1 Point
Perspective
Students will tape down a piece of paper and go through the steps
As we go through the presentation.
Defined
• In one-point perspective,
the horizontals and
verticals which run across
the field of view remain
parallel, as their
vanishing points are at
'infinity', with horizontals
which are perpendicular
to the viewer vanish
towards a point near the
center of the image.
Sample of a real
1 point Perspective
Step 1
First, draw a horizon line about one-third down your page.
Use a small dot or line to mark a spot roughly in the
middle of the line. That's your vanishing point.
Step 2
Now draw square or rectangle, well below and to one side of
your vanishing point. Make sure your vertical lines are
perpendicular (at right angles) to your horizon line, and your
horizontal lines are parallel.
Step 3
• Now draw a line from each corner of your square or rectangle to the
vanishing point. Make sure they are straight and finish exactly at the
vanishing point.
Quiz
• What is the Horizon Line?
• What is the Vanishing Point?
Step 4
•
Now comes the tricky bit. Draw a horizontal line, starting a little way along the bottom
left vanishing line, across until it joins the bottom right vanishing line. This is the
bottom edge of the back of your box. Make sure it is straight - parallel to the horizon
and front edge.
•
Now, draw two vertical lines, straight up, from where that back line meets the two
vanishing lines, up to the two top vanishing lines. Then add the horizontal line that
joins them.
Step 5
Now you can erase the vanishing lines. You can keep all the lines inside the
box if you want it to be see-through, like a fishtank, or, you can carefully erase
the back corner - the bottom left, back, and lower back lines, as in the
example.
Samples of 1 Point Perspectives
Note the vanishing point
On the left side.
More samples of different angles
Of a 1 point perspective
Perspective Project
Now on your own draw a
Horizon line with a vanishing
Point and randomly draw three
Boxes on the paper like this
Sample.
Draw the vanishing lines for your boxes. So long as your
ruler is lined up correctly, you can stop drawing just
short of the vanishing point, so that it is still easy to see,
and not lost in a tangle of lines.
Finish off your single point
perspective boxes. Try
drawing a fish tank, an
open box, and a solid box.