title: The Artist's Guide to Perspective: Step-by-Step Projects*Simple, Clear Instructions*Easy-to-Follow Diagrams
author:  Janet Shearer 
description: Born into a family of architects, Janet Shearer originally trained as a painter before becoming a model and moving into the film world as an art director and set designer. She is now well-known and much in demand for her trompe l'oeil paintings and her work has been featured in a range of interior design publications. She runs regular trompe l'oeil painting courses at her studio in Cornwall, England, teaching beginners valuable basic drawing skills and extending the abilities of those who are already experienced artists.
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  # The Theory and Practice of Perspective
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### George Adolphus Storey
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
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  * [PREFACE.](tpers_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [BOOK FIRST. THE NECESSITY OF THE STUDY OF PERSPECTIVE](tpers_split_2.html#1_1)
  
  
  
  
  
    * [WHAT IS PERSPECTIVE?.](tpers_split_3.html#1_1_1)
  
  
  * [THE THEORY OF PERSPECTIVE. DEFINITIONS](tpers_split_4.html#1_1_2)
  
  
  * [IV. PERSPECTIVE OF A POINT, VISUAL RAYS, &c.](tpers_split_5.html#1_1_3)
  
  
  * [V. TRACE AND PROJECTION](tpers_split_6.html#1_1_4)
  
  
  * [VI. SCIENTIFIC DEFINITION OF PERSPECTIVE](tpers_split_7.html#1_1_5)
  
  
  * [RULES. VII](tpers_split_8.html#1_1_6)
  
  
  * [BOOK SECOND. THE PRACTICE OF PERSPECTIVE](tpers_split_8.html#1_2)
  
  
    * [XII. GEOMETRICAL AND PERSPECTIVE FIGURES CONTRASTED](tpers_split_9.html#1_2_1)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [XIII. OF CERTAIN TERMS MADE USE OF IN PERSPECTIVE](tpers_split_10.html#1_2_2)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [XIV. HOW TO MEASURE VANISHING OR RECEDI