I am reading a second book about drawing in perspective. This one is a little less technical than the first. It is called ‘An Introduction to Perspective’ and is by Ray Smith (Dorling Kindersley Limited, London, 1995).
I have continued to read a little from this on and off over the last couple of weeks. It’s actually quite technical – I think sometimes too technical for sketching, I mean unless you are an architect I don’t see how some of the more intricate projections explained in the book are practical if you are sketching from real life.
Anyway, I have learnt more about perspective, I’m clear on the differences between one-point, two-point and three-point perspective and have also learnt about curvilinear perspective which I had not been aware of before. I have also finally learnt the difference between isometric perspective and classical perspective – with the former the objects are all the same size, so it is only really useful with a very simple still life study.
I think also improving perspective means just continuing to look carefully, and continuing to sketch as much as possible.
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