Chapter 11
Investigating Perspective Drawing
In This Chapter
Identifying perspectives with vanishing points and horizon lines
Using vanishing points and horizon lines to create spatial depth
Exploring the effects of atmospheric perspective and foreshortening
Getting some practice with three types of perspective drawing
The idea that you can create the illusion of three-dimensional space on flat paper seems almost magical. For instance, some cityscape drawings have illusions so dynamic you may feel as though you’re standing in the street, craning your neck to see the tops of buildings. Likewise, some still-life drawings are so believable that you want to reach out and touch the objects.
With proper use of perspective, you can make your representational drawings more realistic by allowing the elements in the drawing to behave the way they would in real life. In this chapter, we show you how to use the tools of perspective to create the illusion of three-dimensional space in your drawings. We explain some basic guidelines for rendering different types of perspective and show you how ...
