Perspective Drawing Handbook (Dover Art Instruction)

This is currently my favorite perspective book! I love this book because it's clear, concise, slim & to the point. It's very enlightening! In my opinion, Joseph D' Amelio was a genius in his understanding of perspective & his ability to communicate this to others. The text may be a little academic by today's standards, but it's still easily worth getting. He uses the words "parallel" and "perpendicular" a lot, because he's being precise in his communication. Because this book is so slim, clear & reasonably priced, I highly recommend this to anyone & *everyone* interested in learning about perspective-based drawing. Even if it doesn't become everyone's favorite overall, it's certainly worth having in any collection, as perspective is such an important topic that it's really best to buy a number of books. And if we're going to buy a number of books, it might be helpful to know which are the *best* while at the same time being reasonably priced. This is at the top of my list! Three-point perspective is covered here, although he actually avoids this term and instead calls this "looking up & down". It's simplistic in its approach, but that's what great teachers are about: taking difficult concepts & making them easy to understand. And as mentioned, while the writing may at times be a little stiff, this book relies mostly on visuals, which are entirely in black & white and mostly in pen & ink. Perspective Drawing Handbook: my highest recommendation! P.S. My current Top 3 perspective books include: Perspective Drawing Handbook; Perspective Made Easy ; and then Perspective! For Comic Book Artists . P.P.S. An interesting observation: there is at least one visual error in this book. On page 55, there are common objects depicted in 3-point perspective, as often seen when we're looking down. The bed on this page has vertical lines converging in the wrong direction(!). In every other picture on this page, the vertical lines are, accurately, converging downwards. With the bed, we get the opposite(!). How this found its way into print is beyond me, but I still think this book is great.

Concepts are explained to the point with supporting drawings. It could be useful for both beginners and professionals.

This book is outstanding in its explanations of perspective. It is easy to follow and the examples are extraordinary. I have been drawing for years, but this is the first book I’ve looked at to explain perspective so it is somewhat difficult to compare it to others at this point. However, I can say the examples that go with the written explanations are tremendous tools! I highly recommend it. I would also recommend “Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain” by Betty Edwards, (available on Amazon). Based on what is taught in this perspective drawing book, my erasures should soon be minimal as opposed to the many I made previously while struggling to draw what I thought I saw as opposed to what I actually saw.

I really like it but HL does not have enough explanation for someone who is starting. For me was ok I just wanted to read and get more information

Great tool to have in hand, lots of useful information and a quick, but productive, read

This book is very challenging for me. I'll read a portion and it will make no sense to me. I'll go back a read the same section again the next day and I'll glean a bit more. The third time is usually my "Ah Ha" moment. The concepts are new to me so it makes sense that it takes a while to grasp what is being written. What is so good about the book is that I am able, eventually, to grasp the concepts. My one complaint is that sometimes the descriptions to not line up logically with the illustrations. Knowing that, I pay extra attention to ensure that the description is describing the illustration. I especially like some of the techniques for spacing items in perspective (like lampposts lining a street toward the vanishing point. I would Never have figured that out on my own. Great book. I think I'll buy a copy for my niece.

Geometric perspective is a mathematical idea. As someone with a lot of math in his background I would have been very happy to open a book full of equations and proofs. In this book there are none that I can see. No math at all! The instruction is by careful examination of simple diagrams and examples appealing to the reader's natural intuition (common sense and experience). There is no way to properly learn perspective without some serious work and the author expects the reader to pay close attention to the examples and the discussions. Even with a good grasp of the underlying math, it took a bit of chewing to digest some his points. So this is not an easy breezy read. It's a very thorough and careful exposition of basic perspective. Out of 96 pages, 76 are devoted to the cube in perspective. This makes sense, if you have a thorough mastery of the cube, you can use it to understand and layout any shape. It's an old book. The diagrams and pictures are in black and white and the style is rather old fashioned. Nevertheless, this book is well worth the time and for $9 delivered it's a steal.

This book explains perspective, but I need a workbook. I can read it, and maybe understand it, but I don't know how to apply it, and that is where I am lacking.

what i want everything has given in this book

Livro espetacular! Exige uma leitura atenta principalmente para que não domina completamente o inglês, mas cada página é uma aula de perspectiva básica e útil para quem desenha! As ilustrações podem parecer um pouco "datadas" e muito simples mas não se engane porque o conteúdo é de alto nível e apropriado até mesmo para estudantes mais avançados! Leitura obrigatória!

Easy to understand diagrams and explanations.

Good print quality and really helpful.

I purchased this book to help me understand perspective and help me draw better objects for my watercolour paintings. I was having a great deal of difficulty drawing objects to add to my paintings which would fit properly in the main image I was using. Getting the right size and orientation was proving to be a real bear. I think this book will provide the basic understanding and drawing tips I need to make my watercolour paintings look better from a perspective basis. For example, drawing a hexagon Chinese pergola from a corner perspective and at the correct distance and size from other objects in the image is a real challenge. This book will help, as will many images downloaded off the internet which may not be quite right from a perspective basis.