Perspective Made Easy

This simpler focus, a different approach to understanding and drawing perspective may suit you better than the more technical, drafting approach of many perspective teaching videos. If perspective is still an issue in your drawing, these three points may by your key!

[nataliarodrigues]

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.

[ubermatoa]

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

[thinkaboutthis]

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
Well done sir...
You are a good teacher..
Lesson learned.

[notelliot]

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!!!!

[myrrhis]

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!

[Powerphail]

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.

[sapitos]

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.

[Terface]

I am 72 and just started learning how to draw anything at all early last year! I was just trying to draw a building in my town, and was extremely frustrated for exactly this reason. I couldn’t figure out how to make the lines end up worthy needed to be. This was very helpful!

[spicexhoney]

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!

[mefirst]

I FINALLY GOT PERSPECTIVE TODAY. !!! I THOUGHT I NEVER WOULD. THANK YOU.

[terienglish]

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.

[lizwildecoaching]

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

[eatlessandmovemore]

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

[gabitamiravideos]

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.

[jellocloud_]

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.

[Nopeimdope]

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

[Najahfreeman]

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.

[CarolinPeters]

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

[leslovesart]

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

[kellygoodine]

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.