Foreword

Step one : The horizon ; The vanishing point ; The eye-level

Step two : The eye-level and its relationship to perspective drawing

Step three : Parallel lines as we see them ; Parallel lines to one-point perspective

Step four : The three sets of parallels ; Locating the point and the eye-level

Step five : The two vanishing points ; The "height" lines

Step six : Placing the two vanishing points ; The error of close spacing

Step seven : Showing how the vanishing points move in relationship to one another

Step eight : Building perspective with bricks

Step nine : Placing figures and objects in a drawing

Step ten : Center of interest ; Changing the view ; Roofs in perspective

Step eleven : Interiors ; Placing the furniture

Step twelve : Finding the center ; Dividing spaces into halves ; Practical applications

Step thirteen : Cylinders in perspective ; Drawing ellipses

Step fourteen : Practical uses of cylinders in drawing ; Dividing the circle

Step fifteen : Dividing a surface in perspective ; Drawing a checkerboard

Step sixteen : Shade and shadow

Step seventeen : Reflections

Step eighteen : Unusual perspective ; Up-and-down points ; Examples

Step nineteen : Perspective downhill ; Perspective uphill ; The false eye-level

Step twenty : Mechanical perspective.