Perspective Without Pain (North Light 20th Anniversary Classic Editions)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0891344462 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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His work is included in thousands of private and public collections and has earned him honors in national and regional exhibitions. He teaches watercolor and perspective drawing, and has written many popular North Light Books, including "Perspective Without Pain", "Pencil Magic", "Watercolor Basics: Perspective Secrets", "The North Light Artist's Guide to Materials
As an experienced artist, he understands how you work, and he knows that the last thing you need is a lot of rigid rules to tie you down. With this book, you will. Here Phil Metzger give you clear-cut guidelines in everyday terms--with a lot of friendliness and a little humor tossed in along the way. Now go a step further--imagine having fun with perspective. Imagine perspective without pain--no T-squares, complicated equations or mechanical terms--just simple instructions and hands-on exercises to teach you how to create a sense of depth in your drawings and paintings. Here you'll learn techniques of perspective that will help your creativity--not hinder it.You'll learn how to: Achieve the illusion of depth by gradually diminishing the sizes of--and the distance between--similar objectsUse soft edged and less detail on objects in the bac
W. Wilkerson said Excellent, Clear, and (Surprize) Humorous. I got this book for my artist wife who had a question about how to properly space posts in perspective.She enjoyed the book and now has the answer to her question as well as other helpful lessons about drawing and perspective.As a retired mechanical engineer I thought I'd just browse through the book. I read it cover to cover and was motivated to start sketching. It is clearly written and spiced with humor.I now look at things more perceptively thanks to Mr. Metzger.. REQUIRED READING Ocean Jaguar Great tool for expanding the knowledge required to produce quality work. "Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!" according to Kerry Fonville. This book really is helping me to understand perspective. As an aspiring artist I had not a clue. I don't come from a background of having taken art classes all of my life so a lot of things did not make sense to me. My professor suggests this book from her syllabus and I have to say what a jewel it has been for me. I highly recommend this book if you are learning to draw as part of your library.
His work is included in thousands of private and public collections and has earned him honors in national and regional exhibitions. . About the Author Phil Metzger has been painting and selling his artwork for over 30 years. He teaches watercolor and perspective drawing, and has written many popular North Light Books, including "Perspective Without Pain", "Pencil Magic", "Watercolor Basics: Perspective Secrets", "The North Light Artist's Guide to Materials and Techniques", and "The Artist's Illustrated Encyclopedia"