Title: Perspective made easy /
Authors: Norling, Ernest R. 1892-1974
Publisher: Dover Publications,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Perspective; Drawing Technique
Abstract: Perspective is easy; yet, surprisingly few artists know the simple rules that make it so. Now they can remedy that situation with this step-by-step book, the first devoted entirely to clarifying the laws of perspective. Using over 250 simple line drawings, the author leads the reader through every important concept.
Contents: Foreword -- STEP ONE: The horizon -- The vanishing point -- The eye-level -- STEP TWO: The eye-level and its relationship to perspective drawing -- STEP THREE: Parallel lines as we see them -- Parallel lines to one-point perspective -- STEP FOUR: The three sets of parallels -- Locating the point and the eye-level -- STEP FIVE: The two vanishing points -- The "height" line -- STEP SIX: Placing the two vanishing points -- The error of close spacing -- STEP SEVEN: Showing how the vanish points move in relationship to one another -- STEP EIGHT: Building perspective with bricks -- STEP NINE: Placing figures and objects in a drawing -- STEP TEN: Center of interest -- Changing the view -- Roofs in perspective -- STEP ELEVEN: Interiors -- Placing the furniture -- STEP TWELVE: Finding the center -- Dividing spaces into halves -- Practical applications -- STEP THIRTEEN: Cylinders in perspective -- Drawing ellipses -- STEP FOURTEEN: Practical uses of cylinders in drawings -- Dividing the circle -- STEP FIFTEEN: Dividing a surface in perspective -- Drawing a checkerboard -- STEP SIXTEEN: Shade and shadow -- STEP SEVENTEEN: Reflections -- STEP EIGHTEEN: Unusual perspectives -- Up-and-down points -- Examples -- STEP NINETEEN: Perspective downhill -- Perspective uphill -- The false eye-level -- STEP TWENTY: Mechanical perspective.