The Complete Guide to Perspective Drawing by Attebery, Craig;

Short description:

As a professional, understanding the foundations of drawing, how we process images, and how we interpret what we see are principal skills. This book is an essential visual guide for current and future architects, interior designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, video game designers, animators, and artists.

Long description:

As a professional, understanding the foundations of drawing, how we process images, and how we interpret what we see are principal skills. Understanding linear perspective enables artists and architects to accurately communicate their ideas on paper. The Complete Guide to Perspective Drawing offers a step-by-step guide for the beginner, as well as the advanced student, on how to draw in one-point through six-point perspective and how to make scientifically accurate conceptual illustrations from simple to complex situations. This new edition has been updated to include:

• Over 30 completed case images showing real applications of the processes and techniques discussed


• Expanded information on ellipses


• Expanded information on three-point perspective shadows


• Integrated video tutorials throughout


• A new design for ease of navigation across chapters

With over 400 simple, clear drawings, written explanations, exercises and video tutorials, as well as historical and theoretical background, this book is an essential visual guide for current and future architects, interior designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, video game designers, animators, and artists.

From Previous Editions:

"Full of very clear illustrations with a straightforward text, knowledge of algebra and geometry is not required. [...] This is an excellent guide that is easy to use. It is well laid out, allowing information to be easily accessed."

Ray Needham FAIA FFA FIPA FMAAT, Building Engineer, September 2018

Table of Contents:

Introduction  Tools of the Trade  Part 1: The Basics  1.Basic Perspective Terms  2. One- Through Six-Point Perspective, an Overview  Part 2: One-Point  3. One-Point Perspective  Part 3: Reference Points  4. Reference Points  Part 4: Two-Point  5. Two-Point Perspective  6. Measuring Point Geometry  7. Horizontal Angles  Part 5: Ellipses  8. Ellipses, Spheres, Spiral Forms, and Random Curves  Part 6: Inclines  9.Inclined Planes  10.Inclined Cuboids  11. Incline Geometry  12. The Problem of Distant Vanishing points  13. Falling and Rotating Forms  14.Tilted Tapered Forms  Part 7: Plan/Elevation View Perspective  15. Plan/Elevation View Perspective  Part 8: Three-Point  16. Three-Point Perspective  17.Three-Point Angles  18. Combining One- and Three-Point Perspective  19. Combining Two- and Three-Point Perspective  20. Combining Three-Point Perspective Diagrams  21. Compound Inclines in Two-Point Perspective  Part 9: Shadows  22. Shadows  23.Shadows of Round, Spherical, and Curved Objects  24. Positive Shadows  25. Negative Shadows  26. Shadows from Artificial Light Sources  27. Three-Point Shadows  Part 10: Reflections  28. Reflections  29. Reflections on Curved Surfaces  Part 11: Anamorphic Perspective  30. Anamorphic Perspective  Part 12: Curvilinear Perspective  31. Four-Point Perspective  32. Five-Point Perspective  33. Six-Point Perspective  Part 13: Miscellaneous  34. Miscellaneous