Teach Yourself Visually Drawing

Reflected Light The reflected light is the area of the shadow on an object that is lighter than the darkest part of the shadow. ...

Discover the Pattern of Light and Shadow chapter 5 Textures and Nuances. The feeling of the textureof a material is achieved in ...

Gallery: Examples of Light and Shadow. Energy and drama define this drawing. There is a tremendous sculptural quality which is a ...

Discover the Pattern of Light and Shadow chapter 5 In this drawing, the range of tone is quite small. The artist used only about ...

Gallery: Examples of Light and Shadow (continued) In this drawing, there is a strong feeling of mystery that is achieved through ...

Discover the Pattern of Light and Shadow chapter 5 In this strongly patterned drawing, the white of the paper and the darkness o ...

Gallery: Examples of Light and Shadow (continued) This drawing shows a corner of a room being lit by natural light through a win ...

Discover the Pattern of Light and Shadow chapter 5 This drawing also uses natural light to reveal form. There is more than one l ...

Introduction to One-Point Perspective Two Florentine architects, Leon Battista Alberti and Filippo Brunelleschi, first formulate ...

What Is One-Point Perspective?........................... 74 One-Point Perspective in Everyday Life.................... .76 Dete ...

What Is One-Point Perspective? This example of one-point perspective shows train tracks disappearing into the distance. You can ...

Introduction to One-Point Perspective chapter 6 This is a demonstration of the field of vision(also referred to as thecone of vi ...

One-Point Perspective in Everyday Life. Keep an eye open for your own examples of perspective. The more you look for and study t ...

Introduction to One-Point Perspective chapter 6 In this bathroom, the horizon line is just above the bottom ledge of the window. ...

Determine the Perspective. The diagrams in this section use cubes to help further explain one-point perspective. The front of th ...

Introduction to One-Point Perspective chapter 6 These diagrams show a simple technique to help you deter- mine the proportions o ...

Create a Perspective Grid. Once you understand the terms vanishing pointand horizon line, you can move an object around within a ...

chapter 6 The Ellipse in Perspective Introduction to One-Point Perspective The horizon line in this example is in line with the ...

Draw Tonally in Perspective. In this section, you begin a complete drawing using everything that you have learned so far about p ...

Introduction to One-Point Perspective chapter 6 Establish more of your drawing by adding other objects to practice ellipses. Add ...