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, Nonfiction, Design, Art

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).

[Riah Grace · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wish this book helped me with perspective, but it did not. I was working for 2-3 hours (with a 16 hr break in between them) with this book trying to figure out just the lines coming out of the vanishing point. I was trying different things that I thought could be techniques (I doubt any of them were).
Basically, I was fending for myself. I decided to go on YouTube and look up a video. Within one minute I knew what to do. One minute compared to 2-3 hours!! That says a lot.
This book mostly shows what perspective looks like and doesn't tell you how to get to the point the artist in the book has. I would in no circumstances recommend this book to anyone I know.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an exercise book that uses videos (no audio) located at:

https://freedrawinglesson.blogspot.com

as demonstrations for each figure. Probably more useful for people who are already familiar with one point perspective and want some examples to practice on. Intended for paper and pencil sketching, no computers used here. Also uses a small, fine sans-serif typeface that these old eyes find hard to read.

This does teach the subject but you can probably find a better book.