Framing a picture Framing a picture is a creative decision. This interactive exercise shows why. •(Flash player Version 6 required)   Pen drawing This series of pages will introduce you to the basics of observed drawing. Although they focus on the use of such drawing tools as pen and ink or biro, the basic principles can applied with other drawing tools. Perspective These links include interactive exercises that will help you understand perspective. When you have explored these pages try exercises on this page. Constructing One Point Perspective •(Flash player Version 6 required) Perspective and Size - make your own landscape This interactive site, from the Tate Gallery in London, will allow you to see how distance affects size. One and two point Perspective. (External site - some pages require your browser to be Java enabled) These sites take a basic box shape and allow you to see how the rules of perspective affect them. Experiment with these sites, they will help you see perspective on a flat piece of paper. Aerial Perspective in Landscape •(Flash player Version 6 required) Aerial perspective is the affect distance has on the tone of objects. More distant objects are paler.