Basic Perspective Drawing: A Visual Approach

ISBN-13: 9781118134146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 288 str.

John Montague

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

John Montague, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Design and Technology at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York.

Blurb

Master the art of perspective drawing with an updated edition of this bestselling guide

Basic Perspective Drawing, Sixth Edition gives artists, illustrators, designers, and architects an accessible 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 clear step–by–step illustrations on how to construct perspective views with graphic examples covering every part of the process.

With the same attractive, easy–to–follow style that made previous editions so popular, the new, streamlined Sixth Edition contains must–have content for students and instructors in art and design, architecture, and interior design programs. Illustrations are updated to reflect the most current drawing styles and examples, and supplementary tutorial videos provide live–action demonstrations of some of the key topics discussed in the book.