Perspective: depth on flat paper

Perspective is the eye\u2019s trick: far objects are drawn smaller. Linear perspective: all depth lines converge at a vanishing point on the horizon. Draw a street: the sidewalk narrows, houses shrink — and the sheet "bends" into space. Distant things are paler and bluer — aerial perspective.

• ●The horizon line is the painter\u2019s eye level
• ●The vanishing point — where parallels run
• ●Foreshortening: an object facing the viewer compresses