Perspective Made Easy

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Painting & Drawing

Table of contents

- Cover (Page 1)
- Contents (Page 13)
- Foreword (Page 11)
- Step One (Page 19)
- The Horizon (Page 22)
- The Vanishing Point (Page 23)
- The Eye-Level (Page 24)
- Step Two (Page 29)
- The Eye-Level and Its Relationship to Perspective Drawing (Page 31)
- Step Three (Page 39)
- Parallel Lines as We See Them (Page 41)
- Parallel Lines Related to One-Point Perspective (Page 44)
- Step Four (Page 49)
- The Three Sets of Parallels (Page 51)
- Locating the Point and the Eye-Level (Page 52)
- Step Five (Page 57)
- The Two Vanishing Points (Page 59)
- The "Height" Lines (Page 63)
- Step Six (Page 65)
- Placing the Two Vanishing Points (Page 67)
- The Error of Close Spacing (Page 70)
- Step Seven (Page 75)
- Showing How the Vanishing Points Move in Relationship to One Another (Page 77)
- Step Eight (Page 85)
- Building Perspective with Bricks (Page 87)
- Step Nine (Page 97)
- Placing Figures and Objects in a Drawing (Page 99)
- Step Ten (Page 107)
- Center of Interest (Page 109)
- Changing the View (Page 111)
- Roofs in Perspective (Page 112)
- Step Eleven (Page 115)
- Interiors (Page 117)
- Placing of Furniture (Page 119)
- Step Twelve (Page 123)
- Finding the Center (Page 125)
- Dividing Spaces into Halves (Page 127)
- Practical Applications (Page 131)
- Step Thirteen (Page 135)
- Cylinders in Perspective (Page 137)
- Drawing Elipses (Page 138)
- Step Fourteen (Page 149)
- Practical Uses of Cylinders in Drawing (Page 151)
- Dividing the Circle (Page 157)
- Step Fifteen (Page 161)
- Dividing a Surface in Perspective (Page 163)
- Drawing a Checkerboard (Page 166)
- Step Sixteen (Page 173)
- Shade and Shadows (Page 175)
- Step Seventeen (Page 185)
- Reflections (Page 187)
- Step Eighteen (Page 193)
- Unusual Perspective (Page 195)
- Up-and-Down Points (Page 195)
- Examples (Page 197)
- Step Nineteen (Page 201)
- Perspective Downhill (Page 203)
- Perspective Uphill (Page 204)
- The False Eye-Level (Page 205)
- Step Twenty (Page 209)
- Mechanical Perspective (Page 211)