The Complete Guide To Perspective

by Raynes, John

• ISBN13: 9781581805161
• ISBN10: 1581805160
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-30
• Publisher: North Light Books

Summary

Capturing perspective is one of the most difficult skills for any artist to master. The Complete Guide to Perspective boils this daunting subject down to its simplest principles providing clear step-by-step rules to help readers grasp and successfully apply the laws of perspective, photographs with superimposed lines and vanishing points to show how perspective is seen in reality, and instruction on aerial perspective, scale, and tone, as well as accurately capturing real-life elements including clouds, waves, crowds, and animals. Packed with useful advice and techniques, this helpful resource is a must for any beginning or serious artist, illustrator, and architect.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(4)
First Principles
Frame cube and distortions	10	(2)
Terminology	12	(4)
Vanishing to 1, 2, and 3 points	16	(3)
One-Point
Photo examples	19	(1)
Setting up	20	(2)
Creating a space	22	(2)
Placing objects in space	24	(2)
Kitchen interior	26	(4)
Trees and columns	30	(4)
Canal scene	34	(4)
Using measuring points	38	(6)
Two-Point
Photo examples	44	(1)
Setting up	45	(3)
Cottage	48	(4)
Grand building	52	(4)
Multi-sided	56	(4)
Using measuring points	60	(4)
Three-Point
Photo examples	64	(1)
Setting up	65	(3)
Tall building -- low eye level	68	(4)
Skyscraper -- high eye level	72	(4)
Cathedral interior	76	(4)
Using measuring points	80	(3)
Circles and Ellipses
Construction and theory	83	(5)
Bowls and mugs	88	(4)
Arched bridge	92	(4)
Inclined Planes
Uphill street	96	(4)
Downhill street	100	(4)
Staircase	104	(4)
Reflections
On mirror	108	(4)
By lake and river	112	(4)
Upright mirrors	116	(2)
Shadows
Against the sun	118	(4)
Sun behind the observer	122	(4)
Artificial light	126	(2)
Irregular Forms
Boats	128	(4)
Wheeled vehicle	132	(4)
The horse	136	(4)
Human form 1	140	(4)
Human form 2	144	(4)
Atmospheric perspective	148	(4)
Anomalies
Strange shadow	152	(1)
A confusing roof line	153	(1)
Imperfect infinite regression	154	(1)
Acute-angled corner	155	(1)
Index	156	(3)
Acknowledgments	159	(1)
About the author	160