Essential Guide to Drawing: Perspective & Composition

Barrington Barber

Jun 2020 · Arcturus Publishing

About this ebook

Perspective is key to making your artworks look convincing and three-dimensional, yet it can be a daunting prospect for artists. This handy guide sets out the rules of perspective clearly and simply, using demonstrations and step-by-step exercises. You will learn how the same perspective rules underpin compositions of all types, from panoramic landscapes to urban scenes, interiors, simple objects and human figures.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Essential Guides to Drawing are practical books for artists who wish to improve their skills in a particular subject area. The series covers Animals, Landscapes, Perspective & Composition, Portraits, Still Life and Landscapes.

About the author

Barrington Barber is the world's best-selling practical art author. He practised as an illustrator (Saxon Artist) and Graphic Designer, was Art Director at Ogilvie & Mather and S.H. Bensons, and then a lecturer in Graphic Design at Ealing Art School. He has also worked as a freelance designer, illustrator and animator and as a painter at Augustine Studios. He now paints, draws and writes about art, and enjoys sports, walking, philosophy and meditation. Barrington lives in South London.