Here is a link to a video that has some pillars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Qw3_aXLN0&t=23

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_Human_Rights

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal … man_Rights

William

At present I am wondering about how to construct a perspective view of pillars that are equally spaced in the real world.

Starting with a vanishing point or two, draw some construction lines radiating from it/them. Draw vertical lines for the left and right edges of the pillars, and then draw a base and a cap for the bottom and top (respectively) of each pillar.

You can use construction lines to get the spacing right, too, but it’s probably easier to use a calculator such as the one provided on this page:

https://www.theproblemsite.com/educatio … horizontal

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p … /313528842

So I have been wondering what sort of art could be produced using the pen, the pencil, the yellow highlighter, both on paper using some of the items in the pack, and also using Affinity software with the constraint of just using simulations of those three physical items.

I have wondered if perhaps the construction lines of a perspective drawing could be drawn using the highlighter, then lines using the pen and details using the pencil.

So I have then started learning about perspective.

At present I am wondering about how to construct a perspective view of pillars that are equally spaced in the real world.

William

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index. … nt-1178075

That is very kind of you.

William

“Here’s one I made earlier.”

The attached Affinity Designer file shows swatches for the 12-colour set, with a list of their names underneath. When you open it in AD, you should find that there’s a document palette (‘Staedtler 12’) in the Swatches panel. I’ll leave it as an exercise for you to create an application palette that you can use in other drawings.

The attached Affinity Designer file shows swatches for the 24-colour set (in two groups of 12, to keep the additional ones separate from the original ones so that you can inspect either half in isolation). Once again, for each group there is a list of the names of the colours in that group, but I’ve also added the colour names to the swatches and the layers.

Thank you.

I am now going to search how to do that.

William

I clicked on the Pale Blue that Alfred supplied, and that locked in as the fill at both upper left and upper right. But if I swapped at the right, then the Pencil Tool was Pale Blue but the filled colour in Alfred's Palette changed colour to what was previously the fill colour.

What you’re calling “Alfred’s Palette” is simply the Document Palette. If you change the contents of the document, the Document Palette will change accordingly.

Create a new palette as an Application Palette and add whatever colours you want (e.g. some or all of the colours in the current document). Then when you change the contents of the document, the Document Palette will change but the Application Palette will not, and you will be able to use your carefully assembled palette colours in other documents.

There is a problem.

I clicked on the Pale Blue that Alfred supplied, and that locked in as the fill at both upper left and upper right. But if I swapped at the right, then the Pencil Tool was Pale Blue but the filled colour in Alfred's Palette changed colour to what was previously the fill colour.

So leave it all for now and try to think it out and perhaps receive advice.

William

At the moment I am trying to work out how I get the pale blue of what Alfred supplied to be the colour in which the Pencil Tool draws.

William

Now I am going to try drawing in colours.

On the physical drawing I started with the sun, but the yellow does not show brightly so I will start with the Light blue for the cloud edges and the sky.

William

The items that Alfred produced are now placed such that if the whole page is printed then they would be hidden underneath the mount when framed.

I have enlarged the type to 12 point.

William

Change the Document Setup to Inches to facilitate adding the rectangle.

I think that I need to have that in a separate layer then I can switch its display off when I want to export the picture, either for a screen or for printing.

Add the rectangle at 8.5 inches wide and 6.5 inches wide at 5 point and black with a null fill and centre and middle it.

Start a new layer.

Draw a line with the Pencil Tool to show it is working, delete that line.

Save the file.

William