Understanding Perspective on Curved Streets - Perspective Made Simple.

Do you get frustrated trying to draw buildings on streets which don't fit the single point perspective teaching videos? Understand how perspective operates when a street curves. Don't be frustrated any longer, and start draw streetscapes where rows of buildings curve easily and accurately around bends in the road. Perspective theory can be simple. This video makes perspective easy to understand, with many real life perspective scenes explained.

[@jonahsanders7901]

I've studied perspective on and off for several years. Doing exercises from many different books, watching and creating exercises from too many youtube videos, working through courses... I could never really understand how it all applied to actual scenarios. It seems obvious, but applying what we know about eye level & vanishing points to actual photos is almost never done in instructional material. Your videos on perspective have been extremely enlightening. Thank you!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Jonah. I have a recent video on why I think so many perspective videos have this shortcoming for artists, if you’re interested. Sounds like you’re really on the right path now. All the best with it. 😀

[@yollexart]

This is how I felt as well before watching these videos.

[@joycekennedy2749]

Better than a College course. Now I understand. Look at each bit separately in the real world, place one foot in front of the other. This will make drawing more intuitive, and enjoyable. Thank you!

[@linaangeloefrancescoemmanu1761]

Thank you so much, you are the best teacher. So clear, so easy to understand and effective.🙏

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you. That’s very generous of you to say. (Please tell your friends as well for me)😀

[@MsMXLight]

I love your videos. They help me a lot with understanding the principles AND seeing them in practice is so crucial!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks for sharing this with me. I hope you tell your friends as well for me. All the best with putting it into your drawings. 😀

[@miriamsuarezrodriguez3473]

I cannot thank you enough. I finally understood how to turn buildings towards or away from the camera. I was going insane trying to understand how it worked because I aspire to be a background artist and I really needed to figure that out. So thank you a million times. I still cannot believe that I finally understood that after years of trying to get how it worked. *Happy crying*

[@stephentraversart]

I’m so pleased this has made such a difference Miriam. All the best with becoming a background artist and getting enjoyment from your drawing. 😀

[@miriamsuarezrodriguez3473]

@@stephentraversart Thank you so much, you are so kind. Your videos are helping me a lot to be more comfortable with drawing.

[@AbiNomac]

Such a complicated topic easily understood because of clear explanation. I’ll do this as an exercise okay. Thank you

[@stephentraversart]

Glad it seems more in place for you Abi. 😀

[@cccsssish]

That's the video I've been looking for for years! Thank you!

[@stephentraversart]

Glad it was helpful!😀

[@ashblack4351]

Your videos are the only ones I've seen that I feel like I can actually apply to drawing from my imagination. The stuff about the lines fanning around above and below the view point line is brilliantly helpful! Thank you so much

[@stephentraversart]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing this with us. 😀

[@melindasartplace3979]

This video absolutely blew my mind. Im just starting to look into different scenarios perspective drawing and I found myself on my toes with this video more than any action movie 😂😂 perspective is just amazing to watch. Most certainly will watch each and every one of the videos on it in the playlist. This is awesome. Thank you for such an easy to understand video😮

[@stephentraversart]

That’s fantastic to hear Melinda. I appreciate your enthusiasm and wish you all the best with exploring perspective 😀

[@reemara]

a HUGE THANK YOU, yes.. it IS a big help.. i appreciate all artists who make videos about advanced perspective, or human anatomy, or humans in perspective, to draw well, one needs to be a doctor, an engineer and above all, to have the imagination to see the unseen..

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Reemara. I hope the videos make a difference to your drawing. Keep at it. 😀

[@forthekingd0m444]

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[@eliska501]

the best channel for perspective videos. Youre truly the only one I can truly learn from and apply it in real life scenarios.

[@stephentraversart]

Well, it couldn’t get better than that for me to hear Eliska. Thanks for telling me. I’ve just posted a video to celebrate my first million views on KZbin with my considered top three tips from all the advice/ teaching that I’ve given in over 470 videos. Have a look if you’re interested. 😀

[@eliska501]

@@stephentraversart What an amazing achievement! Congratulations, ill definitely have a look:]

[@mingyzhang]

This is excellent. It literally brings me a new version. Complex as it is with your methods it simplifies the photo. I will say it has three divisions when there are three VPs.

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you for letting me know Dr Zhang. I am very glad it made sense to you. 😀

[@rhoadsr1]

This has been so helpful. I finally understand why I have struggled so long with scenes on curved streets. Thank you so much for posting your videos on perspective. I wish I had found them sooner.

[@stephentraversart]

Sounds like a whole new world of street drawing has opened up for you Becky. I don’t know why perspective videos leave so much out that artists need to know. Glad you’ve found them now. 😀

[@mariannemansfield7652]

Please do a video on how to draw a bridge that arches over something (a river, a path ) when standing at one end of it.

[@stephentraversart]

This is pretty specific Marianne. But I’ll give it some thought. It’s really about the arch being foreshortened. 😀

[@lw8281]

Thank you for a clear explanation.

[@stephentraversart]

Hope it helps your drawings. All the best. 😀

[@boof76yt]

Thank you. This is something that does my head in every time.

[@stephentraversart]

Glad it was helpful Craig. Have fun drawing curved streets now. 😀

[@averylaughlin9305]

6:09 thank you for that advice

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Avery. 😀

[@Rachaelshaw7]

Exactly what I need Thanks 👍🏻

[@stephentraversart]

Excellent. Glad to oblige. 😀

[@libbysmithstudio]

Love all of these tutorials! Thank you so much for sharing such easily digestible information on very complex subjects. You are truly a great instructor. ❤

[@stephentraversart]

And thank you for such generous words. All the best with your drawing. 😀

[@pineil]

Glad the KZbin algo selected you. Very helpful. Cheers.

[@stephentraversart]

I’m glad as well. Sometimes it can be our friend!😆

[@dianaholvik2554]

Helpful. But, holy cow, it's making my head spin. Perspective has always been one of my bugbears. This has helped me but I'll have to watch it again to get a real handle on it. Thanks. Your coloured ribbons really help.

[@stephentraversart]

They are helpful. I feel like a dinosaur using them, but I have no idea how to draw coloured lines onto my video!😆

[@richardlowell2564]

I’m having a breakthrough on perspective based on two of your videos, this one and the one on downhill perspective. I have a picture looking downhill at Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, UK which also curves to the right. Downhill steepens the rooflines while curving flattens them. I don’t think I could have figured this out without your videos. Add in the different roof slopes and it becomes quite complicated (for me). I definitely use your hold-up-the-pen trick to figure it out. That’s three of your videos for one reference photo. Thanks so much.

[@nwabudikearinzestephen]

What do you mean by this Young Man from overseas.❤❤❤❤

[@nwabudikearinzestephen]

Hello Dear Mr Man

[@user-vs6mw7ty6w]

Wow! Love you work. All of it. Keep doing everything Stephen and thank you for this priceless education.

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks. Happy to keep sharing. 😀

[@madalinacazacu1622]

Thank you for sharing with us all this valuable information. I can't stop myself in watching your videos, so nicely explained and so effective. ❤

[@1357mike10]

Thank you very much for this curve angle perspective video very much appreciated. Mike UK.

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Mike.

[@jonaszmichaek5766]

Thank you. Thank you. I get it. I finally get it.

[@stephentraversart]

What I love to hear, Jonas. All the best with your drawing 😀

[@rain.cloudd]

Thank you 😭 my frustration is now cured.

[@stephentraversart]

Hooray 🎉🎉🎉

[@wendydruet]

Finally ! Multiple vanishing points that make sense.

[@stephentraversart]

Haha! Better late than never. Very pleased to have helped, Wendy. 😀

[@brendaray7437]

This has been my issue in perspective. Thanks for your instructions.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s great to hear Brenda. 😀

[@ramonandramon]

superb explanation as always. Thanks.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s great it made sense to you José. Have you seen my ‘10 Video Perspective Playlist’ course on KZbin yet? This is one of the videos I chose for it. 😀

[@ramonandramon]

@@stephentraversart I am on it

[@CarolChiovatto]

Your didatics are amazing. Thank you for thesevideos, stephen!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Carol. Much appreciated 😀

[@sarthit5881]

Your tutorials are very helpful for me.Thank you.

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Sar. Have fun drawing. And please tell your friends. 😀

[@Shahd-zm1dp]

Very helpful, thank you

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Shahd. 😀

[@Nnomadd]

very nice and practical explanation

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks. I have a few perspective playlists if you’re interested in more. 😀

[@Nnomadd]

@@stephentraversart I am going through it. Your series content is by far the one most meaningful I have found, and I have seen many. It makes sense of things while still giving the basic outline principles of the theory, but not making that the driver. Draw what you see indeed. Very inspiring ! Have subscribed it and will follow carefully.

[@amitypredator9385]

Subscribed! Thank you.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s great Amity. Welcome aboard!😀

[@eatlessandmovemore]

Thanks, you are a great artist and teacher

[@stephentraversart]

And you are very kind. Thanks 😀

[@almightysmolbean8599]

Its so cool to see all the different places you go to! This has been the best course for perspective on youtube that I have seen! Thank you so much this has been so helpful to get my art to the next level.

[@stephentraversart]

How fantastic to hear this. Thanks for the kind words. I’m so glad my videos have been helpful. 😀

[@alexch5106]

very helpful. thank you

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Alex. Thanks. 😀

[@carolinafernandez-quintani9114]

Super helpful, as always!!!

[@stephentraversart]

Glad to hear that Carolina. Thanks. 😀

[@AnitaAndreis]

Thank you!

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Anita. I’ve just posted a video to celebrate my first million views on KZbin with my considered top three tips from all the advice/ teaching that I’ve given in over 470 videos. Have a look if you’re interested. 😀

[@mrchristian8782]

Really helpful as always! thank you

[@stephentraversart]

Great to hear. Thanks 😀

[@brendadavies3942]

Brilliant thank you

[@stephentraversart]

Great to hear Brenda. All the best. 😀

[@christineschonmayr5954]

You are such a wonderful teacher! Clear and concise explanations with just the right amount of encouragement. 😀 Love your videos! And as an Austrian I love that you have Viennas "Graben" as an example. 😉

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Christine. We have friends in Vienna. Such a beautiful city. 😀

[@maurotombolini6904]

Thanks, great video. It’s amazing how you make complex concepts both interesting and comprehensible.

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Mauro. That’s a very encouraging comment for me to hear. Please tell your friends. 😀

[@paulrubens3048]

super! exactly what I needed.

[@stephentraversart]

Great to hear Paul. Have fun with it. 😀

[@Dani_PA]

This video is excellent. You explain very well. Congratulations😄

[@stephentraversart]

Always encouraging to hear this Daniele. Thanks for telling me. 😀

[@1DaTJo]

Thank you for your excellent lesson. I’m a new subscriber and I’m happy to find your channel. Best wishes from one Aussie to another :)

[@stephentraversart]

That’s great to hear. Thanks. If you find my videos helpful, please tell your friends. All the best. 😀

[@eugenetswong]

Hi. Do you remember me commenting for the first time recently? I was thinking about using computer programming to create animation of movement over curved roads. There was a mostly great tutorial on it, but the problem is that it left out key information. I realized that a drawing tutorial might help, so I came here, thinking that you were enthusiastic, and skilled at teaching. Well, I knew that i was right.

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Eugene. That’s very kind of you to say. I know nothing of digital art, but I’m glad to have been of use. 😀

[@richardlowell2564]

Thanks!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks again Richard. 😀

[@windywednesday4166]

Well! This video did it for me. I liked, I subscribed, I left a message, and I shared. I love your videos.

[@stephentraversart]

Wow. I’m so glad it made so much sense to you. Keep at it. All the best with your drawing !😀

[@poszy6]

This is awesome! basicly 1point and 2point perspective wasnt wrong, you just need to add a few more wanishing points and you can recreate a whole street :D

[@stephentraversart]

Yep. It’s the orientation that determines the need for additional vanishing points v😀

[@mrchristian8782]

by the way Mr. Stephen, I just want to ask if you know some good tool/applications online that will help us to visualize perspective grids? for example the way boxes and rectangles turn or rotate

[@stephentraversart]

I’m sorry, but I have never used such tools/apps. A bit hi-tech for me. 🙄

[@ojabs3621]

Perfect

[@stephentraversart]

Glad it made sense to you OJ. 😀

[@ojabs3621]

@@stephentraversart I use it in abstractive way your explanation made me reorganize my thoughts for the next time I look at something great job

[@Ani.me_006]

Excellent, Stefan, good luck in becoming a millionaire

[@stephentraversart]

Haha. We can only hope. Thanks for your help. 😀

[@psyflyhunter8543]

Not sure I followed the curved examples. I can see I will have to review this again.

[@stephentraversart]

Repetition is a great learning strategy, so go to it 👏😀

[@klaralouth5801]

This video was really helpful! Do you have any tips how to use this theoretical knowledge in practice? For example sketching outside? I know you mentioned measuring the angles with your pen and carefuly observing, I think I will also start doing like little sketches with vanishing points to break the scene infront of me down to understand what is happening in it. Anything else?

[@stephentraversart]

I use this theory to help me see what’s happening. Then I can I set it more easily and draw it more accurately. 😀

[@christophedevos3760]

I'm a bit confused by this explanation. Doesn't the perspective in a photo depends on the angle of the lens? I always thought that a standard lens of 50mm on 35mm film would give a perspective where the vanishing point is in the middle of the photo (or more or less because the photo is rectangular. A 80 mm lens on a medium square format 6x6 cm would give a closer result).

[@lechungus1832]

How does this work in something like 3point or 5point?

[@stephentraversart]

It will work in any point, as far as I can see. 😀