Julian Beever, a master chalk artists, has delighted audiences in Europe, London and North America with his stunning three-dimensional anamorphic drawings. Anamorphic drawings are drawn in perspective and distorted so that the subject can only be viewed properly from one particular angle, and most convincingly through a camera lens. These drawings have delighted viewers foryears because they appear so realistically three-dimensional when seen through a camera lens. When the artist poses with the art, he appears to step right into the scene. Pavement Chalk Artist includes a fabulous selection of Beever's most intriguing anamorphic drawings. The photographs record the development of his unusual skill and understanding of perspective. Each one is accompanied by a description of the techniques he used and the challenges he overcame to produce original, inventive subjects in locations worldwide. This new edition includes 16 new pages of Beever's recent art, in addition to the 16 added to the second edition, for a total of 32 new pages.
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