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PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS A well-drawn perspective excels in conveyingthe experience of being in athree-dimensional spatial environment. • The experiential nature of a perspective drawing relies on our ability to defineat le t hree layers of depth ast within a scene: a foreground, a m iddleground, and a background. • Perspective drawings assume there is an observer located at a specific point in space and looking in a specific direction. • Multiview and para line drawings, on the other hand, do not m reference to thepoint of view of an ake observer. We canview thedrawingsfrom v arious angles and be comfortable inreading the objective information. Our eyes can roam over the expanse of a plan or paraline drawing and be able to correctly interpret the graphic information. 32 /ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS