Creative Perspective for Artists and Illustrators (Dover Art Instruction)

This well-written book is a great value that provides a lot of punch for the buck. It offers a clear, concise guide to the basic concepts of perspective, and is a good reference book, even for the experienced artist who needs to double-check certain points about perspective drawing. The illustrations are well-rendered, and the text is clearly written and easy to understand. I recommend this book highly.

It's really good, I got it for my brother, and he really likes it!

Aprendí algo nuevo, que creía era imposible que existiera. Muchas gracias

There is plenty to learn from this book, especially if you’re a novice when it comes to perspective. However, what struck me as soon as I started flipping through this book was how dated the language and context seemed. Then I found out this book was originally published in 1955! On top of this, I believe due to the nature of the author’s expertise, much of this book is framed through the lens of the commercial artist. That aside, the concepts are all sound, but I found some of the diagrams intended to teach to be hard to decipher, due to low resolution or ambiguous placement.

This book really describes perspective in depth, and is very well done. The illustrations are great, and the instruction is very thorough. There is a lot of text - so may not be for someone looking for a quick approach. But if you really want to know the ins and outs of perspective, this is very good.

The mindless application of perspective rules as well ignoring them completely is the death of may pictures by draining life from the works--no surprises to attract and confound. This book is the Rx for all that. But one needs to know the rules before they can be adapted to the needs of the work. One of the few art books I own that is a true fountain of information (more applicable metaphors)--paths, windows, doors. Not walls and barriers.

Nice

The book is a great book but the brand new copy that I received was a very poor print all of the illustrations were terribly washed out and faded.

Lo compré, pero no encuentro donde se ha descargado, si es que lo ha hecho. No volveré a comprar un libro a través de Amazon.

The way of teaching

This is a great book for anyone who is an artist or studying to be one. Bought it for my son who is very particular about his art reference books, and he recommends adding it to their collection. However, having said that, it's really all subjective and comes down to personal taste and preference, but it is a thumbs up in our house.

Very condensed information. Not so much an introduction to perspective, more like a second book once you have understood the basics. It explains why you often feel that you need to cheat a bit when you do apply the 'mathematical' truth. Art is a bit different to science....

Je suis un débutant en dessin et en ce moment j'étudie la perspective, et je dois dire que pour l'instant c'est le livre qui me parle le plus et qui me pousse réellement à comprendre la philosophie d'un dessinateur. Je ne suis qu'au 40 premières pages mais je dois dire qu'il donne ce dont on entend toujours parler en dessin le fameux "commence ton dessin par de simple formes" et même si on le comprends on atteint un niveau supérieur avec ce livre, avec notamment les problèmes de proportions qui sont les bases d'un dessinateur selon moi a part si on fait du picasso :). il appelle cela le "square conscious" quand on visualise l'objet ou autre avec des carrées avec notamment un technique très interressante qui consiste a dessiner un carré de 2 inch x 2 inch sur du verre et de promener ce carrée devant ses yeux afin de trouver les parties de ce que l'on veux dessiner qui possède des sections vraiment carrée afin de faciliter le dessin dans le futur notamment lors du sketch. Il dit qu'avec le temps on acquiert cette capacité à trouver ceux ci sans avoir a mesurer ou autre comme la plupart des dessinateurs on en eux lors de leur pratique. Bref je suis en train de dévorer ce livre malgrès un début un peu compliqué qui m'a fait un peu peur, j'ai passer ce passage que je reprendrais plus tard quand j'en aurais l'envie. En bref si vous êtes débutant ou autre et que vous etes quelqu'un comme moi qui aime approfondir les choses c'est le livre qu'il vous faut. Ecrit en 1955 avec la qualité des dessinateurs de l'époque et notamment beaucoup beaucoup d'exemple de travail d'illustrateur, notamment des affiches de vielle pub de l'époque.