When Drawing And Painting Perspectives Trust Your Own Eyes

The basics about learning to draw and paint perspectives can be found in hundreds of art books...

For an artist they are a valuable guide to help an artist gain the skills of realistic looking drawings and paintings. Using horizon lines, vanishing points and view points you are helped to master your perspective awareness.

Better still, an artist gains the knowledge of recreating 3-dimensional physical form in 2 dimensions. With full knowledge of perspective drawing a good artist can create a painting that will look lifelike...

* Even if your picture has been created on a flat surface, it looks as if it has depth

* Mood and atmosphere is captured by your pencil drawing

* Your portrait painting looks as if the subject could leap from the canvas to shake your hand

However, for an art beginner, perspective drawing can be a mystery.

Even top professional artists and illustrators can rely too heavily on the rules of perspectives. At times they produce artificial paintings although every effort has been made to honor the perspective laws...

* Objects seem to be distorted

* You get an increased sense of flatness

Your own unique artistic viewpoint gives you the key to understanding and using perspectives.

There are many reasons why you see a different world...

* You could be taller or shorter

* You could be short-sighted while your neighbor is long-sighted

* You will see colors differently... You could have perfect color vision while others are color impaired

Your emotional response to the art subject also affects the resulting drawing and painting. If you have a passion for the subject your interest levels will be high. The finished picture will be better.

The great advantage of knowing that everyone sees the world around them differently is that you can justify your art. Whatever art critics might say about your painting and drawing, you will know your art is your own view of reality...

Enjoy your drawing and painting... "Art is your own perspective on life"

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