Vanishing Points and Horizon Lines

Today in class we learned more about vanishing points and horizon lines. A vanishing point is important because it gives the artist a point to refer back to when drawing each line. The vanishing point is what is actually there when looking down a block in the city. Horizon lines are more obvious when looking at a landscape and are equally important as it stands as a reference line for the rest of the drawing. 

For my drawing I chose to draw a street with a myriad of stores and buildings on one side and one large building on the left side. My drawing is supposed to show how all these different small family owned stores and businesses are slowly going out of business due to the constant rise of large corporations. I wanted to portray this thought while using the vanishing point to my advantage. It clear the more buildings I drew that I originally had not done my lines properly and so I had to erase them and fix them accordingly so that the various shapes and sizes were still obvious as well as the distance between some of the buildings. While this drawing is not completed with signs to show the purpose of the variety of buildings, I think my use of the vanishing point is clear in the drawing.