What if a single tool existed to turn someone with “so-so”
artistic or drawing ability into a good or even EXCELLENT
artist? That tool is now here...
"Triple or Even Quadruple Your Current Artistic
Ability With The Perplexi®"
Easy to use –
for Children to Adults - For the Art Student or the Beginner.
Everyone can benefit from using the Perplexi®
Dear Artists
and Friends:
The Artist’s
Portable Perspective, a visual aid to understanding dimensional
concepts, is now here. The Perplexi® is a drawing tool used to
explain dimensional concepts. It is a visual aid to
understanding foreshortening, perspective, and proportion.
The Perplexi® is a modern adaptation of earlier inventions
developed around the 15th Century. Many artists, including
Leonardo do Vinci [1452-1519], Jacopo do Pontormo [1492-1557],
and Michelangelo Caravaggio [1565?-1609] were “perplexed” by the
illusion of perspective and set about experimenting with
arrangements of various types.
TESTIMONIES
“The best way to
comment on the effectiveness of the Perplexi is to send
you a picture of a pine cone done with and without it.
It is almost comical!”
- Dr. Kathleen Konicek-Moran (Ed.D.) 2008
“The
Perplexi is great and using the ten steps has improved
my work - at least, I feel better about the drawing when
I am finished. I am thoroughly enjoying the whole course
and find that my art is improving quite a bit.”
Peter J. Scott, PhD. Professor of Botany Retired,
Specialist in Plant Taxonomy 2008
“The Perplexi® for me was a necessary
tool. I came into the Drawing course unable to draw. The
Perplexi® was my life preserver. After using the plexi
for three solid months, wondering if I would ever be
able to draw on my own, one day, it all came together
for me and I drew my first plant on my own without the
plexi! It was a huge mile stone. I probably would
have given up long ago if I had not had the use of the
plexi. It is the single greatest tool for those of us
who cannot draw.” B.
Cole 9/2008
“The Perplexi® helps botanical artists
create accurate proportions. It is an aid to the eye and
saves some of the time necessary to measure the size of
leaves, stem, flower parts and fruit. The Plexiglas®
has been particularly helpful to me in drawing those
leaves and branches that point directly toward the
artist or directly away from the artist. It is also
helpful in calculating relative size of parts of the
plant. I recommend it as a useful tool.”
Susan McDonald, PhD. Professor of Art History 9/2010
“I
am a graduate with a Digital Art and Design degree from
Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. Full Sail's
primary focus is to teach the digital perspective of art
& design; however, they frequently would urge us to
explore the traditional side of art as well. My
curriculum only provided one class in this area, and I
found the material did not provide the level of detail I
was looking for. I turned to OM Braida
Drawing Book - Volume I [which includes instructions on
how to use the Perplexi® Drawing Tool] to
supplement the course, and found it to be immensely
helpful in my discovery of variations of form,
developing an eye for detail, and the application of
light & perspective to design depth in my artwork. I
still will periodically use this resource to look up
information on traditional drawing. The resulting
foundation has polished my skills in a way that allows
me to wield my technical knowledge of any given tool set
much more effectively.” Martice E. Nicks III,
Bachelor of Science In Digital Art &
Design,
Visual Communications Technologist,
Modeling & Simulation Technical Analyst
-
9/2010
Unlike these
earlier models, the Perplexi® is a simple, lightweight, totally
portable and adaptable tool. Yet, just like its predecessors,
it will help students to better understand basic drawing
concepts that are often difficult to perceive.
Use
of the Perplexi® will demystify drawing concepts associated with
the “picture plane” and “visual relationships.” When we draw
three-dimensional objects [height, width, depth], we must apply
its equivalent image onto a two-dimensional surface [height and
width] – thus the secret to learning how to measure the third
dimension of depth is to measure depth by its height and width.
Initial drawings made from the
Perplexi® drawings are in preparation for the “Modello” (a
comparatively highly finished 3-dimensional drawing made by the
artist before executing the final work.) It is with the
assistance of the Perplexi® that one can obtain the accuracy
sought. When the resulting “template” or “Cartoon” is
completed and transferred to a drawing paper or canvas, a gray
scale “Modello” can be created followed by a color “Modello” all
in preparation for the final painting.
In addition, the Perplexi® can
be used to facilitate the enlargement or diminishment of the
subject simply by creating proportional squares and by
enlarging or decreasing the size of these proportional
squares.
“I know from
experience that the methods artists use have a profound direct
and instant
influence on the nature of the work they produce.”
- David Hockney,
Artist/Writer: Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost
Techniques of the Old Masters
The Artist’s
Portable Perspective, a visual aid to understanding dimensional
concepts, is now here. The Perplexi® is a drawing tool used to
explain dimensional concepts. It is a visual aid to
understanding foreshortening, perspective, and proportion. 
Initial drawings made from the
Perplexi® drawings are in preparation for the “Modello” (a
comparatively highly finished 3-dimensional drawing made by the
artist before executing the final work.) It is with the
assistance of the Perplexi® that one can obtain the accuracy
sought. When the resulting “template” or “Cartoon” is
completed and transferred to a drawing paper or canvas, a gray
scale “Modello” can be created followed by a color “Modello” all
in preparation for the final painting. 