Thanks for the reminder. I haven’t drawn in perspective for decades. In the ‘60s I took a course in it. The teacher said there was no text book, but she knew all the latest and forgotten techniques. Rumor had it she had written one herself, soon to be published, for which we had to save our money. Anyway, I loved how sensible and elegant the methods, and remember drawing a truck with everything…tires, tire treads, street, shop windows and shoppers…in perspective. The other kids always lined up at my door for help. One day, I visited my much older brother who was studying architecture at Harvard. I went along to his first class just for fun. The prof, showing the students simple perspective (floor tiles) with a vanishing point, said that they had to eyeball the increments of decreasing depth and that there was no other way to ascertain them (!) I whispered to my brother that actually there was. He immediately spoke up… “My little sister here knows how!” Thus it was that once, long long ago, in the days of blackboards, yet! I, who barely finished high school, taught a class to graduate students at Harvard. I’m sure I didn’t do half as good a job as you, though.
This is the best presentation on perspective on CZcams. Every other one I’ve found on drawing squares in perspective relies on first drawing an ellipse. So I have to struggle with free-handing an ellipse or go out and buy a set of ellipse guides. This is much simpler and far superior. Thank you!
Thanks for the reminder. I haven’t drawn in perspective for decades.
In the ‘60s I took a course in it. The teacher said there was no text book, but she knew all the latest and forgotten techniques. Rumor had it she had written one herself, soon to be published, for which we had to save our money.
Anyway, I loved how sensible and elegant the methods, and remember drawing a truck with everything…tires, tire treads, street, shop windows and shoppers…in perspective. The other kids always lined up at my door for help.
One day, I visited my much older brother who was studying architecture at Harvard. I went along to his first class just for fun. The prof, showing the students simple perspective (floor tiles) with a vanishing point, said that they had to eyeball the increments of decreasing depth and that there was no other way to ascertain them (!) I whispered to my brother that actually there was. He immediately spoke up… “My little sister here knows how!”
Thus it was that once, long long ago, in the days of blackboards, yet! I, who barely finished high school, taught a class to graduate students at Harvard. I’m sure I didn’t do half as good a job as you, though.
Nice story. Thank you for sharing.
This is the best presentation on perspective on CZcams. Every other one I’ve found on drawing squares in perspective relies on first drawing an ellipse. So I have to struggle with free-handing an ellipse or go out and buy a set of ellipse guides. This is much simpler and far superior. Thank you!
Thanks! Much more to come.
Excellent videos! This helps me understand what I’ve been reading in Craig Atterbery’s book (complete guide to be perspective drawing). Thank you! 🎉
Great! I was hoping these videos would be a good companion to the book.