A Drawing Instructional Video, Beginning-Intermediate

If you've ever had trouble with perspective, this is the video workshop for you! Watercolorist Carl Dalio, NWS, AWS, presents eight lessons on perspective and composition, each featuring an easy-to-follow exercise in this drawing instruction DVD, Sketching in Perspective - Drawing and Composition. [continued…]

Sketching in Perspective - Drawing and Composition

Carl Dalio establishes the basic principles with a sketch of a country house. He explains how to recognize vanishing points, a skill that forms the foundation for the rest of the workshop.

He then demonstrates one, two and three-point perspective, illustrating the advantages and pitfalls of each. Using a simple, one-story building, he establishes a system that can be used for equal spacing of any set of objects: fence posts, cars, clouds or people.

Carl Dalio next demonstrates how to draw proportional figures from eye-level and an elevated vantage point. He introduces time-saving methods for populating landscapes and applies his techniques to larger landscapes. Carl concludes with principles for composing sketches for paintings. He selects intriguing shapes from his reference material, determines dominant values, and edits major elements to suit his design sensibilities.

This video includes bonus features on painting figures in landscape and selecting colors.