The Mathematics of Perspective Drawing
Painters use different techniques to create realistic paintings. Vincent Van Gogh’s Flower Beds in Holland is one of the examples of such. Given the right distance, you would mistake it for a faded photograph.
But how do painters put so much life in their works? How do they put real space (3 dimensions) on a flat surface (2 dimension)?
One of the techniques used by painters is called perspective. Perspective is the art of drawing objects in such a way so as to give them depth and show their distance from the observer. This gives a drawing the illusion of three-dimensional space. » Read more