Perspective Without Pain

Perspective Without Pain
by Phil Metzger

Perspective Without Pain
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Author: Phil Metzger
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-03-15
ISBN: 0891344462
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: North Light Books

Book Reviews of Perspective Without Pain

Book Review: The BEST text on perspective for the beginner ... period.
Summary: 5 Stars

I'm trying to return to drawing and (eventually) painting after not so much as picking up a pencil in 12 or 13 years. When I started, I read every review of every book I could find on the different subjects (basic 'seeing', basic drawing, landscapes, figure drawing, portraits, and perspective) and browsed libraries in five different counties here in NC. The list I came up with for basic texts in each subject area included 'Perspective Without Pain' and I have not been disappointed. For a relative beginner, this book is the most user-friendly manual out there in which all aspects of classic perspective is covered. What makes it especially awesome is actual user exercises to reinforce what you read. I absolutely HAVE TO HAVE exercises along with text (I'm not the brightest light in the hallway) and this book includes excellent reinforcing material. If you can find this in a library, take a quick look before you buy. For us beginners it is, in my humble opinion, perfect.

Summary of Perspective Without Pain

Imagine perspective without pain?no T-squares, complicated equations or mechanical terms?just simple instructions and hands-on exercises to teach you how to create a sense of depth in your drawings and paintings. Now go a step further?imagine having fun with perspective. With this book, you will. Here Phil Metzger give you clear-cut guidelines in everyday terms - with a lot of friendliness and a little humor tossed in along the way. As an experienced artist, he understands how you work, and he knows that the last thing you need is a lot of rigid rules to tie you down. Here you'll learn techniques of perspective that will help your creativity - not hinder it.





You'll learn how to:



  • Achieve the illusion of depth by gradually diminishing the sizes of - and the distance between - similar objects


  • Use soft edged and less detail on objects in the background to make them seem farther away


  • Introduce depth simply by manipulating color and value


  • Draw from any viewpoint - on either side, above or below


  • Draw accurate angles without complicated measuring devices


  • Use perspective to track down the problem when something you've drawn just doesn't look right


  • Measures relative sizes and add the details that make the difference between a convincing pictures and an awkward one


  • Properly draw roads, paths, streets, fields and streams to suggest depth in a scene and to describe the flatness or hilliness of a landscape.

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