The Urban Sketching Handbook Understanding Perspective: Easy Techniques for Mastering Perspective Drawing on Location (Volume 4)
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A good sketch starts with good bones. The fourth book in the Urban Sketching Handbook series uses drawings and simple steps to explain the often challenging and overwhelming concepts of perspective in practical and useful ways for on-site sketching. Most books are either too abstract or don't provide enough information that relates to what you actually do when you're out in the busy, wide world about to start a drawing. Where do you start? How do you edit what you see to flatten and shrink it onto your paper? How does perspective work? The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective helps you learn to think like an architect, to draw buildings and spaces by reducing what you see to simple, basic shapes, then adding layers in simple steps, and finally finishing your sketch with detail, tone, and color--in accurate perspective. Full of helpful tips, architect and illustrator, Stephanie Bower even de-constructs sketches to show you how to create them! Once you understand perspective, it will change the way you see the world--you'll see perspective everywhere. Some of the key concepts explored in this volume are: - Basic Terms - Basic Spatial Principles - Types of Perspective - Building a Sketch in Layers - Special Conditions Review: Understanding Perspective - Love this series of books. Simple, clear and great for a beginner with plenty of sketches for inspiration. Review: If perspective confuses you, read this and it won't anymore. - If you want to understand perspective by looking at real urban spaces this is for you. Makes all those confusing vanishing points make sense.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 566 Reviews |
R**.
Understanding Perspective
Love this series of books. Simple, clear and great for a beginner with plenty of sketches for inspiration.
D**0
If perspective confuses you, read this and it won't anymore.
If you want to understand perspective by looking at real urban spaces this is for you. Makes all those confusing vanishing points make sense.
Y**S
Great little book
Great little book by someone who explains things really well. I liked the way the book built up the ideas gradually with some great examples from the author and others. I had not fully appreciated vanishing points and line of sight until I read it and now I have been looking for these things more often.
J**.
Four Stars
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M**L
Original and informative.
Only read about ten pages and already loving this book. Without doubt the best I have bought regarding urban sketching. Originally written and not just warmed-over bits and pieces of other publications. I really like the author's style and presentation.
M**3
Great learning book
Great book, really easy to follow. It arrived with the strap broken though which was disappointing.
B**K
Lovely :)
So far I'm in love with this book. I am a beginner in this part of drawing and I find the book informative and beautiful.
A**T
Three Stars
A little bit basic. Mush smaller format than I had expected.
M**O
Livro meio pequeno mas muito bom conteúdo!
Livro meio pequeno mas muito bom conteúdo!
T**E
And it's SO easy once you understand
After reading dozens of books, taking classes, making all sorts of efforts to understand perspective drawing (and failing!), Stephanie's simple, clear instruction and tips has given me many "aha" moments. Really, why isn't perspective always explained so clearly? Everyone always talks about the vanishing point, but never really explained how to find it. Stephanie does. And it's SO easy once you understand. Everyone talks about foreshortening and converging. Stephanie clearly shows how it works and when to use it. The book is filled with a wealth of sketches from urban sketchers all over the world - my only small complaint is that some of the drawings are almost too small to see very well. But, the sketches show many different styles and her accompanying analysis of the sketches is SO helpful.....she identifies the horizon or eye-level line and vanishing point in them and draws your attention to all the reasons the perspective works. The book is small, yet mighty. It's full of pretty pictures, yet educational. It's written simply, yet clearly. It'll be in my sketching bag for quick reference from now on (I've already marked certain passages & folded down pages to return to)! If you've ever struggled with perspective drawing, this is the handbook for you. If you've ever thought "I wish I could draw a building or landscape and have it look more realistic", this is the book for you. Because I'm here to tell you, Stephanie makes it easy to understand.
L**A
Very useful
Perfect book for urban sketching. It is very clear and there are a lot of useful tips.
E**N
Essential for understanding perspectives.
Not much to say except best book/guide to grasp importance of getting perspectives right.
E**E
good book about basic perspective
just a good book about perspective covering all basics
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