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Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. The Art of Perspective: Drawing Trees Dover Art Instruction. How to Draw What You See. Draw a Realistic Eye: Drawing Dimension - Shading Techniques: Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover This handy guide provides numerous insights and shortcuts to drawing and sketching effectively. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Read reviews that mention perspective drawing easy to follow drawing handbook highly recommend drawing class easy to understand learn perspective bought this book book is a great book really book is clear complex draw artists instruction reference text examples beginner helpful.
Showing of 68 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. This is an excellent, inexpensive and clear explanation of perspective. Lenses often distort lines and if you copy what the camera shows you the picture will not look right.
I have seen horrible distortions of buildings and windows by artists who should have known better. I, myself, have made mistakes when merging photographs - adding a few buffalo to the background of foreground buffalo - and realizing after framing that the rear most animal could not possibly be that large.
Even buffalo out in a field must obey the laws of perspective! The basics of perspective are easy to understand. The book also covers some very complex information too for the more advanced artist. But with patience and repeated study over time it Do buy this book -- it is relatively painless. I've listened to, watched or read many instructors trying to teach perspective in simple terms to budding artists and have always had a nagging suspicion that they had it wrong, but couldn't explain why.
Complex perspective texts meant for draftsmen with ruler and t-square didn't do it for me. Finally I stumbled on this book originally printed almost 50 years ago. Joseph D'Amelio does an excellent job of explaining the complexities of perspective to us artists that must deal with it using only a pencil and our own eyes and judgement. For the teacher that thinks this text is too complex for beginner's, use it as a resource for YOU to correctly teach these concepts to your students.
For all who think this is too complex and wordy, I can only guess that we are reviewing completely different books. Jan Holik Top Contributor: There is so much information packed into this book!! Hadn't taken perspective since high school and wanted a refresher course this book is just what I needed. It covers vanishing points, special vanishing points, and even working with cylinders and cones.
Recommend this book for anyone who wants perspective line drawing clearly explained. I bought this book as a reference book to draw perspectives. It is okay and explains perspectives in a simple understanding way. I have seen horrible distortions of buildings and windows by artists who should have known better. I, myself, have made mistakes when merging photographs - adding a few buffalo to the background of foreground buffalo - and realizing after framing that the rear most animal could not possibly be that large. Even buffalo out in a field must obey the laws of perspective!
The basics of perspective are easy to understand. The book also covers some very complex information too for the more advanced artist.
It covers vanishing points, special vanishing points, and even working with cylinders and cones. To get the free app, enter mobile phone number. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Write a product review. Some artists dive in and create while they draw, and this is totally fine. On Drawing Trees and Nature by J.
But with patience and repeated study over time it Do buy this book -- it is relatively painless. I've listened to, watched or read many instructors trying to teach perspective in simple terms to budding artists and have always had a nagging suspicion that they had it wrong, but couldn't explain why. Complex perspective texts meant for draftsmen with ruler and t-square didn't do it for me.
Finally I stumbled on this book originally printed almost 50 years ago.
Joseph D'Amelio does an excellent job of explaining the complexities of perspective to us artists that must deal with it using only a pencil and our own eyes and judgement. For the teacher that thinks this text is too complex for beginner's, use it as a resource for YOU to correctly teach these concepts to your students. For all who think this is too complex and wordy, I can only guess that we are reviewing completely different books. There is so much information packed into this book!! Hadn't taken perspective since high school and wanted a refresher course this book is just what I needed.
It covers vanishing points, special vanishing points, and even working with cylinders and cones. Recommend this book for anyone who wants perspective line drawing clearly explained. I bought this book as a reference book to draw perspectives. It is okay and explains perspectives in a simple understanding way. I have other books that go into much more detail but this is a good book just for a quick review of 1, 2 and 3 point perspectives.
This book was simple and easy to follow and learn from. I found the material inside very helpful.
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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Perfect rule and techniques to draw pictures using perspective.. Knowhow about how to use perspective in any real life situation Helped me a lot in knowing about perspective and its application Don't search for any other book just blindly buy this marvelous book and surely u will enjoy learning it. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase.
Helped a lot with understanding vanishing point and its important conceps,and the basics of perspective,suited for architecture exam novices. Until I read this book, I never thought "Perspective in Drawing" can be so easy to learn. Hats off to the Author!
It's not a hardcover but a paperback. Should've bought the paperback from another seller. Instructions looks good otherwise. Not at all cost worthy. A very thin book. No one can learn perception from seeing this book. Only theories are written. Plz everyone refer to YouTube to learn perception.