Simple Problems in Perspective

Fig. 33, Exercise in Perspective – Draw a picture in which the main perspective problem involved is the horizon line.

Fig. 34, Exercise in Perspective – Draw a picture in which the main perspective problem involved is the point of sight.

Fig. 35, Exercise in Perspective – Draw a picture in which the main perspective problem involved consists of the horizon line and two vanishing points.

Figures in Perspective – Atmospheric
The first object in a drawing such as a diminishing file of police (see Fig. 36) or a row of trees (see Fig. 37) should contain the most detail, the last, far distant, need be merely suggested.

The eye is attracted by the first few figures and
does not by ordinary inspection of a picture detect the absence of minute details in the distance. Indeed, to draw each figure with the same care as given to the first would detract from the atmospheric perspective, that in a picture, by comparative size and quantity of detail, suggests distance.

Drawing Buildings
Before finishing a drawing containing features, make sure that the upright lines of plumb.