said drawing surface.

23. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface according to claim 22, wherein said center point locating means comprises at least one locating element perpendicular to said curvature, said locating element comprising a grid of strips of material perpendicular to said curvature,

and wherein when the artist places his eye at said center point, only an edge of said locating element is substantially visible.

24. A system for creating perspective drawings on a spherical surface comprising:

an easel having a radially symmetric curvature about a center point;

a concave drawing surface adapted to fit inside said curvature of said easel, said drawing surface comprising substantially flat surface elements which, when assembled, form said concave drawing surface with substantially the same curvature as easel;

a head stabilizer disposable in proximity to said easel for positioning one of an artist'"'"'s eyes substantially at said center point of said easel,

wherein when the artist'"'"'s eye is positioned at said center point and the artist looks at an object in the distance, an illusion of a transparent margin of said drawing surface overlaps the object to enable tracing of the distant object onto a real margin of said drawing surface.