Perspective

by Ray Campbell Smith

However brilliant the brushwork and the use of colour - a painting will never succeed if the basic drawing is flawed. In this book you will find helpful information on how to translate a three-dimensional world on to a two-dimensional surface. There's helpful information on drawing buildings and boats, perspective in nature, painting distance, creating a composition and more.

Genres: Art

48 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2001

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

[J.S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This short little book concisely starts an artist's journey in the realm of perspective. One thing I would like to learn is how to translate a landscape/ architectural photograph into a vector graphic. That's my next step...
JS

[Zyffyr · Rating 3 out of 5]

3+ stars ✨
Fine perspective instruction in the architectural engineering school of drawing. This is essential for realistic rendering of design, particularly when deal w structures or depth of field. I found this a bit difficult to grasp as presented though.