Art Class Volume 7 – Lessons 25-28: Perspective for the Landscape

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A mastery of perspective will help you to create stunning landscapes. In Art Class Volume 7, Pat Knepley will walk you through key concepts in landscape drawing.

Lesson 25 – One-Point Perspective

Pat walks you through key concepts like horizon line and vanishing point through the exercise of drawing a set of railroad tracks that recede into the distance.

Lesson 26 – Two-Point Perspective

Did you ever wonder how to draw a perfect cube? Pat walks through some drawing exercises to achieve the realism of linear perspective from a different point of view!

Lesson 27 – The Landscape

The world of the outdoors provides a lot of great subject matter for artists! Pat introduces the landscape and some basic principles for drawing this common subject for artists. Just look out a window or pick your favorite outdoor spot and get drawing!

Lesson 28 – The Landscape (Part 2)

Master Artist Pat continues to explore key principles in achieving a sense of depth and realism when drawing landscapes in color. The tried-and-true medium of crayon is used for a lovely landscape exercise that any young artist can do!