Basic perspective drawing : a visual approach / John Montague.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montague, John, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perspective.

Drawing--Technique.

Drawing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (872 p.)

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Master the art of perspective drawing with this updatededition Basic Perspective Drawing, Fifth Edition gives artists,illustrators, designers, and architects an accessible visual guidefor developing a firm and thorough grasp of the importantprinciples and techniques for perspective drawing. Logically movingfrom simple concepts to specific tools and methods, the bookprovides accessible step-by-step illustrations on how to constructperspective views with graphic examples covering every key part ofthe process. With the same attractive, easy-to-follow style that madeprevious editions so popular,

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half Title page""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Overview""; ""Points of View""; ""Spheres of Disappearance""; ""Cone of Vision""; ""Four Perspective Angles""; ""Chapter 2: Rendering Perspective Views from Observed Reality""; ""Chapter 3: Plans, Elevations, and Paraline Projections""; ""Paraline Drawing""; ""Paraline Drawing Compared to Perspective""; ""Chapter 4: Constructing Perspective Views""; ""Drawing a One-Point-Perspective View from a Plan""; ""Drawing a Two-Point-Perspective View from a Plan""

""Drawing Perspective Views from Plans and Elevations""""Some Procedures and Setups for Taking Plans into Views""; ""Constructing Perspective-Grid Systems""; ""Chapter 5: Geometric Tools: Diagonals, Squares, and Cubes""; ""Diagonals""; ""Squares""; ""Cubes""; ""Chapter 6: Sloping Planes and Surfaces""; ""Drawing Slopes Off Rectangles""; ""Drawing a Measured Angle in Perspective""; ""Drawing a Measured Sloped Plane in Perspective""; ""Chapter 7: Circles and Curved Surfaces""; ""Circles""; ""Curves""; ""Chapter 8: Shadows and Reflections""; ""Shadows""; ""Reflections""

""Chapter 9: Freehand Sketching and Rapid Visualization""""Freehand Basics""; ""Chapter 10: The Figure in Perspective""; ""Chapter 11: Shading and Rendering""; ""Sketching Surface Tones""; ""Shading with Parallel Lines""; ""Rendering Continuous Tones""; ""Shading Flexible Surfaces""; ""Chapter 12: Aerial Perspective""; ""How Aerial Perspective Works""; ""Aerial Spheres of Disappearance""; ""Setting Up Aerial Perspective""; ""Chapter 13: Perspective Drawing and the Computer""; ""Computer Used as Version of Traditional Methods""; ""Perspectives from 3-D Digital Models""

""Constructing 3-D Computer Models""""Solid Modeling""; ""Other 3-D Modeling Tools""; ""Viewing 3-D Models""; ""Appendix A: Examples of Perspective Views""; ""Appendix B: Notes on Studying and Teaching Perspective Drawing""; ""Class Sessions""; ""Assignments""; ""Learning Process and Evaluation""; ""Contract""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118174364

1118174364

OCLC:

811500230