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cadmaw | 18:33 Wed 26th Oct 2005 | Arts & Literature
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in viewing a painting, how do you find the horizon line and vanishing point and thus the artist's perspective?
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this might help - lot of academic writing but some useful illustrations

Use a ruler if possible - the horizon line should be roughly a third up from the bottom or a third down from the top; Never in the middle. But normally, your eye is automatically drawn into the centre point. Take a look at my stuff at www.kingart.co.uk - I use a lot of perspective

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