{"product_id":"9781440311369","title":"Perspective Without Pain","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine perspective without pain—no T-squares, complicated equations or mechanical terms—just simple instructions and hands-on exercises to teach you how to create a sense of depth in your drawings and paintings. Now go a step further—imagine having fun with perspective. With this book, you will. Here Phil Metzger give you clear-cut guidelines in everyday terms—with a lot of friendliness and a little humor tossed in along the way. As an experienced artist, he understands how you work, and he knows that the last thing you need is a lot of rigid rules to tie you down. Here you'll learn techniques of perspective that will help your creativity—not hinder it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou'll learn how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAchieve the illusion of depth by gradually diminishing the sizes of—and the distance between—similar objects\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse soft edged and less detail on objects in the background to make them seem farther away\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduce depth simply by manipulating color and value\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraw from any viewpoint—on either side, above or below\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraw accurate angles without complicated measuring devices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse perspective to track down the problem when something you've drawn just doesn't look right\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMeasures relative sizes and add the details that make the difference between a convincing pictures and an awkward one\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProperly draw roads, paths, streets, fields and streams to suggest depth in a scene and to describe the flatness or hilliness of a landscape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"F+W Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162303709424,"sku":"9781440311369","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440311369_p0.jpg?v=1763785643","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440311369","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}