Mastering Perspective: Two Practical Techniques

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  • čas přidán 12. 07. 2021
  • For many, perspective remains a black hole. And most books on perspective only reinforce that - too technical and complex for what most painters actually need in practice.
    In this video, a little longer than usual since perspective deserves some careful attention, I'll give you two practical ways to master perspective and bypass the dense technical stuff in the books.
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Komentáře • 267

  • @jazzman1626
    @jazzman1626 Před 2 lety +28

    My goodness, this is one of those times when you find yourself thinking “it’s so simple. Why didn’t I think of this before?”. I love it when that happens 😄. It’s a subject that has really perplexed me and I have been put off trying paintings that have buildings in them, but now it doesn’t seem so difficult. Thank you for explaining it in an easy to understand way. I’m so exited that I can’t wait ‘til the wife comes home so I can show her.

  • @idiot178
    @idiot178 Před 5 měsíci +4

    you are the best art teacher in this platform

  • @stephenjamison6124
    @stephenjamison6124 Před 2 lety +50

    I think that I was lucky that in addition to art , I was taught “technical drawing” as used by draughtsmen , as well. As a result I’ve always been strong on perspective. That said, this is yet another very valuable lesson. Thank you Ian.

    • @lorenbk
      @lorenbk Před 2 lety +5

      Me too. I took four years of industrial drawing in high school and worked for several years as a draftsman. Perspective becomes second nature after a while.

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety +3

      Glad you enjoyed it. All the best.

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety +3

      You're right Loren. Once you get that sense of the lines moving back into space it makes it so much easier to get it right.

  • @pleinaire8698
    @pleinaire8698 Před 2 lety +14

    "Attention is the beginning..." love your Mary Oliver reference..she's one of my favorite poets.

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety

      Love her too.

    • @elanamarino2624
      @elanamarino2624 Před 2 lety

      @@IanRobertsMasteringComposition please consider a series of still life like the pumpkin...
      There's none out there...I resorted to another language and found few but not in English...thank you ...
      Enjoy your videos...learning so much...your wonderful

  • @tericolledge5335
    @tericolledge5335 Před 2 lety

    Totally get it. Thank you. Having given up on understanding books on perspective, this video has shone the light clearly on the subject.

  • @grandpa_eric
    @grandpa_eric Před rokem

    Good to see we use the same technique for finding angles. I also use that to determine proportions, and layout on my canvas board while plein air painting. It’s satisfying to see how everything falls into place after determining those factors.

  • @DannySabraArt
    @DannySabraArt Před 2 lety +11

    Really great video on perspective. I think your point s out ellipses being contained by a square is something everyone should think about!

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety +2

      Glad you found it helpful Danny. I suspect I might need to explain that circle in square thing a bit more fully some other time. All the best

    • @DannySabraArt
      @DannySabraArt Před 2 lety

      @@IanRobertsMasteringComposition thank you! Looking forward to it!

  • @AymunDraws
    @AymunDraws Před rokem +2

    Perspective has been this huge scary thing for me, but this video is by far the MOST PRACTICAL and STRAIGHTFORWARD tutorial I’ve come across. I cant describe how relieved and glad I am...thank you mr.roberts!! Your videos are the most helpful and informative.

  • @ianbrowne8871
    @ianbrowne8871 Před 2 lety +20

    You have just reinforced the approach to perspective that was taught on my recent drawing course at West Dean College. Starting by identifying the angles in the subject to create the cube to discover the perspectives and vanishing points. It teaches you to observe and not to get caught up in geometry which can addle the brain, in my case! Once these lines are established, then everything else can be deduced and drawn in. I will remember the lowering of the pencil or brush to get the correct angles - simple but so effective!

  • @bryans5150
    @bryans5150 Před rokem +1

    Thank you Sir. I just started painting again after 20 years. Your knowledge has helped me find inspiration again.

  • @kathyriggs2308
    @kathyriggs2308 Před 2 lety +1

    I love it when you give us exercises to work on and the quote by Mary Oliver is excellent. Thank you again. Looking forward to "greens"!

  • @suemarkwald159
    @suemarkwald159 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much for this lesson! Finally some practical advice for learning perspective! I appreciate what you do to help students of art.

  • @quratulainadnan1162
    @quratulainadnan1162 Před 2 lety

    Im just supremely thankful that i found ur channel. I have no subject knowledge of arts. Your videos are like heaven

  • @andreabluegreen7530
    @andreabluegreen7530 Před rokem +3

    I tried these exercises, which I have been avoiding (hoping this limitation would be overcome on its own over time), and something clicked for me for the first time. In the repetition and experimentation, I glimpsed a pattern that has alluded me because I refused to slow down. This is wonderful. Thank you for simplifying and showing the way.

  • @daveanderson8776
    @daveanderson8776 Před 2 lety +1

    Keeping prospective on our drawings is so important (and our.Paintings of course ) these are great exercises to review once in a while .
    Thanks once again Ian ,
    Dave A
    happy Valley Oregon

  • @4mommiemae
    @4mommiemae Před 2 lety +1

    “Attention is the beginning of devotion”. Beautiful.

  • @swapneelswami7925
    @swapneelswami7925 Před 2 lety +1

    Of course yes. Really helpful Robert Sir. Love your paintings and tips.

  • @markdonovan1540
    @markdonovan1540 Před 2 lety +4

    Love your quote from Mary Oliver. A great tutorial as always, thank you.

  • @crisalidathomassie1811
    @crisalidathomassie1811 Před 2 lety +2

    Ian, thanks so much for facilitating the exercises to gradually master perspective. It helps a lot to learn from a master like you. Your videos are on target! I appreciate your determination and consistency with your videos. There is so much to learn and your videos are of great help. By the way, congratulations on your book about Creative Authenticity! I was reading it, then I thought I better take notes. Thanks for sharing your experience and how it can help,others. Great book. Blessings and take care.

  • @MonikaBury
    @MonikaBury Před 2 lety

    I'm learning so much from it. Thank you!

  • @maryloueppard425
    @maryloueppard425 Před 2 lety +1

    Bless you for sharing your gifts and skills with us. May God bless you for blessing us.
    Just started at 64yo to get lost in this realm. Books just don't do it for me, when visual the best way taught is to 'see' in reality what to do or look for. Again many thanks.

  • @julianugentarchitect
    @julianugentarchitect Před 2 lety +4

    Addintional Tip #1: using diagonals from corner to corner to locate a halfway point. Where the two diagonals cross is the middle of the cube. You can see this the the last image Robert shows of the gable end of the house. Useful for getting spacing correct for things like fence posts or windows as they recede into the distance.

  • @franpauze1192
    @franpauze1192 Před 2 lety +1

    WOW- that was amazing- de mystifying perspective! well done- and than you SO much for all your wonderful weekly missives!

  • @geraldmiller347
    @geraldmiller347 Před 2 lety +5

    As usual a great job, like Skjtheartist below, I took drafting in High School and so was 'bathed' so to speak in Orthographic drawing. Now 60 years later I am back at my drafting board, yes I have carried same second hand one with me since my Undergrad days in many relocations across the country. The difference today is it works as my makeshift easel. Now, I am really looking forward to Mixing Greens and please don't forget edges. Thanks

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety

      Hi Gerald, I"ve got a drafting board in a friend's basement in northern Ontario which I never brought down to LA. And yes next week greens and of course must do edges again.

    • @geraldmiller347
      @geraldmiller347 Před 2 lety

      @@IanRobertsMasteringComposition Great thanks

  • @evandegenfelder4554
    @evandegenfelder4554 Před 2 lety

    I've just stumbled onto this, although I subscribed and have been watching for sometime, I somehow missed this one. It couldn't be more topical! I've just begun laying out a landscape in which there is a shed and the perspective is very difficult. I will be practicing your exercises to get a better feel for this before I commit paint to canvas..thanks a lot.

  • @julieismert4874
    @julieismert4874 Před 2 lety +3

    This video gives a way of checking if the perspective I have laid out is correct and why some of my buildings, etc. don't quite look right. I will start with the exercises you discussed and then take it to my paintings and check them to see if all the lines are corrrectly all going out into the distance. This will definitely help me since perspective has been quite a challenge. Thank you for changing things up this week by adding the exercises.

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety +1

      Hi Julie, if you don't get an angle right you can tell and the viewer can too. So it's frustrating if you can't tell how to fix it. Hope this helps. All the best.

  • @timkeagy4094
    @timkeagy4094 Před rokem

    I like to paint cabins in wilderness scenes and I always had a hard time with perspective of the cabin. This video will help me greatly. Thank you.

  • @claudiasousa9702
    @claudiasousa9702 Před 2 lety

    Amazing! Really good stuff here. Thank you!

  • @elaxter
    @elaxter Před 2 lety

    Very simple yet very effective technique! Thank you very much!

  • @normanhutchinson4177
    @normanhutchinson4177 Před 2 lety +1

    This works well. The same principle works in life drawing to use angles to construct shapes. I enjoy your clear, methodical approach to teaching. I’m a fan!

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety

      That's exactly right. You can get the angles on the body in just the same way. Glad you are enjoying the videos Norman.

  • @marilyneyvonne
    @marilyneyvonne Před 2 lety

    Finally I understand perspective!! Thank you so much. Keep the good work I’m teaching

  • @alisonhendry2928
    @alisonhendry2928 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant as always! Thank you! I paint animals to avoid straight lines.... but this is a good exercise for all artists...your ability to teach leaves me speechless and in awe every time. Saving my pennies for a workshop...

  • @ChristopherHemsworthCreative

    Thanks so much for this, Ian!

  • @neilbarton7216
    @neilbarton7216 Před 2 lety

    Absolutely amazing to see such speedy painting with accuracy

  • @Lostatbrain
    @Lostatbrain Před 2 lety

    I'm so excitedd I came across your page !!! Youre videos are so helpfull and easy to comprehend

  • @ursulabecker5373
    @ursulabecker5373 Před 2 lety

    Your demos are easy to understand. I'm learning so much from it. Thank you

  • @orlane219
    @orlane219 Před 2 lety +1

    Magnifique ! Thank you for the explanations.

  • @emill1404
    @emill1404 Před 2 lety +1

    Love the quote from Mary Oliver. Thank you Ian and I'm looking forward to next week's video on mixing greens. It's something I struggle with

  • @glenfarne1
    @glenfarne1 Před rokem

    This lesson on perspective was VERY useful, thanks.

  • @bythesea760
    @bythesea760 Před 5 měsíci

    Love it when you give us exercises😊

  • @gaylemartin6498
    @gaylemartin6498 Před 2 lety

    You are a wealth of information and it is so generous of you to take the time to share your knowledge. Stay well. g

  • @conniemcconnell8347
    @conniemcconnell8347 Před 2 lety +1

    Blocks...love this idea. And a couple of saw cuts later I can have a square. But to have it on different eye levels is what I missed. And cyclinders...love that tip.

  • @somipax
    @somipax Před 2 lety

    I am delighted to have come across your channel and to have subscribed to your newsletter. Undergoing a great amount of stress planning my long distance trip, due in few days; I m more than happy to include you in my journey. Thank you. I will be watching your videos and painting.

  • @joanistotler8804
    @joanistotler8804 Před 2 lety +1

    Beautifully simplified. I liked the tip you showed of laying in the line as you put your measured mark on the paper - really works. Maybe sometime you could do the same for ellipses. Thanks always for sharing!

  • @duncanflindle3722
    @duncanflindle3722 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant! Such as simple tip - slow down! Thank you!

  • @benjaminhall560
    @benjaminhall560 Před 2 lety

    Great video. Very informative. Thank you.

  • @andrewzanas9387
    @andrewzanas9387 Před 2 lety

    One thing we seldom ever expect to see are artists exaggerating the verticals perspective of gravity, creating by extension another vanishing point at the exact center of the earth and juxtaposed above with the curvature of the earth at the horizon line.
    The net result, the rooftops end up slightly wider than the foundations of their respective buildings, which I find adds an element of authenticity, surprise, and truthfulness within images of long structures or a series of structures.
    Another thing the curvature of the earth introduces is that the vanishing point on the horizon line is only twenty miles away at zero elevation, and whatever we can see beyond that begins to fall away and disappear.
    I love your presentations Ian. They are always essential to developing a true understanding of your subjects.

  • @pchabanowich
    @pchabanowich Před 2 lety

    Good demonstration - thank you.💐

  • @denniswatson1830
    @denniswatson1830 Před 2 lety

    Perspective one of the many tools needed to create an allusion of really. Great lesson thanks Ian.

  • @cyng8497
    @cyng8497 Před 2 lety

    Awesome !!! I’m so happy I went back looking for more I’d missed 😊 Thank You

  • @tatianaantoinette9086
    @tatianaantoinette9086 Před 2 lety +1

    I've come to realize that I literally need to go back to the "drawing board" lest my paintings continue to be fundamentally flawed. This will keep my attention (as it is a simple exercise) while forcing me to "pay attention" as that lovely quote you referenced. Thank you.

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety +1

      Well you got the idea exactly. Having a problem with perspective can be solved with a bit of attention. Glad you found that both helpful and want to do it too.

  • @andrearhoda2802
    @andrearhoda2802 Před 2 lety

    What a Great, Simple to follow, Practical Lesson......Thank you, Thank you

  • @emeraldscorpio
    @emeraldscorpio Před 2 lety +2

    Tuesdays are fast becoming my favourite day!

  • @lesleyharrison6486
    @lesleyharrison6486 Před 2 lety +1

    Very helpful thank you Ian. I need to practise so your cube photos will be very useful.

  • @phyllissamprone132
    @phyllissamprone132 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much for explanation, excellent!❤️

  • @paintlady2268
    @paintlady2268 Před 2 lety +1

    Very generous lesson and exersizes. Thank you.

  • @apianarosa
    @apianarosa Před 2 lety

    I'll try that, thanks for the clear and simple explanation.

  • @selmaabbott7234
    @selmaabbott7234 Před 2 lety +1

    Very helpful! Thank you so much for these tips!

  • @KathyBrooksArt
    @KathyBrooksArt Před 2 lety

    Very useful, and simplifies an otherwise daunting topic. Thank you so much.

  • @joannschoenleber813
    @joannschoenleber813 Před 2 lety

    🙏🙏thank you sooo much for this!!! Very important.

  • @philroydias5366
    @philroydias5366 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for putting out these superb videos sir. They are really helpful 👏😍

  • @shawnsarahmills1320
    @shawnsarahmills1320 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you!! Maybe now I can get better at this. Really appreciate the photos of the cube as I don’t have one for practice.

  • @rsbagley3451
    @rsbagley3451 Před 2 lety +2

    I thought this was really a good way to simplify the painfully academic way anyone who has been through art school has had to endure. I was wondering what you were going to present here, and I already do exactly what you do. I Don't know exactly where I learned it but I think I was watching a Plein-air teacher paint and just copied him. I went through the long hard way of learning perspective also, but here is the practical ,everyday, user friendly way of achieving something that doesn't appear lopsided and wonky ...destroying all your hard work. What I really liked was that I will remember this concise little snippet if anyone ever asks me how to straighten up their tumbledown buildings, and I won't try to make them draw lines to their vanishing point.

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety

      Hi Ramona. glad that was helpful. I think at some point a second one on perspective to fill in some of the gaps will help. Hope all is well. Best wishes.

  • @miamoorhead9774
    @miamoorhead9774 Před 2 lety

    Excellent help!

  • @paintwithpa8694
    @paintwithpa8694 Před 2 lety

    What a wonderful tutorial! Thank you so very much.

  • @franbolduc2763
    @franbolduc2763 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for simplifying the how to!

  • @paresh4914
    @paresh4914 Před 2 lety +2

    Great lesson. Looking forward to solving the "greens" problem!!!
    Would also like to learn about distant blues or mountains in distance in shadows and sunlight.

  • @sarfatiassociates2818
    @sarfatiassociates2818 Před 2 lety +1

    Dear Mr Roberts, thank you very much indeed for your tutorial on perspective. The first very great thing about you is that you are…left-handed which makes a huge difference for me as you guessed, i’m also…left handed. Second, just like a musician who practices his/her scales, i will practice my “cubes” as per your tutorial which really can be done anywhere and at anytime…and maybe this will lead to… cubism😊 thanks and great week end.

    • @PARoth2011
      @PARoth2011 Před 2 lety

      Hahaha..loved the “cubism” it made me laugh out loud, well said!

  • @xxjones
    @xxjones Před 2 lety

    Thank you, just what I needed!

  • @sallybrowningpearson4739

    You are not going to believe this, but I just taught this very same subject to 2 of my beginners today. (before I watched your video) I was using a cardboard box, but I am going to make some cubes for next time. I am also sharing this video with all of my students. (some of them are already signed up for you videos and love them
    ). Don't ever stop doing these short videos, I watch them all the time and sometimes go back for years or as far as they go back. I also have your two books which I loan out. Sally

  • @indarranu9233
    @indarranu9233 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you, great instructions!

  • @cathyserafinowicz6374
    @cathyserafinowicz6374 Před 2 lety

    Thank you once again.Great clear advice. 😍❤️

  • @cynthiaracicot6502
    @cynthiaracicot6502 Před rokem

    Love the videos.

  • @carjam49
    @carjam49 Před 2 lety

    great lesson, thanks again

  • @noates2725
    @noates2725 Před 2 lety

    Very helpful, thanks Ian :)

  • @kenneth1767
    @kenneth1767 Před 2 lety +1

    Great lesson. Attention to perspective also vital when doing realist portraits ¾ view.
    Looking forward to how you approach the myriad Greens.

  • @mallinathkattimani4933

    thank you so much sir you explained very easily..............

  • @jayne3944
    @jayne3944 Před 2 lety

    Excellent help!! THANK YOU!!

  • @Telindra
    @Telindra Před 2 lety +1

    This is very informative and useful! It makes a lot of sense to do these exercises, and I can visualize what it is you're talking about here. What the goal with them are.

  • @sylvainst-pierre8725
    @sylvainst-pierre8725 Před rokem

    great explanation. tks

  • @philomenacesta563
    @philomenacesta563 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much.

  • @bjuddville
    @bjuddville Před 2 lety +1

    Superb instruction!

  • @maryannehill6457
    @maryannehill6457 Před 2 lety

    Excellent!

  • @sallyfinch540
    @sallyfinch540 Před 2 lety +1

    This exercise could be modified to do the same but with cylinders: draw the cylinder first, then build the cube around it to “see” the lines leading to the vanishing points, just to make sure the cylinder was drawn in perspective. Super video!! Thanks :)

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety

      HI Sally I considering doing the cylinders but just thought it was getting too long already. I'll do that another time.

  • @jaywon6749
    @jaywon6749 Před 2 lety

    Again, excellent tutorial.

  • @christinerothmuller2597

    Great tip ! it is good to know the rules before we allow ourself to break them . Thank you Ian

  • @pleinaire8698
    @pleinaire8698 Před 2 lety

    YES!!! very helpful! It would have been fun to see you draw in the circles and ellipses.
    .I always get stuck on those.!

  • @laurabuxo1840
    @laurabuxo1840 Před 2 lety +1

    Perfect Example!

  • @hanifecakmakl9958
    @hanifecakmakl9958 Před 2 lety

    Karmaşık bir konuyu basitleştirdiniz.Çok anlaşılırdı.Teşekkür ederim.

  • @louisejffisher4630
    @louisejffisher4630 Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you !

  • @deborahamaral8470
    @deborahamaral8470 Před 2 lety

    That was very helpful!! Thank you, Ian! Best wishes from Brazil 🙌🏼🇧🇷

  • @diannelee2267
    @diannelee2267 Před 2 lety +1

    Very helpful. Thank you, Ian. Dianne, Colorado Springs, Co., USA

  • @maggieinsc1967
    @maggieinsc1967 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for the super practical explanation!! Have seen people do bits and pieces of what u did with measuring the angles but not quite your approach which is very easy to understand. Once took a class where we used huge long strips of board (6 feet or more) to draw to the vanishing point. Very unwieldy and impractical.
    Guess I will draw some blocks!!

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety

      Hi Margaret, well it makes for thoughts of a funny skit of someone doing a plein air painting with long pieces of wood and nails and measuring onto to this small 8 x 10 panel. As you say must be a better way.

    • @maggieinsc1967
      @maggieinsc1967 Před 2 lety

      @@IanRobertsMasteringComposition lol well it was 4’x4’ but yes it would be a hoot. And a great example of what not to do. The only thing it was ever good for was every line was in the right place but a rather horrendous task all in all.

  • @CesarCordova
    @CesarCordova Před 2 lety +24

    Amazing tip! Thanks a lot!

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety

      You are welcome César.

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks César. Are you the César Cordova with the painting channel? Love your work. Best wishes.

    • @CesarCordova
      @CesarCordova Před 2 lety +1

      @@IanRobertsMasteringComposition At your service! I wish CZcams had recomended your channel sooner, I'm learning a lot from your videos. I would love to mention your channel in one of my future videos, I'm sure your lessons will be of great help to many. Thanks a lot!

  • @Kennie2Times
    @Kennie2Times Před 2 lety

    Thankyou for this! Very helpful! And your voice sounds allot like Clint Eastwood!! Awesome!

  • @thepatquinn
    @thepatquinn Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you.

  • @katywilson3776
    @katywilson3776 Před 2 lety

    Thank you. Very helpful.

  • @patriciacarter9774
    @patriciacarter9774 Před 2 lety

    Thanks, very interesting

  • @mark-dietz
    @mark-dietz Před 2 lety +16

    One thing I see often, is 2 or more perspectives not connected. They might have a house in perspective, and a road with a fence line also in perspective, but if you for eg, move a post on the same plain as the house, over to the house, it would be 8 ft tall.
    I look for a way to make them correspond. Imagine the door is 7 ft ish...approximate a 5 ft post, then move it over to its place on the same plain, and then make the entire fence correspond to that post. Or even size the post in relation to a 6 ft tall person who might be standing next to it.
    Is that worth taking a look for instructional purposes?

    • @dougmoench9233
      @dougmoench9233 Před 2 lety +1

      That’s a great tip

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  Před 2 lety +6

      HI Mark, as I've mentioned above I thought the video was getting on the long side this week . And there are a number of points I obviously had to leave out. But this is a good one and I'm collecting ideas for a second perspective video and will address it. Thanks for the suggestion.

    • @mark-dietz
      @mark-dietz Před 2 lety

      @@IanRobertsMasteringComposition Thank you Ian.

  • @peggysharrow2312
    @peggysharrow2312 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the help on this and on all your lessons. Peggy