Relatively simple perspective question

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Hi there,

Nice thread!

If anybody wants, I can email the pages in a larger size.

All the best.

[Claudemir Bonfim]

These are all from the book "Successful Drawing" by Andrew Loomis.

I've got many more pages about it.

[Claudemir Bonfim]

One might ask: "Why should I study about it? I paint what I see!"
First of all, painting is 90 % drawing.
Second of all, most painters paint what they "think" they see and not what the actually see.
Last of all, sometimes you need to paint a posthumous portrait, and in that case, the model cannot sit for you, so you have to use these rules to make a better job. Sometimes the lighting in a photograph is horrible, but you liked the pose, so, you can change the values, lighting, etc, if you master perspective.

Hope it helps.