The Urban Sketching Handbook Understanding Perspective: Easy Techniques for Mastering Perspective Drawing on Location (Volume 4)

Love this series of books. Simple, clear and great for a beginner with plenty of sketches for inspiration.

If you want to understand perspective by looking at real urban spaces this is for you. Makes all those confusing vanishing points make sense.

Great little book by someone who explains things really well. I liked the way the book built up the ideas gradually with some great examples from the author and others. I had not fully appreciated vanishing points and line of sight until I read it and now I have been looking for these things more often.

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Only read about ten pages and already loving this book. Without doubt the best I have bought regarding urban sketching. Originally written and not just warmed-over bits and pieces of other publications. I really like the author's style and presentation.

Great book, really easy to follow. It arrived with the strap broken though which was disappointing.

So far I'm in love with this book. I am a beginner in this part of drawing and I find the book informative and beautiful.

A little bit basic. Mush smaller format than I had expected.

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After reading dozens of books, taking classes, making all sorts of efforts to understand perspective drawing (and failing!), Stephanie's simple, clear instruction and tips has given me many "aha" moments. Really, why isn't perspective always explained so clearly? Everyone always talks about the vanishing point, but never really explained how to find it. Stephanie does. And it's SO easy once you understand. Everyone talks about foreshortening and converging. Stephanie clearly shows how it works and when to use it. The book is filled with a wealth of sketches from urban sketchers all over the world - my only small complaint is that some of the drawings are almost too small to see very well. But, the sketches show many different styles and her accompanying analysis of the sketches is SO helpful.....she identifies the horizon or eye-level line and vanishing point in them and draws your attention to all the reasons the perspective works. The book is small, yet mighty. It's full of pretty pictures, yet educational. It's written simply, yet clearly. It'll be in my sketching bag for quick reference from now on (I've already marked certain passages & folded down pages to return to)! If you've ever struggled with perspective drawing, this is the handbook for you. If you've ever thought "I wish I could draw a building or landscape and have it look more realistic", this is the book for you. Because I'm here to tell you, Stephanie makes it easy to understand.

Perfect book for urban sketching. It is very clear and there are a lot of useful tips.

Not much to say except best book/guide to grasp importance of getting perspectives right.

just a good book about perspective covering all basics