Sept 12Popular author and teacher Giovanni Civardis books provide good introductions to each subject with clear illustrations and concise text. Understanding Perspective looks at aerial, linear, central linear, two-point and three-point perspective as well as chapters on projected shadows and reflections. These books are more sketchbooks than how-to-do-it books, but theres much to be learnt from studying the work of this popular artist. Leisure Painter, The Aug 12Perspective is that thing that tends to make your brain freeze over. Its either something you can just do, like colour mixing, or a subject so technical it brings you out in a cold sweat, a bit like dreaming youre doing an A level maths exam with only a set of times-tables for help.