The best-selling guide…now 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.
Tabella dei contenuti
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
Circa l’autore
John Montague, Ph D, is Professor Emeritus of Design and Technology at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York.
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