A good sketch starts with good bones Often challenging & overwhelming to sketchers the fourth book in the Urban Sketching Handbook series uses drawings & simple steps to explain the concepts of perspective in practical & useful ways for on-site sketching Most books are either too abstract or don't provide enough information that relates to what you actually do when you're out in the busy wide world about to start a drawing Where do you start? How do you edit what you see to flatten & shrink it onto your paper? How does perspective work? The Urban Sketching Handbook Understanding Perspective helps you learn to think like an architect to draw buildings & spaces by reducing what you see to simple basic shapes then adding layers in simple steps & finally finishing your sketch with detail tone & color--in accurate perspective Full of helpful tips architect & illustrator Stephanie Bower even de-constructs sketches to show you how to create them! Once you understand perspective it will change the way you see the world--you'll see perspective everywhere Some of the key concepts explored in this volume are Basic Terms Basic Spatial Principles Types of Perspective Building a Sketch in Layers Special Conditions