Sketchbook Perspective applied to landscapes May,2012

Hi there CA :)

Like a month ago I started studying perspective and even though I still have to learn a great deal, I kind of manage with 1, 2 and 3 point perspective so drawing interiors or man-made stuff has become realtively easier (I used to hate perspective but now I can't help loving it).

The thing is, I don't know how to apply it to natural scenery. I know there are depth cues that help enhance the illusion of a drawing (diminution, convergence, atmospheric perspective, overlapping, etc). I am studying those already and I've done some research on that (following 'Perspective for Comic Book Artists' and 'Perspective Made Easy', but what I mean is drawing natural elements from different angles so that they follow the main perspective of the scene. A rock formation, a valley, some variations of ground, etc. If I use depth cues and insert some man-made elements the overall scene reflects perspetive to a certain degree, but if I rely entirely on natural elements I find it hard to draw them realisticly in perspective. I know scenery doesn't have parallels so it's hard to set a perspective, but there must be any way...maybe boxing everything so that you can kinda rotate it in your mind?

I think these are good examples of what I am trying to say:





If there is any book or exercise on this I would appreciate it a lot. And if my question is too silly I'm sorry about the thread.
Perspective applied to landscapes

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