Article · Urban Sketchers Chicago
Perspective for the Urban Sketcher: Using the Sighting Technique
By Andrew Banks
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2014
About this lesson
Teaches the 'sighting' technique for judging perspective angles by eye on location: holding a straightedge at arm's length against a receding line, transferring that angle to the page, and keeping both body and sketchbook still while refining the drawing by comparison.
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