What an AMAZING way of explaining how to observe. I was only searching for some watercolors techniques to make a few cute drawings on my Christmas cards… 😅 I ended up whiling to become an artist/architect 😂 Thank you Stephen.

HOLY SHIT, FINALLY SOMEONE WHO CAN EXPLAIN PERSPECTIVE WITHOUT IT SOUNDING LIKE GEOMETRY CLASS

Students who are willing to learn can NOT fail to learn. The failure is the teachers fault for failing to properly teach the information competently to the student..... Well done sir... You are a good teacher.. Lesson learned.

I cannot believe in my over 20 years of learning art, in all the classes ive taken, nobodys taught me how to find the eye line/horizon line in a picture and what to do with that!! I feel like this video has changed the game for me and im not even finished it yet, thank you!!!!

You are absolutely right: NO ONE explains this in any YT video re perspective. It's not easy to grasp, I must admit. But by 'rewinding' the vid two or three times on the particularly difficult points one gets the point. You make a lot of sense in your explanations. I think this have helped me a lot. Perspective is no picnic in the park, not even if you use 'pointillism' to draw that park. I'm adding this: your last two drawings comparing a building with correct foreshortening with the wrong one (a square window at the distance) helped me see the error better. Thanks.

This video is a huge help for me because it explains clearly, through examples, the WHY. I am a person who needs the why to really internalize understanding. Thank you so much!

The fan analogy is such a great teaching device -- I always found the insistence that you should always locate your vanishing points in order to draw accurately very frustrating. I always felt, well what am I supposed to do when the scene I want to draw has vanishing point dozens of centimetres off the page?? Am I not allowed to draw those scenes if I don't have a very big ruler and a dozen sheets of paper? I find your explanation of how you think about your perspective angles very practical and refreshing. Great work as always.

This is hands down the best video on perspective that I've seen. I went to art school, foundational skills were breezed over. I never grasped perspective but I am going over the fundamentals once again and trying to relearn. I can't overstate how helpful this has been for me. Something clicked, finally. I have been overwhelmed by perspective for years, I didn't even try anymore. Thank you for sharing!

Stephen, this was so helpful! I have known next to nothing about drawing in perspective and when I look up videos or articles they don’t help me because they talk in drawing jargon and presume I’m an accomplished drawer. Thank you for breaking it down so I can understand it.

What an absolutely amazing video! Every second is full of information, I've seen MANY videos by now on perspective, seen many courses, but you take the cake sir! My utmost respect to you, thankyou so much for sharing this knowledge ❤

Thank you. I always felt like perspective drawing looked so rigid and mathematical. I don't know why but everytime perspective got involved, it didn't feel like drawing. With what you do it feels much more natural and understandable and easier to implement in a drawing without starting to pick a rule and put the points on the line of sight and etc.

everytime I got confused about perspectives, I revisit your channel. Master of perspectives.❤

The best explanations of perspective I have ever listened to. Stephen Travers is, by far, the best instructor on line. His explanations with numerous samples and demonstrations make the concept very clear, especially the fan and compression examples. After all these years, and I am no spring chicken, the light bulb finally came on. I will definitely incorporate in my artwork. Thank you.

Thank you so much! This is by far the most simple way I’ve see perspective explained. This made it all click for me!

What a fantastic video. Made everything I've been struggling with much clearer. Thanks Stephen.

I’ve heard a lot of good teachings on perspective, but I understood yours the best!

My brain just exploded. I've been drawing for a long time and one thing my drawings lack is backgrounds. Most of my drawings are an image floating in the middle of the page. They are good images and proportional and everything but I get lazy as far as background to return but now I'm starting to see it is my biggest weakness and I want to start having background but I want it all to make sense. I have watched a lot of videos and perspective and have drawings the use perspective I've never gotten deep into it. And one of the reasons why is as many videos as I watch one of the main questions that never gets answered is how do you figure out where to put your Vanishing points and the horizon line. Just like the artist all just know where they go and they show you you put a vanishing point here you put a vanishing point there and you draw your drawing but I've always figured there's some kind of math like geometry back it accurately determine where these points go so it's not guesswork. Where to find the horizon line portion of the video has answered so many of my questions already. I just watched an hour-long video of the massive perspectives and I walked away more confused because I'm not a mathematician. I understood the basic principles of everything he was saying but I didn't walk away feeling like I knew where to place Horizon Lines or vanishing point even though that's what the whole video is supposed to be about. Good job on this video I will watch more for sure my first one but will not be my last

Absolutely the best video on perspective I've seen. I'm going to check out all your vids. I get tripped up with this all the time. This gives me the knowledge and (with practice) the skill to figure out what is wrong with one of my "wonky" paintings. I love the ending You can't draw what you haven't seen.

What a fantastic video! I love how you distilled the most important perspective principles into very practical methods!

This is the best explanation of perspective that I have seen. It completely breaks it down in a way that is so easy to understand. Thank you

I wish I had more than one “like” to give. Your explanations demystify perspective in a very practical way, without needing trigonometry in the process.

Splendid video and title so clear and concise. Was starting to think I was a nincompoop for not fully grasping this essential skill and translating it into my drawings. Gamechanger now I have the idea of the fan lodged in my noggin. Thank you so so much. Also thankful to the algorithm that recommended a vid of yours last week, better late than never.

Gday Stevo. Your ability as an artist is matched by your ability to teach. Thanks for your videos!

The fan is mind-blowingly simple at finding the eye-level/horizon line! I have of course used the star-shaped vanishing point rulers and the like, but this is such a clear-cut, straightforward way to measure angles just when walking around and practicing observation - and therefore much more immediately useful when gauging these lines on references that aren't quite textbook. This is invaluable, thank you!

I am not an artist but I have wondered about this since I was a child! This makes so much sense now, thank you!

This is hands down the best explanation of how perspective works I’ve ever seen. Excellent teacher, thank you so much for sharing!

I have always had an artist inside me but never had the time or opportunity to learn even the most basic skills...until now. For an old beginner, this is, by far, the best and most helpful instruction on this VITAL component of the learning/creating journey. Thank you so much! kl ♥♥♥

Out of all the art classes I’ve taken there has never been a point where I felt I really understood perspective. This makes me feel like I’ll never look at it the same way ever again in the best way possible. Thank you

This is the first time I have seen anyone mention eye line. Most perspective videos will talk about the horizon line, but as you have shown, the 2 are not the same thing. Very well done.

i want to be a mangaka (japanese comic artist) if i pursue further in art, and ive always been obsessed with drawing people, but that was mostly the extent of my skill. lately ive been trying to draw the space around these said characters, and its always been quite confusing to me, but with simplfying it with the help of this video studying pictures became easier. i still have a lot to learn, but this helped me study the pictures in a more meaningfull way, thank you for sharing your collected knowlige on this subject wich takes years to learn and use. thank you for the help to me and other people. this is a big step my way as an artist, i wish others good luck on their journey too.

Your video takes my hand and guides my blind mind into true sight. To really see as it is, brings insight and confidence. Drawing can be fun! Gratitude for your kind way of giving this to us.

Why I love KZfaq! Thank you, all the best, excellent tutorial 👏🏻

This is so helpful. The way you explain, it makes easy for us to understand thank you.

Thank you for the excellent video! This is the explanation I was searching for!

The fan and compression tipps are fantastic! I just screwed up the proportions during a sketch thanks to not adequately placing the windows further away. The details looked great, yet the overall impression was incorrect because I had stretched the building along the vanishing points. I will redo that sketch now with more confidence! Thanks for this wonderful tutorial 🙏🏻

This is the most valuable information when learning about perspective view, eye level is the key. Thanks for posting this explanation.👍 And yes parallel lines never meet.

I've watched a number of explanations of perspective but none as clear as this one. Thanks a thousand times!

i have learnt these principles myself over the years, but i have to say you're a master of simplification. i'm sure to many who watched this video, this is a springboard to understanding the subject, well done!

thank you for making perspective make sense beyond just the hypothetical! i feel like I'm finally starting to actually understand it.

INCREDIBLE!!!! The most useful art video I've ever seen! Thank you so much, you've done such a brilliant job of making a difficult concept so easy to understand in 20 minutes. Wonderful.

This was SO helpful Stephen ! Absolutely the best video I have seen on perspective drawing.....and I have seen a few 😊 you brought it down to my eye level...thank you so much.

You really do a great job simplyfying the art fundamental that I have always struggled the most with. Thank you.

This is so helpful! I've been drawing my whole life with very little instruction and this made so clear what i've been trying to figure out!! Thank you STEPHEN!

On my all years in art and with a lot of teachers, they never showed me an easy and razonable way to make a background, I really love this explanation. English is not my first language, but, your explanation was perfect for me, that easy to understand. Thank you!

I love how you end your video by encouraging us to have fun with our drawing. Sometimes, practicing the mundane basic things can be overwhelming and stressful, but it's important to remember that we picked up our pens in the first place because drawing brings us joy ❤️.

That was so helpful. Thank you. Best explanation of perspective I've seen.

Thank you. Just subscribed as a gesture of gratitude.

This was great! I appreciate your teaching style Stephen. I am a painter and would like to get better at adding perspective and depth to my art. This really helped me understand the logic behind perspective. Thank you.

Thank you for such a great explanation. Finding the horizontal makes so much sense. And I'm trying the X's to find the center point of a building.

Stephen Travers Art: 2:02: Holy Smokes! That's it! That clarifies nicely how to find eye level involving multiple complicated perspective convergent points. I wish someone had explained it to me this way when I was in college. Thanks for posting, dude.

Oh my ,such a brilliant way to explain the horizon line. I struggle with this all the time. Thank you!

I did learn something from this video. Thank you sir very much appreciated.

I have recently begun to draw and paint again after quite a number of years. I applied what I learned in this video to a neighborhood drawing this evening, and was not displeased with the result, considering that I don't normally draw buildings. Almost never, in fact. I just want to comment on how you end your videos with " ....whatever you draw .... have fun." I want to comment that this evening's exercise was painful in the extreme, but I pressed on. I left out a few things at the end because I just could not go on with this particular drawing. (Actually, it was probably quite a good point that I stopped at. Another skill is knowing when something is finished.) The upthrust is that I was Not having "fun" as when I'm doing a pencil portrait that I later realize did not come out right. Still, the level of fun would have been pretty high during the portrait drawing process. So, in order to learn, stretch boundaries, and progress, we will sometimes be doing an exercise that is not outright "fun." G'day, mate! LOVE your channel and teaching.

This was SO helpful! Thank you for posting this!

It's ridiculous how well you explain these practices.

I think i'm I'm going to have to watch this about 10 times it's got good information.It's simple.I understand the language.I'm just gotta fit it all into the concept

Stephen, thank you! Like many who made their way to your channel, I studied the theory of perspective and did lots of theoretical exercises using vanishing points only to find I couldn’t translate what I learned to a real street scene. You explain everything so clearly I’ve had multiple “ah-ha” moments watching your videos. Fun stuff!

This is exactly what i thought the problem when i draw environment! I just cant figure it out whats wrong, why its feel like something missed. Thank you for explaining this, you saved our lives 😂

The fan method,well all of this video has been a game changer for me. This has helped me tremendously, Stephen. Thanks!

Direct and easy to understand as usual! Thanks Stephen 🤗

I’d completely forgotten that trick for finding the halfway point. Much easier than doing math!

Your explanations are wonderful and clear. Thank you for making these videos.

Superb teaching video. I was looking for perspective and found your very easily understandable video. Thank you!

Just wanted to say that this video was extremly helpful in understanding how I can convert what I see in real life to a drawing on paper. All of the concepts you explained were super clear. Awesome

Amazing explanation. Thank you so much for an amazing and priceless video😍😍🙏🏻🙏🏻

Took a lot of my doubts away, thank you so much!!

This is brilliant. I'm back to sketching and plein air again thanks to this video

Best explanation ever and I’ve heard hundreds

This lesson is absolute pure gold, thank you!

So many good tips. The fan solution is so clever. I always fought with not having space to trace the perspective lines outside of the paper.

This lesson is very nice. I am one of your new followers. I am a beginner. I want to learn from you. Thank you

Stephen thank you for your concise lesson , really great info. Craig

I came across Ernest Norlings book perspective made easy by happenstance, the concept of “eye level” changed everything for me, especially when I realized that the horizon line is not the same as eye level. The horizon could be eye level, but it may be above or below.

This video really created a click moment in my brain ! Thank you very much !

Thank you so much for sharing how to compress tips! Now it makes sense!

I’m so happy I found your channel thank you

Loving your videos....great teaching from you...thanks😎👍

The best explanation ever! Thank you!

What a clever tool. Thank you for sharing. I understand this.

SO GOOD!! I’m new to learning to draw and so captivated by your teaching skills!! Thank you 💚

Stephen, I'm so happy to have found you....I was beginning to think I'd never get it! Thank you.

I respect you and your long journey for your talent! It’s very impressed personal history video. Thank you for sharing!

simply mind blowing stuff ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you Stephen👍

This is beautiful. I love it, so simple, so reassuring, so methodical, it teaches so well.

When you explain forshortening... I get it. Thank you. Finding this has changed everything.

Oh my gosh this is the best explanation on perspective!!! Thank youuu

this is extremely helpful to me, just simplified so easily things I have struggled with a lot! Thank you so much!!

This has been impressively helpful. Thank you!

Wow! This video was so helpful. In art school/ classes they teach the theory of 1st, 2nd and 3rd perspective but never teach you how to apply that to your actual art practice when you it comes to filling in details. How can you even get into 4th and 5th perspectives or multiple perspectives without knowing how to add details within those foundational boxes? That tip at 18:28 is invaluable.

You made it so clear for me........thank you. Maybe I was finally able to see it. Lovely

I’m a new art enthusiast and you helped me tremendously!!!! Can’t thank you ought, subscribed!

Excellent tutorial❤ Many thanks!

The colomn section blew my mind, it seemed to be so obvious but watching this explained has made me feel so excited about this lol

What an excellent explanation. Thank you!

Thank you! Now I suddenly understand perspective so much more!

Another wonderful *and* helpful drawing video! I especially appreciate the multiple examples. Though I sometimes think "I know this part, get on with it" I'll then find a part that needs more explanation for me to internalize it. And then I'm truly grateful that you continue with additional explanations. Plus, it reminds me to have patience, another thing I know I need to work on. You have marvelous teaching as well as drawing skills, and I thank you for sharing them with us.

I am so mindblown. THANK YOU

Fun fact: this is exactly how the "vanishing point" tool works in Photoshop. It just makes fan grids to help you match the perspectives correctly. You can find the vanishing point if you want, but it's just redundant in 99% of cases.

Absolutely excellent way of dealing with this evergreen difficult topic. Really very well done. Congratulations!

Wow. Marvelous. Thank you so much!