Drawing & Painting Concepts


Linear Perspective & Foreshortening

Linear Perspective

One-point Perspective

perspective drawing

perspective drawing

perspective drawing

painting by Canaletto
Canaletto, Campo di Rialto, Venice, c. 1760, oil on canvas, 46.9 x 73.5 inches, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

Two-point Perspective

perspective drawing

perspective drawing

Foreshortening

painting by Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna, Mourning the Dead Christ, c. 1480, tempera on wood panel, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

drawing by Charles White
Charles White, Preacher, 1952, Whitney Museum of American Art.

photo of arms at various angles
Photo of various arm positions. The rightmost image shows a foreshortened view of the arm.