Each book in Barronas " Drawing Academy " series takes beginning students through a detailed training course in one specific aspect of drawing. Every title presents a set of aLearning by Doinga lessons, progressively arranged from easy to more difficult. Each lesson advises students on how to analyze their own work and correct mistakes. A aSketchbooka section following each lesson encourages them to stretch their imaginations, experiment with what they have learned, and develop their skills by trial and error. " Perspective Drawingas " 20 lessons teach students the fundamentals of perspective, the technique that gives flat-surface illustrations of both indoor and outdoor scenes the illusion of depth and distance. Separate lessons focus on room interiors, building exteriors, town squares, roads and rivers, and wide-perspective landscapes that have distant horizons. Instructive photos and illustrations in color and black and white are presented on every page.