It feels weird giving ratings to artists I admire, especially when I'm still very much a beginner! This assignment has definitely helped me develop a more critical eye. Franklin Booth: Illustration. Diminution: 5/5. The people get smaller as they get further. Convergence: 5/5. I can draw a few lines going from left to right, and they all converge. Foreshortening: 2/5? I'm a bit confused here for what rating to give. I look at the boot of the man in the middle of the drawing, and that's definitely foreshortening, but don't notice anything else. In other words, it's not a big part of the drawing. Overlap: 5/5. The people overlap each other, telling us who's closer to us, the viewer. Atmosphere: 5/5. More shading going on in the back. Strong contrast with the much whiter foreground. Like Marshall said, not all cards need to be played. Dandadan (manga): top panel. Diminution: 5/5. The two heads are roughly the same size as the boy and girl. Convergence: 5/5. I hope I'm getting my terminology right here, but curvilinear perspective is used in this panel. The edges of the path should converge where the middle of the heads are. Foreshortening: 3/5. There is foreshortening on the boy and the girl because of the viewing angle. Overlap: 2/5. The boy and the girl clasp at each other's arms, but I don't think it's a big part of the drawing. Atmosphere: 5/5. The heads have much darker shading, contrasting with the well lit boy and girl. Of course, the artist is taking a creative liberty here, as there shouldn't be light in an enclosed space like this. Thomas Cole: The Architect's Dream. Diminution: 5/5. The ships, the columns, are all lined up parallel to each other, and clearly get smaller the further left the viewer looks. Convergence: 5/5. The lines converge behind the church (?) on the left. Foreshortening: 4/5. The church basically looks flat. The flat rock that says "Painted by T. Cole" also has some foreshortening. Overlap: 5/5. The arches, church, artist, and rock all overlap the "architect's dream" taking place in the distance. Atmosphere: 5/5. The most obvious example is the pyramid in the background. Also pay attention to the ships as they get closer to the vanishing point. Everything fades to white, creating a contrast with the darkly shaded church, which is directly in front of the vanishing point. As I mentioned, I'm a little nervous "rating" artists like this, as I admire all of them. But in a way, critically assessing them like this is a form of admiration in itself. The numbers I gave ended up being more about how much I think the depth technique contributed to the drawing/painting's overall illusion of perspective, rather than good or bad.

Hi everyone. I'm actually still in the middle of the Drawing Basics course, and getting close to the perspective part. I didn't want to miss out on the critiques here, so I decided to start with this class a little early. To be honest, perspective is still very new to me. I can barely even draw. In terms of masters, I'm still new to this, so I don't even know that many works where perspective is the key point. I've only seen like two drawings by Kim Jung Gi. I love manga and anime, and know that perspective is essential for drawing; I tried to limit myself to just two mangaka, and ventured out from there. Masashi Kishimoto. NARUTO. I think many in recent years either don't know or have forgotten that Kishimoto can draw like this. NARUTO certainly has its flaws, but the quality of drawing is not one of them. Yukinobu Tatsu. Dandadan. He's just an exquisite artist. I think someone else uploaded this page too. Hiroshi Yoshida. Golden Temple in Amritsar. I was very happy to see his work included in the video, so I decided to put one of his works that I particularly like. Scott Robertson. Inktober motorcycle drawing. Robertson's book How to Draw gets recommended all the time! I haven't bought it yet, but his drawings are clearly that of a master of perspective. M. C. Escher. House of Stairs. I think many of us here have an M. C. Escher work in our posts. Big picture goal. It's hard for me to judge what's realistically attainable in the span of the next few months. Maybe those of you who have more experience with perspective can advise me on this. Perhaps a capstone project where I draw a simple car from an angle, in two point perspective?

I went with Shaun Tan's Blossom Eater for my master study. I'm pretty new to drawing, but I'm quite confident he's using a light shadow method of shading. I struggled with connecting my lines to each other, something Tan does very cleanly. My proportions are also wrong. I'm also not quite sure how Tan's drawing his lines.

First image is hierarchy of importance, second is shadow and light. Both drawn before watching the demo.

You guys have some great drawings! Makes me nervous about uploading mine. I haven't watched the demo at the time of drawing, so I was confused as to whether I needed that plank for the snail. The proportions are also off at the tail (?). Biggest challenge of the boots was the shoelaces, without a doubt. The front outsole of the boots were tricky too.