3. Foreshortening
Beloved by some and frustrating to others, foreshortening describes the principles of diminution applied to a single subject. Whether you are drawing a log in a landscape or a figure in repose, the part of the subject that is closest to you will appear larger than an equivalent part of the subject that is further away.
Despite knowing that the cylindrical body of a wine bottle has a consistent diameter, its cylindrical form appears to taper into a cone when you are drawing it from one end. From our singular perspective, we should just be able to simply draw it as we see it,
