Drawing Perspective & Space: Basic Principles of Drawing in Perspective B/W (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781540361639)

This book is dedicated in its entirety to the topic "Drawing in Perspective". Primarily, it involves so-called vanishing-point perspective. By making use of vanishing-point perspective, it is possible to realistically display objects, landscapes and architecture. A persuasive illusion of reality is thus created on paper.

This book offers many vivid examples and exercises about perspective drawing. In this way you will learn to use the technique of drawing in perspective quickly. The most important contents are:

• Methods of illustration depth and space
• How the perspective occurs in our eye
• Drawing in one-point perspective
• Drawing in two-point perspective
• Drawing in three-point perspective
• How to draw circles, cylinders and arcs in perspective
• How to draw shadows in perspective
• Illustrating in perspective that is true to proportion

Learn how to draw in perspective easily with many step-by-step lessons for beginners. For advanced drawers, this book provides methods that will show you how to draw and paint bodies that are true to proportion - a skill that is especially interesting for people who have to draw architecture.