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This instructional book offers thorough and practical lessons in drawing. The instruction is solid, covering proportion, shading, loose sketching, self-criticism, drawing shadows, and negative space.

If you're an artist, odds are that you've come across the term 5-point perspective. Or perhaps a "wide-angle" or "fisheye" perspective in illustration. Other names for this method include bubble art, ...