Watercolor Basics - Perspective Secrets

By Philip W. Metzger and Phil Metzger

Create Space and Depth in your Watercolors Psst If you want to learn the secrets to creating depth and realism in your watercolor paintings, take a look in this book You'll find easy tricks for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891348808
• ISBN13: 9780891348801
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: North Light Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great place to begin with perspective.

Perspective is a scary word for some artists. Mr. Metzler has you do simple exercises to show you that by putting the fence in front of the tree, or putting the tree in front of the fence is a simple way to show distance and perspective. He talks about one point, two point, and aerial perspective. He also shows with the picture displayed on the cover that the buildings don't have to have the same vanishing points. I learned a tremendous amount from this book.

Perspective without fear or math

Phil Metzger is the best instructor of perspective I know of. His methods are easy to use, don't require a math background, and enable an artist to sketch strong correct drawings for painting. He starts with simple shapes and ideas giving plenty of opportunities for the reader to recreate exercises that solidify the concepts. This was a great addition to my reference library.

Best watercolor book I have bought

I want to change the comments. It is definitely a good book for beginners.

Great for Teaching Yourself

If you are a student or a teacher of the arts, this book is a must. It is divided into sections and you can practice and teach yourself each lesson. Very easy to follow and understand.

A must-have for any artist.

I don't work in watercolors, I quilt, and I've found this book invaluable as a guide to understanding perspective.

An excellent addition to any beginners collection

North Light, the publishers of the Watercolor Basics series has hit paydirt once again with Phil Metzgers' Perspective Secrets. In direct simple and engaging language Metzger takes you through the many types of perspective without terrifying you with wordy rules and procedures. It is all covered in this handy and educational volume. You move through beautiful examples of putting space and the illusion of air in your paintings to the subtle issues of close-up perspective such as with bricks. There is also some information on perspective dealing with stairs and inclines all supported by Mr. Metzger's handsome paintings. As with other volumes in this series the subject matter is gone into both more deeply and with more approachable and beautiful artwork. This is a must have for any budding painter.