Freehand perspective and sketching; principles and methods of expression in the pictorial representation of common objects, interiors, buildings and landscapes (1916)
Norton, Dora Miriam · Brooklyn : The author · leaf 145
, such as the receding treads or tops of the steps.From the vanish-ing of their edges,we may judgethese treads to beforeshortened aboutone half. Conse-quently lines paral-lel to the staircaseedges (vanishing inVPl) must be fore-shortened as much.The tile adjacentto the lowest stepis the best to… … ■iW ■jatnuttf iirii<».j J Fig. 198 126 INTERIOR WITH A TILED FLOOR take especial pains with it. Observe that as the tiles are hereplaced, it is the width (AD) of this rectangle which isparallel with the receding staircase edges.Thus these tiles are three and a half incheson their edges, making…
Drawing · Perspective
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