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Foreshortening 101: Drawing Techniques and Tricks

By Robert A. Marzullo

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free
Published
2026
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About this lesson

Teaches foreshortening by breaking limbs and the torso into simple cylinders and boxes that are rotated toward the viewer, then using cross-contour lines and basic perspective spacing to judge how much each segment should compress.