CHAPTER 5 LEARNING TO SEE IN THREE DIMENSIONS
Whether you’re drawing objects you observe or objects from your imagination, the ability to see the world in three dimensions is an essential tool in your artistic skillset. Yes, we all perceive depth and scale instinctively (otherwise we’d be stumbling, bumping, and dropping our way through the day), but as artists we need to turn a more critical eye to how things look in the world around us.
So much can be learned about seeing the world in three dimensions simply by paying attention. In real life, objects are more than just the simple shapes or silhouettes of a 2D drawing. Objects have dimensions ...
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