One Point Perspective

One-point perspective can be challenging at first. Watch the following video to help you out.

Vocabulary

  • horizon line
  • vanishing point
  • receding lines

Practice On Your Own

Click on the images below to print them. Use a pencil to practice finding the horizon line and vanishing point by drawing directly on the printouts. Don’t forget to draw in the receding lines wherever you see them. Tape your work into your sketchbook.


Now Draw on Your Own

Use your imagination and see if you can draw two pictures from your imagination in one-point perspective. Do an outdoor scene and an indoor scene.

Example