DK Art School: Introduction To Perspective, An

by Ray Campbell Smith, Royal Academy of Arts

Turn the pages of An Introduction to Perspective - and discover an art course that teaches you how to use perspective creatively in your drawings and paintings.

All-Visual Art Course

An Introduction to Perspective is a practical guide to a challenging concept. More than 300 photographs guide the beginner through a series of exercises designed to teach all the essentials of using perspective. Revealing projects focus on professional artworks, all shown in the making so novices can follow the creative process step-by-step. Unique gallery pages display works of masters - drawings and paintings that will instruct and inspire students of a variety of media.

Learn to Create

Packed with specially commissioned artworks, clear instruction, and easy-to-follow exercises, The DK Art School offers ideal courses for "armchair" art students.

Genres: Art

72 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 1994

About the author

Internationally noted artist Ray Smith has exhibited in solo and group shows around the world. A lecturer at the Chelsea School of Art and at Exeter Art College, he was recently Artist-in-Residence at the University of Southampton in the UK. Smith has received many distinguished awards for his work, including an Arts Council Award, a Lindbury Trust artist's award, and the Deutscher Jugendbuch Preis. He has written several titles in The DK Art School series, and is the author of The Artist's Handbook and How to Draw and Paint What You See.

Reviews

[School For Wayward Children]

Advanced. Technical. We looked through it but didn't do more than that.