The Artist's Guide To Perspective

Product Description

In order to draw or paint anything successfully, an artist needs a good understanding of perspective, but it is a subject that most people seem to find very confusing & challenging. In stark contrast to other books on the market, The Artist's Guide to Perspective" demystifies this subject & explains it in a clear, accessible way. Before pencil is put to paper, a series of simple exercises which purely involve 'looking', enables readers to discover the basic principles of perspective for themselves; observing & understanding. The book then builds on these fundamentals, clearly progressing through the chapters covering picture planes, vanishing points, aerial perspective & foreshortening, culminating in how to produce a projection for a large piece of work. Sequences of colour photographs & clearly sketched diagrams accompany the exercises & information, so there is always a visual to back up the points being made. This book is for anyone who wants to draw or paint with the benefit of sound knowledge, method & consistency, in order to produce realistic, well throughout work. "