Perspective Without Pain

About this book

Imagine perspective without painno T-squares complicated equations or mechanical termsjust simple instructions and hands-on exercises to teach you how to create a sense of depth in your drawings and paintings. Now go a step furtherimagine having fun with perspective. With this book you will. Here Phil Metzger give you clear-cut guidelines in everyday termswith a lot of friendliness and a little humor tossed in along the way. As an experienced artist he understands how you work and he knows that the last thing you need is a lot of rigid rules to tie you down. Here youll learn techniques of perspective that will help your creativitynot hinder it. Youll learn how to: Achieve the illusion of depth by gradually diminishing the sizes ofand the distance betweensimilar objects Use soft edged and less detail on objects in the background to make them seem farther away Introduce depth simply by manipulating color and value Draw from any viewpointon either side above or below Draw accurate angles without complicated measuring devices Use perspective to track down the problem when something youve drawn just doesnt look right Measures relative sizes and add the details that make the difference between a convincing pictures and an awkward one Properly draw roads paths streets fields and streams to suggest depth in a scene and to describe the flatness or hilliness of a landscape.