Sketching Basics: One Point Perspective

by Ruzaimi Mat Rani, Ezihaslinda Ngah

Watch your sketches take on a life of their own with the help of Sketching One Point Perspective . Master the art of producing quality one point perspective sketches via detailed, easy-to-learn sketching methods and step-by-step illustrations. Artists at all levels will find this book invaluable in honing basic art techniques and enhancing sketching skills used in various arts and design fields, including architecture, interior design, graphic design, multimedia, and the applied arts.

Genres: Reference, Design

206 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2014

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

It starts awful - basically a bullet list of practice this, practice that, but without any 'how to' information. Then you get a chapter that seems pretty good. It's the magical 'imaginary box' chapter, and, while very simple, you can see the power of the principle. Still not a lot of 'how to' but its pretty self explanatory, and you get excited about what the next 3/4s of the book will take you. Well, the rest is 'compositions', just demonstrating different ways to use these 'boxes'. What writing there is is highly highly repetitive - (almost verbatim) 'such and such is quite difficult to achieve, but behold! The power of the imaginary box'. Over and over. Yes, some of the concepts are interesting, but it gets into complex compositions quickly, but there is no breaking it down, simplifying it, no effort to make these 'compositions' into exercises with a little more instruction so you can give it a whirl yourself.

I think the idea of imaginary boxes is great. But it's pretty much what I already knew, and I was hoping for a little guidance in how to develop my understanding. If you're after something similar, best look elsewhere. (google imaginary boxes, I'm sure you'll find everything I gleaned from this book in a single paragraph).