With an engaging story-telling style, this unique and definitive book, guides the reader through the history, principles and types of perspective to provide a much clearer insight and understanding of this creative keystone of great realism and style.

An intricate, detailed and definitive book that will guide you through the history, principles and practice of perspective.

• Provides clear insight and understanding of the creative keystone that achieves great realism and scale for artists
• Complete with diagrams, exercises and detailed worked-through examples with an emphasis on learning and developing artistic skills
• In-depth chapters cover the basic rules of drawing, different types of perspective, experimental approaches and more advanced techniques
• Packed with stunning artwork from around the world to showcase a broad range of line, tone, colour and technique

Acclaimed architectural illustrator, Simone Ridyard reveals the history of perspective from the Renaissance to the present day, with comprehensive studies to demonstrate the differences between each of the six principles and how you can incorporate them in to your work.