The Complete Guide to Perspective Drawing: From One-Point to Six-Point

by Craig Attebery

Overview

As a professional, understanding the foundations of drawing, how we process images, and how we interpret what we see are principal skills. Understanding linear perspective enables artists and architects to accurately communicate their ideas on paper. The Complete Guide to Perspective Drawing offers a step-by-step guide for the beginner, as well as the advanced student, on how to draw in one-point through six-point perspective and how to make scientifically accurate conceptual illustrations from simple to complex situations. This new edition has been updated to include:

• Over 30 completed case images showing real applications of the processes and techniques discussed
• Expanded information on ellipses
• Expanded information on three-point perspective shadows
• Integrated video tutorials throughout
• A new design for ease of navigation across chapters

With over 400 simple, clear drawings, written explanations, exercises and video tutorials, as well as historical and theoretical background, this book is an essential visual guide for current and future architects, interior designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, video game designers, animators, and artists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040452608
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/04/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	444
File size:	42 MB
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About the Author

Craig Attebery is a native southern Californian. He graduated from ArtCenter College of Design in 1980, receiving a BFA with Honors. He then completed his MFA studies at Otis/Parsons Art Institute in 1984. Craig has worked as a freelance illustrator for advertising agencies, science books, and the entertainment industry, as well as creating conceptual art for JPL/NASA and the aerospace industry. Craig’s illustrations have appeared in many publications including Newsweek and Time magazine. In addition to his commercial work, he has participated in exhibitions at galleries and museums throughout the country and internationally, including the Fry Museum (Seattle, WA), the Arnot Museum (Elmira, NY), the Art Museum of South Texas (Corpus Christi, TX), and the Oceanside Museum (Oceanside, CA). His work is in the permanent collection of the de Young Museum (San Francisco, CA). Craig is a faculty member at ArtCenter College of Design where he has taught perspective for over 20 years.

Table of Contents

Introduction Tools of the Trade Part 1: The Basics 1.Basic Perspective Terms 2. One- Through Six-Point Perspective, an Overview Part 2: One-Point 3. One-Point Perspective Part 3: Reference Points 4. Reference Points Part 4: Two-Point 5. Two-Point Perspective 6. Measuring Point Geometry 7. Horizontal Angles Part 5: Ellipses 8. Ellipses, Spheres, Spiral Forms, and Random Curves Part 6: Inclines 9.Inclined Planes 10.Inclined Cuboids 11. Incline Geometry 12. The Problem of Distant Vanishing points 13. Falling and Rotating Forms 14.Tilted Tapered Forms Part 7: Plan/Elevation View Perspective 15. Plan/Elevation View Perspective Part 8: Three-Point 16. Three-Point Perspective 17.Three-Point Angles 18. Combining One- and Three-Point Perspective 19. Combining Two- and Three-Point Perspective 20. Combining Three-Point Perspective Diagrams 21. Compound Inclines in Two-Point Perspective Part 9: Shadows 22. Shadows 23.Shadows of Round, Spherical, and Curved Objects 24. Positive Shadows 25. Negative Shadows 26. Shadows from Artificial Light Sources 27. Three-Point Shadows Part 10: Reflections 28. Reflections 29. Reflections on Curved Surfaces Part 11: Anamorphic Perspective 30. Anamorphic Perspective Part 12: Curvilinear Perspective 31. Four-Point Perspective 32. Five-Point Perspective 33. Six-Point Perspective Part 13: Miscellaneous 34. Miscellaneous