The Art of Perspective: The Ultimate Guide for Artists in Every Medium

This is the best educational book I have read in ages! It was most informative. The best things about this book and the author Phil Metzger is how he explained and illustrate the various types of perspective and how to use it in any form of art. It is easy to read, understand and to apply. I also liked how at the end of each lesson he summarized what to take away. I highly recommend this book for anyone starting out in art or even well experienced artist or to art teacher to recommend to their students to help them further their understanding of the various types of perspective in their art.

It has been decades since I've been doing pencil drawings. One of the blessings of retirement is having a bit more time. I am relearning lessons from childhood, but was troubled with drawing distant objects in proper scale. This book is incredible! It is clearly written, well illustrated, and organized in a manner which makes it one of those books I will refer to repeatedly. Mr. Metzger is as good a teacher as he is an artist. I appreciate his reviewing how the medium used, the color values and relative warmth, as well as clear vs fuzzy edges are all important in showing perspective. As a former high school science teacher, I appreciate the way he illustrates how light behaves in various situations. His illustrations with shapes, angles, and distance are extremely helpful. I just received the book today, and can't wait to get sketching! The book is worth every penny, it speaks to novice and developed artists equally. Enjoy!

It was not exactly what I thought it was going to be, albeit the text and illustrations do a reasonably fair representation. I believe it is a good beginner book as well as an intermediate level, especially for someone who knows very little about perspective. There are many facets of perspective the author does not address while addressesing eleven particular problems relative to drawing. He has introduced a painterly element with perspective which I found to be nice but not particularly important to me. Painters of acrylic, oil, watercolor and colored pencil will find helpful I think. This book will not fulfill my need and want but it is clearly one of the better books on perspective. Although I have given this book five stars I do not believe it answer all the questions or elements of perspective. It is a paperback and slick paper. I have to caution on recommending the book. I would add pictures but it would take far to many and would lead into something of a beast.

I took up painting a few month ago... as a child growing up it was always my dream to be able to draw and paint.. I'm 33 now, and just finished my masters degree. My Masters, which required a lot of reading really opened up my mind and gave me the confidence in feeling that I can accomplish anything I put my mind to. In fact, I have set out to tackle all my life's dreams which I thought were impossible before. I bought so far, something like 10 books on drawing, sketching, painting, etc... After trying to draw and paint a beautiful urban scene from Denmark, I realized it was much harder than expected... I set out to buy a book on perspective lines... This book as served me well... it carries with it several different examples... if you study the book well, you will be able to draw a rather small town...with a curvy road, that is hilly... which is what I was looking for... The author gives you a great deal of knowledge in understanding how scenes are constructed... In the world however there are endless examples, and clearly he couldn't cover everything... I would have liked to see examples with cars, peoples, and boats... that is why I only gave it 4 stars... but if you want to know how to place buildings and roads... this is the book for you. Either way, you will learn a lot.

This book is incredible. I highly recommend it. The writing is detailed, clear and simple. The accompanying photographs, line drawings, sketches and paintings are numerous and clearly show what is being discussed. The discussion is comprehensive but written in a way to make the subject clear without unnecessary clutter. The author starts with "Natural Perspective" including the elements of size, spacing, tone, value, color, overlapping, placement, etc., then moves on to the rules of Linear Perspective. I have a burgeoning collection of art, drawing, sketching and painting books and this ranks at the very top. The discussion of Natural Perpective in the first several chapters is - by itself - worth the cost of the book. I can't recommend this highly enough !!!!! So many books fall far short of their promises. This one delivers.

I've bought Perspective Drawing Handbook (Dover Art Instruction) Perspective (Artist's Library series #13) First Lessons in Drawing and Painting I found this book (Art of Perspective) is the most comprehensive and the easiest to understand. There isn't AS much discussions of the typical planes of perspective (lines converging, floating boxes, etc). However, I've found youtube tutorials much easier to follow on these topics.

All you need to now about perspective to paint realistically ! I like this book which explains perspective even in colors .

To the person who complained that the author says the horizon line is always eye level, you obviously didn't read the book! I was expecting a book that dealt with vantage points and radiating lines. I am beginning Chapter 3, and we've not even touched on this yet. This book deals with other issues in perspective that I was not previously conscious of. At first, I thought the book was too advanced for me. While it is deep, it's written in a way that has opened my artistic eye. I can't recommend this book enough. I'm frequently disappointed in art instruction books, but this is one of my best Amazon purchases ever.

So pleased with the purchase. The information is so clearly set out with specific instructions on how the role of perspective in art can be understood and used correctly. I paint in acrylics but the instructions are useful for any kind of medium just as the title states.

Everything you need to know about perspective drawing and use of colour for depth.

Magic! This book is THE best book on perspective for artists - it covers ALL types of perspective: atmospheric, colour theory, linear etc. It explains everything so well that at the end you feel like an expert. Linear perspective is taught so well that by the end you will understand the dreaded 3 point perspective which is brought down to earth. It's all very simple. Art courses teach this subject badly or cannot explain it fully. This book solves that problem. Once you have this book you will have all the creative solutions you need. This is the 1 book you need; you won't need any others. The author is also an excellent teacher, artist and writer. The book is filled with beautiful examples of his art throughout. LOVE IT! THANK YOU!

Livro didático! Recomendo

Of all the art books i have this is one of the most useful. It is broken into 3 parts: Natural Perspective, Linear Perspective (1,2 and 3 point), and Special Problems in Perspective. The book is rich in examples, explanations, opportunities for sketching and opportunities for painting. There a numerous “Try This” sections to encourage you to experiment with concepts and a number of full step-by-step tutorials. The explanations in this book are easy to read and concise. I like that Metzger builds on concepts previously taught and provides reminders of what is important. By practicing the strategies and techniques taught in this book your work will bear the hallmarks of realism even in loose painting. The artwork is superb - the photographs are sharp and well-printed. The reading size of the fonts is easy and spacing is comfortable. One of the features I love about this book is that there are lots of examples of various buildings (and objects) with many winter landscapes. I believe this is a book to which one will continually refer on various painting journeys. Enjoy!