Basic Perspective Drawing: A Visual Approach

by John Montague

A brand-new edition of the popular illustrated guide to basic perspective drawing . . .Basic Perspective Drawing uses a clear and accessible visual format to help students and professional artists, illustrators, designers, and architects gain a firm and thorough grasp of the major principles and techniques of perspective drawing. Moving logically from simple concepts to specific tools and methods, it shows how to construct perspective views one step at a time, with illustrated examples that cover every key part of the process.This Third Edition comes with dozens of drawings that make it easy to learn by doing, plus all-new chapters on freehand sketching, scaling the human figure, shading techniques, computer applications, and more.An ideal coursework or self-study companion for students as well as a valuable reference for professionals, Basic Perspective Drawing, Third Edition provides an invaluable orientation and foundation for understanding the optical world and how it works.

Genres: Art, Drawing, Reference, Architecture, Interior Design, Design, Textbooks

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

John Patrick Montague, BA, MA, MFA, DLitt

American-born Irish poet, writer of short fiction, essayist, and professor. Graduate of University College Dublin and the University of Iowa.

Awarded honourary doctorates by the State University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Ulster, and University College Dublin. Recipient of the American Ireland Fund Literary Award, the Irish-American Cultural Institute’s Award for Literature, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and Australia's Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize.

He was appointed the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he became Distinguished Writer-in-Residence for the New York State Writers' Institute and Professor of Poetry and Writer-in-Residence at State University of New York at Albany. He also taught at University College Cork, Queen’s University in Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, and his alma mater University College Dublin.

In addition to receiving honourary doctorates in the United States and Ireland, France invested him a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

Reviews

[Kalin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book for learning about perspective drawing. It contains a lot of information that other books don't. I still don't think that any one book covers everything though, which is why i have about 4 books on the subject that I am currently bouncing between.

[Natik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally, something you can comfortably recommend to a serious beginner.

While a visual approach to art (NO DUH!) is a fantastic idea, they really should have included more informative labels/ text explanations in addition to the lovely diagrams.

[Lanae · Rating 4 out of 5]

When they say this book takes a visual approach, they mean it. This book is image heavy, which in my mind is a big yay. I've seen some art reference / tutorial type of books that are 90% text and that just annoys me. If ever there is a subject where you want more images to help you out, it's art reference. In fact the only reason I can't give this 5 stars is because the book seems to have taken the visual approach to the other extreme, giving a few lines of explanations of what can be complicated layouts. I'm all for dumbing things down (yes please!) but in trying to shorten things down so much, some things actually end up sounding maybe even more complicated than they are and then while you're sitting there scratching your head over what in the heck they're saying, well, it's sort of like did you get that, let's move on to the next part. That, however, is where the visual aspect saves it. The Appendix especially, which has no text, is very useful showing a image breakdown (usually 4 or more "step by step" examples of a picture as it is being drawn).

For people, like me, who find that perception is the greatest enemy when drawing, this is a useful tool. Not quite perfect but definitely a good starting point.

[thuys]

Not suitable for self-taught. Category system is quite clear but ONE example should be focused with as much detailed as possible (plus geometric logic behind would be great) instead of giving many examples without clear explanation and tons of illustrations in appendix just for show (though very useful if youve got the theory). Some chapters are irrelevant, too. Much more useful if used as class materials.

[Allen Rex722 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Serge Pierro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Using a visual approach, this book teaches basic perspective in an enjoyable manner. Covers all the important subjects and the illustrations are cleanly presented. Not as "stuffy" as most books on perspective.

[Kulthoum كلثوم · Rating 5 out of 5]

أنصح به للمبتدئين في الرسم الهندسي و الموهوبين برسم الإسكتش بشكل عام و به شروحات للرسوم توضيحية مفهومة
و ترجمة موفقة
الكتاب معرّب بعنوان " أساسيات رسم المنظور الهندسي" و متوفر في مكتبة جرير