Monocular Cues

Monocular Cues are cues we use to judge depth that are processed by just one eye. Monocular cues are mainly used for depth perception An example is linear perception, where parallel lines seem to go towards each other as they move away from the viewer.  This is commonly used by artists to give their pieces depth and a realistic look.  We were taught linear perspective in art class when we were doing a realistic drawing unit.  Using linear perspective in art requires vanishing points

and straight lines.  This is a picture of when I first learned perspective drawing when I was 5 and I tried to make my drawings more realistic.