Basic Perspective Drawing: A Visual Approach

New to this Second Edition of a very popular instructional resource is a chapter on paraline drawing, appendices on tools, human proportions, and scales of drawings. The visual glossary of measured drawings of common objects gives readers a much better understanding of the basics of perspective drawing.

The updated edition of the bestselling guide to creating perspective drawings quickly and easily

Basic Perspective Drawing, Fourth Edition continues a long tradition as an accessible, visual guide to help students and professional artists, illustrators, designers, and architects gain a firm and thorough grasp of the important principles and techniques of perspective drawing. Logically moving from simple concepts to specific tools and methods, it uses accessible illustrations to show step by step how to construct perspective views, with graphic examples covering every key part of the process.

This updated Fourth Edition features new material on aerial perspective, updated examples of completed perspective drawings, and the latest information on creating digital perspective drawings. Readers learn by doing with instructional and linear illustrations that enable them to shade sections, highlight lines, and use colored pencils right in the book to practice concepts and processes, making this edition an effective learning tool for coursework and self-study.

Basic Perspective Drawing, Fourth Edition is invaluable for gaining a lifelong foundation for understanding the optical world and how it works.