I went through my favourite artworks and selected some that seem to be related to the subject of perspective in one way or another. 1. Martín Rico y Ortega. It is a very small painting from the Prado museum, but full of light and volume. 2. Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli. I like how in this screen perspective is used to create the image of a safe cozy space. 3. Margaret Preston. The rules of perspective are bent to create striking work. 4. Vasily Vereschagin. The first impression is of a beautiful sunlit scene, and only then we notice the horrifying details. The perfect perspective contributes to building the misleading first impression. 5. Arthur Streeton. This painting is from the Gallery of New South Wales. It is a large and very beautiful painting, and just like in the previous one, it takes a while to spot that it depicts a tragic event. 6. Johannes Vermeer. I like how perspective here is impeccable, and creates a solid and calm background, helping the impression that milk is actually being poured. 7. Kevin McKay. Perspective and shadows create a feeling of unease in this work. It is a very sad painting, in memory of the artist's friend who died unexpectedly.

Having great fun with this. Not sure I am ready for the tree house.

It is useful to have the reference, so I could more or less follow the tutorial. I hope there will be more detailed explanations in the drawing course about shadow mapping and shading, it is still quite mysterious to me.

OK, after a few frustrating attempts the eyes begin to look three-dimensional.

Enough of this guy for today...

Wrong tilt, but more fun drawing from a reference. Not sure if I am doing the right thing: in the drawing course we are told to draw shapes, but here Stan is drawing what looks a lot more like 2D contours.

This definitely speeds up the process, but it is super hard to get the proportions and likeness right with this method. I also don't understand why in some explanations in the drawing course the drawing starts with rough sketching then followed by construction, but in some other cases we are supposed to start from construction straight away. Like why would we not roughly sketch the head before drawing all the construction lines?

I haven't drawn for a couple of months, life got in the way! Feeling a bit rusty, but good to finally have the time to get back to this.

Here's my boxy people.

How do medical doctors learn and retain all of this stuff (and at an incomparably deeper level)?