Synopses & Reviews
Master the art of perspective drawing with this updated editionBasic Perspective Drawing, Fifth Edition gives artists, illustrators, designers, and architects an accessible visual guide for developing a firm and thorough grasp of the important principles and techniques for perspective drawing. Logically moving from simple concepts to specific tools and methods, the book provides accessible step-by-step illustrations on how to construct perspective views with graphic examples covering every key part of the process.
With the same attractive, easy-to-follow style that made previous editions so popular, this Fifth Edition adds new chapters on freehand sketching and rapid visualization, additional step-by-step examples, and new material demonstrating three-point views and methods of setting figures into perspective spaces. Basic Perspective Drawing, Fifth Edition is an invaluable learning tool that can be drawn in, written in, and highlighted to ensure effective understanding of the practices, concepts, and processes of perspective drawing.
Synopsis
This book introduces students, both self-learners and those in design courses, to the basic principles and techniques of perspective drawing. The clear and accessible illustrations show how to construct perspective views one step at a time. Organized in a way that meets the needs of art and design students and instructors, this book also includes examples of perspectives applicable to interior design and architecture students. The Fifth Edition has been revised and updated to include material on sketching and rapid visualization, as well as additional step-by-step examples of drawing perspective views. Online supplemental material will include course outlines, student exercises, and illustrated examples.
About the Author
JOHN MONTAGUE, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Design and Technology at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Chapter 1 Overview.
Chapter 2 Rendering Perspective Views from Obscured Reality.
Chapter 3 Plans, Elevations, and Paraline Projections.
Chapter 4 Constructing Perspective Views.
Chapter 5 Geometric Tools: Diagonals, Squares, and Cubes.
Chapter 6 Sloping Planes and Surfaces.
Chapter 7 Circles and Curved Surfaces.
Chapter 8 Shadows and Reflections.
Chapter 9 Freehand Sketching and Rapid Visualization.
Chapter 10 The Figure in Perspective.
Chapter 11 Shading and Rendering.
Chapter 12 Aerial Perspective.
Chapter 13 Perspective Drawing and The Computer.
Appendix A: Examples of Perspective Views.
Appendix B: Notes on Studying and Teaching.
Perspective Drawing.
Index.