Success in Art: Mastering Perspective: Techniques for mastering one-, two-, and three-point perspective - 25+ Professional Artist Tips and Techniques

This little book is great! It’s understandable and very helpful!

While some reviews I've read of this book state that it can be for anyone from beginner to advanced, I disagree. I have an interest in art, and I will admit that I am not very good at it. My destiny, I think, is to be more of a writer or musician, yet visual art still fascinates me and is something I hope to do reasonably well one day. One thing that has always eluded me is perspective, making my drawings more akin to ancient cave paintings and stick figures. I had hoped this book would help, but even with all the diagrams of one-, two- and three-point perspective, I still couldn't get it. I think you have to be a better artist than me to get something from this book. I honestly believe that this is not the fault of the book, but my own shortcomings as a visual artist. If you are beyond the level of cave paintings and stick figures, you may very well benefit from this book.I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.

"Success in Art: Mastering Perspective. Techniques for mastering one-, two-, and three-point perspective - 25+ Professional Artist Tips and Techniques" by artist and former professor Andy Fish is part of the "Success in Art" series published by Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster that has the goal to offer more than basic step-by-step guides for subject matters that are challenging for artists. The book goes from the Essentials via One-Point Perspective, Two-Point Perspective to Three-Point Perspective. Fish challenges the artist: "We all want to get to the good stuff, and we all think we know more than we really do. Resist the temptation to skip ahead; instead, follow each lesson as written. Do them once; do them again. Do them until you are certain that you understand all the principles and rules of each chapter before you move on.Don’t skip the basics because you think you know them. Let’s review and make sure you aren’t missing something essential in the “easy” lessons, because that will trip you up as you get further into the studies. Trust me on this one—there has never been a better case of learning how to crawl before you can walk!" (p.5). Fish explains well the vanishing points and the variable vanishing points.This was the first book which I read about mastering perspective. It is presented with great pictures and examples and clear step-by-step instructions, it even includes tips to figure out what went wrong. The book also gives an introduction how perspective developed in art. Fish has included more than 25 professional artist tips and techniques. This book is a helpful book for artists who want to paint buildings and who use various kinds of media such as watercolor, acrylic, mix media and not only for artists who draw. It is good to be aware of the fact that it only treats perspective in regard to building. Nevertheless it makes also a great present and I highly recommend it.The complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley free of charge. I was under no obligation to offer a positive review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.#SuccessInArtMasteringPerspective #NetGalley

If you can master perspective, your drawings or paintings will look like what they purport to be.This book explains in detail what perspective means and how to correctly apply it to your work. It is accompanied by useful illustrations and photos to help visually understand the concept.I received an ARC from Quatro Publishing through NetGalley. This in no way affects my opinion or rating of this book. I am voluntarily submitting this review and am under no obligation to do so.

Another book in the series of success in Art, this one dealing with perspectives, which again can be a difficult skill to grasp. This book starts off with a simple box and works with it in varying degrees of complexity with one, two and three points of perspective. Lots of lines and includes casting shadows in perspective. A great book if want to learn about dealing with sometimes confusing skill.

This book offers many detailed step by step instructions on how to master one, two, and three point perspective. To start, there’s a chapter with the basic essentials you need. That’s followed by chapters of detailed instructions and then a follow up chapter of putting those techniques learned to work. This book is very well organized. I think anyone interested in art will find this book to be quite useful in learning and mastering perspective.