Simplifying Perspective

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. Acknowledgments
7. Introduction
   1. The Approach of This Book
   2. Who This Book Is For
   3. Some Advice
8. Chapter 1 – Before We Start
   1. What Perspective Can and Can’t Do for You
   2. The Creative Process – Getting from A to Z
   3. Getting the Most out of Perspective
   4. Approaching Your Work
   5. Materials
9. Chapter 2 – Creating Space
   1. Create Space Any Way You Can
10. Chapter 3 – Setting It All Up
    1. The Three Rules of Perspective
    2. How Perspective Works
    3. The Vocabulary of Perspective
    4. Seeing It All Together
11. Chapter 4 – The Cone of Vision
    1. How We See
    2. The Cone of Vision
    3. Finding the Cone of Vision Based on Your Image Area
12. Chapter 5 – The Setup in Action
    1. More Vocabulary
    2. Setting Up Your Forms
    3. Drawing in Perspective
    4. Before You Begin
    5. About the Diagrams
    6. Drawing a Cube in One-Point Perspective
    7. Drawing a Cube in Two-Point Perspective
13. Chapter 6 – Constructing the Basic Forms
    1. Drawing in Three Dimensions
    2. Before the Basic Forms – The Anatomy of a Square
    3. The Basic Forms
14. Chapter 7 – Using Grids
    1. Three Ways to Use a Grid
15. Chapter 8 – Measuring in Perspective
    1. Perspective Is Made for Measuring
    2. All We Need Is a Horizon Line
    3. Using Scale for Faraway Vanishing Points
    4. Transferring Scale in Space
    5. Dividing in Perspective
    6. Transferring Height Anywhere
    7. Transferring Horizontal Scale
    8. Using the Measuring System to Transfer Scale
16. Chapter 9 – Circles and Ellipses
    1. The Hardest Line Is a Well-Drawn Curve
    2. Understanding Ellipses
    3. Defining a Circle in Perspective
    4. How to Draw an Ellipse
    5. Horizontal Plane Ellipses
    6. Vertical Plane Ellipses
    7. Vertical Ellipses Can’t Keep a Secret
    8. Plotting Ellipses – Give Me Points!
    9. Dividing a Circle in Perspective
17. Chapter 10 – Mastering Slopes
    1. Creating Inclined Planes Using the Basic Forms
    2. Inclined Planes from a Vertical Vanishing Line
    3. Buildings on a Hill
    4. Intersecting Slopes
18. Chapter 11 – Indicating Reflections
    1. Seeing What the Mirror Sees
    2. Seeing beyond the Reflective Surface
    3. Two Kinds of Reflections
19. Chapter 12 – Casting Shadows
    1. Shadow Setup Basics
    2. Thinking about Light
    3. The Four Shadow Types in Perspective
    4. Drawing the Four Shadow Types
    5. Shadow Cutouts and Floating Objects
    6. Shadows on Vertical Planes
    7. Shadows of Sloping Objects
    8. Cylinders and Spheres Cast Shadows Too
20. Chapter 13 – Three-Point Perspective
    1. The Mechanics of Three-Point Perspective
    2. Creating the Three-Point Setup
    3. Setting Up the Measuring System
    4. Setting Up a Grid in Three-Point Perspective
21. In Closing
22. Index