Introduction

The Approach of This Book

Understanding perspective is a great way to quickly improve general drawing ability. Your drawings will become much more believable and you’ll be able to tackle things that at one time seemed far too complicated or challenging.

The goal of this book is to simplify the ideas of perspective without compromise. I want you to be well armed so you can successfully get back to doing what you love – drawing and painting. To the uninitiated, sometimes the material can seem a little intimidating. Busy diagrams with their confusing clutter of lines and points can sometimes seem indecipherable. You may instead be worried that the mechanical process may sap the life and spirit out of your work. These appearances are ...

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