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Course overview

Perspective is an important skill for artists seeking to add depth and dimension into their artwork. A complement to his previous course on one-point perspective, Edgar Jerins guides students through a series of engaging exercises that take a deeper look into understanding perspective. From the critical role in defining the horizon line, to tricks for finding symmetry, practice using still life and photo reference. Delve into art history and learn to identify types of perspective artists use. Add tools and techniques to your art practice that will facilitate finding accurate vanishing points to create dynamic compositions in the correct perspective.

  • Understand two point perspective

  • Explore horizon lines

  • Find vanishing points

  • Tricks for finding symmetry

  • Art History examples of perspective

  • Exercises to try at home

Course coming soon

    1. Student Orientation Video

    2. Join your community!

    3. Vocabulary

    4. Materials

    1. Two Point Perspective

    1. Vanishing Points

About this course

  • $69.99
  • 6 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Instructor

Edgar Jerins

Instructor

Edgar Jerins was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1958. He graduated from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1980 with a four-year certificate. That year, he was awarded an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. Subsequent grants: The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Grant, George Sugarman Foundation Grant (twice), and the E.D. Foundation Grant. In 2014 he received the New York Academy of Art’s Venture Fund Grant. He has had solo exhibitions at the Latvian Foreign Art Museum, Riga, Latvia, Museum of Nebraska Art, Payne Gallery at Moravian Collage, and two New York City exhibitions at Tatistcheff Gallery. His drawings have been widely exhibited in catalogue supported shows across the US. His drawing and essay are included in the recent survey of figurative art in the Rizzoli book “The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture: Contemporary Perspectives.” Reviews include The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and American Arts Quarterly. A feature article “Uomimi in mezzo ai guair” by Lorena Cerbini appeared in Italy’s Arte Magazine. His public collections are: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN The Global Center for Latvian Art, Cesis Latvia, Arkansas Art Center, Museum of Nebraska Art, and Moravian College. He is represented by ACA Galleries in New York City. Jerins is an Adjunct Faculty at the New York Academy of Art.

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