My goodness, this is one of those times when you find yourself thinking “it’s so simple. Why didn’t I think of this before?”. I love it when that happens 😄. It’s a subject that has really perplexed me and I have been put off trying paintings that have buildings in them, but now it doesn’t seem so difficult. Thank you for explaining it in an easy to understand way. I’m so exited that I can’t wait ‘til the wife comes home so I can show her.

I think that I was lucky that in addition to art , I was taught “technical drawing” as used by draughtsmen , as well. As a result I’ve always been strong on perspective. That said, this is yet another very valuable lesson. Thank you Ian.

"Attention is the beginning..." love your Mary Oliver reference..she's one of my favorite poets.

you are the best art teacher in this platform

Totally get it. Thank you. Having given up on understanding books on perspective, this video has shone the light clearly on the subject.

“Attention is the beginning of devotion”. Beautiful.

Perspective has been this huge scary thing for me, but this video is by far the MOST PRACTICAL and STRAIGHTFORWARD tutorial I’ve come across. I cant describe how relieved and glad I am...thank you mr.roberts!! Your videos are the most helpful and informative.

You have just reinforced the approach to perspective that was taught on my recent drawing course at West Dean College. Starting by identifying the angles in the subject to create the cube to discover the perspectives and vanishing points. It teaches you to observe and not to get caught up in geometry which can addle the brain, in my case! Once these lines are established, then everything else can be deduced and drawn in. I will remember the lowering of the pencil or brush to get the correct angles - simple but so effective!

I love it when you give us exercises to work on and the quote by Mary Oliver is excellent. Thank you again. Looking forward to "greens"!

Thank you Sir. I just started painting again after 20 years. Your knowledge has helped me find inspiration again.

I tried these exercises, which I have been avoiding (hoping this limitation would be overcome on its own over time), and something clicked for me for the first time. In the repetition and experimentation, I glimpsed a pattern that has alluded me because I refused to slow down. This is wonderful. Thank you for simplifying and showing the way.

Thank you so much for this lesson! Finally some practical advice for learning perspective! I appreciate what you do to help students of art.

Really great video on perspective. I think your point s out ellipses being contained by a square is something everyone should think about!

Im just supremely thankful that i found ur channel. I have no subject knowledge of arts. Your videos are like heaven

Good to see we use the same technique for finding angles. I also use that to determine proportions, and layout on my canvas board while plein air painting. It’s satisfying to see how everything falls into place after determining those factors.

Keeping prospective on our drawings is so important (and our.Paintings of course ) these are great exercises to review once in a while . Thanks once again Ian , Dave A happy Valley Oregon

Ian, thanks so much for facilitating the exercises to gradually master perspective. It helps a lot to learn from a master like you. Your videos are on target! I appreciate your determination and consistency with your videos. There is so much to learn and your videos are of great help. By the way, congratulations on your book about Creative Authenticity! I was reading it, then I thought I better take notes. Thanks for sharing your experience and how it can help,others. Great book. Blessings and take care.

I'm learning so much from it. Thank you!

This video gives a way of checking if the perspective I have laid out is correct and why some of my buildings, etc. don't quite look right. I will start with the exercises you discussed and then take it to my paintings and check them to see if all the lines are corrrectly all going out into the distance. This will definitely help me since perspective has been quite a challenge. Thank you for changing things up this week by adding the exercises.

Amazing! Really good stuff here. Thank you!

Love your quote from Mary Oliver. A great tutorial as always, thank you.

WOW- that was amazing- de mystifying perspective! well done- and than you SO much for all your wonderful weekly missives!

I've just stumbled onto this, although I subscribed and have been watching for sometime, I somehow missed this one. It couldn't be more topical! I've just begun laying out a landscape in which there is a shed and the perspective is very difficult. I will be practicing your exercises to get a better feel for this before I commit paint to canvas..thanks a lot.

Of course yes. Really helpful Robert Sir. Love your paintings and tips.

This lesson on perspective was VERY useful, thanks.

Bless you for sharing your gifts and skills with us. May God bless you for blessing us. Just started at 64yo to get lost in this realm. Books just don't do it for me, when visual the best way taught is to 'see' in reality what to do or look for. Again many thanks.

Very simple yet very effective technique! Thank you very much!

Absolutely amazing to see such speedy painting with accuracy

Your demos are easy to understand. I'm learning so much from it. Thank you

I am delighted to have come across your channel and to have subscribed to your newsletter. Undergoing a great amount of stress planning my long distance trip, due in few days; I m more than happy to include you in my journey. Thank you. I will be watching your videos and painting.

Thanks so much for this, Ian!

I'm so excitedd I came across your page !!! Youre videos are so helpfull and easy to comprehend

Brilliant! Such as simple tip - slow down! Thank you!

Finally I understand perspective!! Thank you so much. Keep the good work I’m teaching

Love the quote from Mary Oliver. Thank you Ian and I'm looking forward to next week's video on mixing greens. It's something I struggle with

I like to paint cabins in wilderness scenes and I always had a hard time with perspective of the cabin. This video will help me greatly. Thank you.

Good demonstration - thank you.💐

Love it when you give us exercises😊

Great video. Very informative. Thank you.

This works well. The same principle works in life drawing to use angles to construct shapes. I enjoy your clear, methodical approach to teaching. I’m a fan!

Magnifique ! Thank you for the explanations.

Tuesdays are fast becoming my favourite day!

As usual a great job, like Skjtheartist below, I took drafting in High School and so was 'bathed' so to speak in Orthographic drawing. Now 60 years later I am back at my drafting board, yes I have carried same second hand one with me since my Undergrad days in many relocations across the country. The difference today is it works as my makeshift easel. Now, I am really looking forward to Mixing Greens and please don't forget edges. Thanks

Beautifully simplified. I liked the tip you showed of laying in the line as you put your measured mark on the paper - really works. Maybe sometime you could do the same for ellipses. Thanks always for sharing!

Brilliant as always! Thank you! I paint animals to avoid straight lines.... but this is a good exercise for all artists...your ability to teach leaves me speechless and in awe every time. Saving my pennies for a workshop...

What a Great, Simple to follow, Practical Lesson......Thank you, Thank you

I've come to realize that I literally need to go back to the "drawing board" lest my paintings continue to be fundamentally flawed. This will keep my attention (as it is a simple exercise) while forcing me to "pay attention" as that lovely quote you referenced. Thank you.

Awesome !!! I’m so happy I went back looking for more I’d missed 😊 Thank You

Perspective one of the many tools needed to create an allusion of really. Great lesson thanks Ian.

You are a wealth of information and it is so generous of you to take the time to share your knowledge. Stay well. g

Very generous lesson and exersizes. Thank you.

Very helpful thank you Ian. I need to practise so your cube photos will be very useful.

Thank you!! Maybe now I can get better at this. Really appreciate the photos of the cube as I don’t have one for practice.

Blocks...love this idea. And a couple of saw cuts later I can have a square. But to have it on different eye levels is what I missed. And cyclinders...love that tip.

I'll try that, thanks for the clear and simple explanation.

Very helpful! Thank you so much for these tips!

Great lesson. Looking forward to solving the "greens" problem!!! Would also like to learn about distant blues or mountains in distance in shadows and sunlight.

Very useful, and simplifies an otherwise daunting topic. Thank you so much.

🙏🙏thank you sooo much for this!!! Very important.

Thank you for simplifying the how to!

Addintional Tip #1: using diagonals from corner to corner to locate a halfway point. Where the two diagonals cross is the middle of the cube. You can see this the the last image Robert shows of the gable end of the house. Useful for getting spacing correct for things like fence posts or windows as they recede into the distance.

Excellent help!

Thank you so much for explanation, excellent!❤️

Very helpful, thanks Ian :)

Amazing tip! Thanks a lot!

One thing we seldom ever expect to see are artists exaggerating the verticals perspective of gravity, creating by extension another vanishing point at the exact center of the earth and juxtaposed above with the curvature of the earth at the horizon line. The net result, the rooftops end up slightly wider than the foundations of their respective buildings, which I find adds an element of authenticity, surprise, and truthfulness within images of long structures or a series of structures. Another thing the curvature of the earth introduces is that the vanishing point on the horizon line is only twenty miles away at zero elevation, and whatever we can see beyond that begins to fall away and disappear. I love your presentations Ian. They are always essential to developing a true understanding of your subjects.

great lesson, thanks again

Great lesson. Attention to perspective also vital when doing realist portraits ¾ view. Looking forward to how you approach the myriad Greens.

What a wonderful tutorial! Thank you so very much.

Thank you, great instructions!

You are not going to believe this, but I just taught this very same subject to 2 of my beginners today. (before I watched your video) I was using a cardboard box, but I am going to make some cubes for next time. I am also sharing this video with all of my students. (some of them are already signed up for you videos and love them ). Don't ever stop doing these short videos, I watch them all the time and sometimes go back for years or as far as they go back. I also have your two books which I loan out. Sally

Thanks for putting out these superb videos sir. They are really helpful 👏😍

Thank you once again.Great clear advice. 😍❤️

great explanation. tks

Thank you, just what I needed!

Superb instruction!

Love the videos.

Dear Mr Roberts, thank you very much indeed for your tutorial on perspective. The first very great thing about you is that you are…left-handed which makes a huge difference for me as you guessed, i’m also…left handed. Second, just like a musician who practices his/her scales, i will practice my “cubes” as per your tutorial which really can be done anywhere and at anytime…and maybe this will lead to… cubism😊 thanks and great week end.

Excellent help!! THANK YOU!!

This is very informative and useful! It makes a lot of sense to do these exercises, and I can visualize what it is you're talking about here. What the goal with them are.

YES!!! very helpful! It would have been fun to see you draw in the circles and ellipses. .I always get stuck on those.!

Excellent!

Perfect Example!

I thought this was really a good way to simplify the painfully academic way anyone who has been through art school has had to endure. I was wondering what you were going to present here, and I already do exactly what you do. I Don't know exactly where I learned it but I think I was watching a Plein-air teacher paint and just copied him. I went through the long hard way of learning perspective also, but here is the practical ,everyday, user friendly way of achieving something that doesn't appear lopsided and wonky ...destroying all your hard work. What I really liked was that I will remember this concise little snippet if anyone ever asks me how to straighten up their tumbledown buildings, and I won't try to make them draw lines to their vanishing point.

Thank you so much.

This exercise could be modified to do the same but with cylinders: draw the cylinder first, then build the cube around it to “see” the lines leading to the vanishing points, just to make sure the cylinder was drawn in perspective. Super video!! Thanks :)

That was very helpful!! Thank you, Ian! Best wishes from Brazil 🙌🏼🇧🇷

thank you so much sir you explained very easily..............

Great tip ! it is good to know the rules before we allow ourself to break them . Thank you Ian

Again, excellent tutorial.

Very helpful. Thank you, Ian. Dianne, Colorado Springs, Co., USA

I keep looking at the beautiful drawings on your wall. I would love to see some videos on pencil technique. Mine just get so messy.

Thankyou for this! Very helpful! And your voice sounds allot like Clint Eastwood!! Awesome!

Thank you !

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Thanks for the help on this and on all your lessons. Peggy

Excellent lesson!

Thanks for the super practical explanation!! Have seen people do bits and pieces of what u did with measuring the angles but not quite your approach which is very easy to understand. Once took a class where we used huge long strips of board (6 feet or more) to draw to the vanishing point. Very unwieldy and impractical. Guess I will draw some blocks!!

Thanks, very interesting

great practice, thanks