Creative Perspective for Artists and Illustrators

In this thought-provoking practical guide a noted artist and educator demonstrates that learning to violate the rules of perspective (profitably) is as important for the practicing artist as learning the principles of perspective themselves. Only in this way can students free themselves from the constraints of tradition and find their own imaginative paths. However it is vital that students first have a solid grasp of classical perspective before they can think about adapting it creatively.<br>In presenting the principles of perspective drawing Mr. Watson devotes a chapter each to step-by-step discussions of such topics as the picture plane foreshortening and convergence the circle the cone three-point perspective universal perspective figures in perspective and much more. To illustrate his points he offers expert analysis of the works of such leading illustrators as John Atherton V. Bobri R. M. Chapin Jr. Albert Dorne Robert Fawcett Constantin Guys W. N. Hudson Carl Roberts Ben Stahl and Aldren A. Watson as well as drawings by Pieter de Hooch and Paul Cézanne. The result is a ground-breaking study that artists illustrators and draftsmen will find invaluable in learning to create works with convincing perspective.<br>Ernest W. Watson taught at Pratt Institute for over 20 years co-founded and served as editor-in-chief of the magazine <i>American Artist </i> and co-founded the prestigious art publishing house of Watson-Guptill.