Give your drawings realism if you want to take them to the next level.You can place vanishing points on the horizon of your drawing.The grid that they make to position your subjects will be used to make lines that extend from these points.Drawing in perspective will make your subject appear to have depth.Before moving on to landscapes, still lifes or cityscapes, you should practice with a few simple shapes.
Step 1: Three perspectives are examples.
One, two, and three-point perspectives are used.
Step 2: You can draw a horizon line.
Imagine where you want your viewer's eye level to be and sketch that line with a pencil.To get an exact horizon line, lay a ruler across the paper and run your pencil along it.The horizon can be placed anywhere you want.It can be drawn across the upper 1/3, center or lower 1/3 of the paper.If you put the horizon near the top, the viewer will be directed to look down.
Step 3: If you want to see the vanishing point, make a pencil mark on the horizon.
There is a single focal point on the horizon where all the lines of interest meet.Decide where you want the viewer to focus and make a small dot or mark on the horizon to make this vanishing point.You've probably seen drawings of a street with a vanishing point on the horizon.The narrowing of the street can make it easier for beginners to draw.
Step 4: Draw lines from your vanishing point.
The vanishing point on the horizon is where you need to set your ruler down.To make a perspective line, lightly run your pencil along your ruler and angle it in any direction.As you please, make as many perspective lines as you like.If you're making a road, you might want to draw 2 lines that intersect at the vanishing point.The lines are called perspective lines.They can be used as guidelines to draw other subjects in your drawing.
Step 5: To practice perspective, sketch a geometric object.
You can use your ruler to create perspective lines from the vanishing point.The top and bottom lines of the square should be parallel to the horizon lines.To connect the sides of your box, make lines that are parallel to the horizon line.This can be tried with other shapes.Attach the corners of the shape to the vanishing point on the horizon.
Step 6: Use one-point perspective to draw landscapes or streets.
If you want to add depth to your drawings, you need to choose a single thing that draws the viewer in.You can draw a street that narrows in the distance and sketch houses or trees next to it.The subject should be positioned along the perspective lines.You could draw the ocean with the sun setting.The sun's vanishing point makes the ocean look far away from you.The subjects closer to you should be larger than the ones near the horizon.
Step 7: You're done with one-point perspective.
There is a two-point perspective.
Step 8: You can use a ruler to draw the horizon line.
Once you have decided where you want your viewer's eye level to be, put a ruler on your paper.The horizon line can be created by drawing a light line across the ruler.The horizon can be placed in any part of the paper.The horizon can be made in the upper 1/3 or lower 1/3.
Step 9: There are vanishing points on the horizon.
You can draw 2 dots on the horizon.There are no rules about where to place these points, but they don't look natural.Place the dots so they're off-centered for the most realistic perspective.They can be outside of the paper.If you put one vanishing point near one edge of the paper on the horizon, you can make the other point off of it.If you want to do this, make a mark on your work surface or tape down a piece of paper next to your drawing paper.
Step 10: 3 or 4 perspective lines can be drawn from each vanishing point.
Place your ruler on a vanishing point and draw a light line to the area where you want to draw.From the same vanishing point, make 2 or 3 more lines.All of the perspective lines from both points come together if you repeat this for the other vanishing point.You can still put your ruler on the paper if you place a vanishing point off of it.Pull the ruler to the drawing paper.You can make the perspective lines.
Step 11: The perspective lines can be used to draw the flat top of a box.
It's easier to draw a subject now that you have a grid.Draw a box or piece of paper along the perspective lines.The flat top of your box will be made by this.You can move on to asymmetrical objects once you become comfortable with drawing simple shapes in two-point perspective.
Step 12: The box should be connected from a two-point perspective.
The ruler should be placed vertically so it's parallel to the horizon line.Move the ruler to a corner of your box so you can draw a straight line.Straight lines can be made by using the ruler.Drawing items in a still life or distant building can be done with a two-point perspective.
Step 13: You've finished the two-point perspective.
There is a third vanishing point.
Step 14: If you want your drawing to show height, use a three point perspective.
Unless you want the viewer to feel like they're looking up or down at the subject, you'll probably use a two-point perspective for most of your drawings.If you're sketching a country scene with a barn in the distance, use a two-point perspective.If you're drawing skyscrapers close to the viewer, use a three-point perspective.
Step 15: There is a vanishing point above or below the horizon line.
You can make a horizon line with two vanishing points.Decide if you want to put the third vanishing point below the horizon or above it.If you want the viewer to look up, make the line under the horizon or above it.Your viewer's eye level is represented by the horizon line.
Step 16: Draw lines from the extra vanishing point.
Set your ruler on the third vanishing point and draw 3 or 4 lines that will move up or down.The grid has the perspective lines from the other vanishing points.
Step 17: Geometric shapes can be created with extreme depth.
To make a cube, you need to locate the perspective lines from the vanishing points on your horizon.To make the base, make a square along the lines.Use the lines from the horizon line's vanishing point to create sides and close the bottom of the shape.The cube's vertical sides won't be parallel in three-point perspective.They should move at an angle.
Step 18: You're ready to draw perspective.
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