In Closing

I hope you’ll soon find, as I did years ago, that a decent understanding of perspective can have a profound effect on your drawing ability. While your work will always be more than the perspective that’s in it, an image built without the solid foundation perspective gives you will never live up to its potential. Getting there takes time, but it’s well worth the effort. Instead of relying on software and all of its inherent limitations, understanding perspective will help you as you use the most versatile tool in all of the visual arts – your humble pencil.

With regular practice and a touch of patience, this sometimes technical information will help you visually express ideas and worlds you wouldn’t have been able to otherwise, so keep ...

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