When Drawing And Painting Perspectives Trust Your Own Eyes | Drawing and Painting

By MichaelDale
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There are hundreds of art books that will show you the basics of perspectives...

Essentially, they will talk about horizon lines, vanishing points and view points. They are an important guide for an artist to master drawing and painting realistic looking art.

An artist soon gains confidence in their art when they understand how to recreate 3-dimensional form with their drawing. Lifelike paintings are no problem...

* Your picture appears to have depth and substance even though it has been created on a flat surface

* Mood and atmosphere is captured by your pencil drawing

* The subject of your portrait painting appears as if you could touch their face and feel their breath on your hand

Yet, perspective drawing can seem to be a mystery to an art beginner.

Even top professional artists and illustrators can rely too heavily on the rules of perspectives. At times they produce artificial paintings although every effort has been made to honor the perspective laws...

* Objects appear to be distorted

* The resulting image gives no more than a sense of flatness

Recognizing your own unique artistic viewpoint is the key to getting the best from perspectives.

You see the world differently from the person standing next to you. Here are some of the reasons why...

* Physical differences... You could be shorter or taller

* Your eyesight will be different... You could be short-sighted while your neighbor is long-sighted

* Although your color vision might be perfect... Other people could be effectively color blind

Your emotional response to your art subject affects your painting and drawing. If you have passion for your subject matter the resulting artwork will be better.

Whatever art critics say about your artwork you know your drawings and paintings show your view of reality. Knowing that your view of the world is unique justifies your artistic vision...

Enjoy your painting and drawing... "Your Art is your own perspective on life!"

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