The best-selling guideAnow completely updated to include online tutorials! Basic Perspective Drawing introduces students, both those in formal design courses and self-learners, to the basic principles and techniques of perspective drawing. Clear and accessible illustrations show how to construct perspective views one step at a time. The new, streamlined Sixth Edition contains must-have content for students and instructors in art and design, architecture, and interior design programs. Updated illustrations reflect the most current drawing styles and examples while supplementary tutorial videos, grouped by architectural disciplines, interior design, and studio art/illustration, provide live-action demonstrations of key topics discussed in the book.
PREFACE vii Chapter 1 OVERVIEW 1 Chapter 2 RENDERING PERSPECTIVE VIEWS FROM OBSERVED REALITY 19 Chapter 3 PLANS, ELEVATIONS, AND PARALINE PROJECTIONS 29 Chapter 4 CONSTRUCTING PERSPECTIVE VIEWS 40 Chapter 5 GEOMETRIC TOOLS: DIAGONALS, SQUARES, AND CUBES 79 Chapter 6 SLOPING PLANES AND SURFACES 94 Chapter 7 CIRCLES AND CURVED SURFACES 111 Chapter 8 SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS 145 Chapter 9 FREEHAND SKETCHING AND RAPID VISUALIZATION 167 Chapter 10 THE FIGURE IN PERSPECTIVE 179 Chapter 11 SHADING AND RENDERING 191 Chapter 12 AERIAL PERSPECTIVE 201 Appendix A EXAMPLES OF PERSPECTIVE VIEWS 209 Appendix B NOTES ON STUDYING AND TEACHING PERSPECTIVE DRAWING 261 INDEX 267
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