Draw Using Perspective
Have you ever wanted to draw using perspective or create your dream city? Or do you want touch-up your artistic skills? Once you master the basic steps in this article, you can experiment with different shapes/buildings/items. This article explains how to draw in a one point perspective.
Steps
- Decide which direction you want your paper to be: horizontal or vertical. Pick horizontal if you want the drawing to have short, small buildings. Pick vertical for tall buildings and skyscrapers.
- Draw a straight line through the center of the page (Use a ruler or straightedge for all of the lines in your drawing!). This line is called the horizon. It should be parallel to the bottom of your paper. (Make sure you don't draw too darkly, this line is meant to be erased in some places!)
- Make a dot anywhere on the horizon. This is your vanishing point. It determines which way your buildings point.
- Draw a box somewhere on the paper. The box will be the front view of the building. Make sure that the box's top and bottom are parallel to the top and bottom of your paper. And the sides are parallel to the sides of the paper. (If you skip this step, your drawing will turn out lopsided) Usually the box touches somewhere on the ground (below the horizon line), but then again, it's your picture, and you could make the building float if you want!(To make the building floating, draw the box above the horizon line)
- Erase. If there is a line(the former horizon line) inside of your box, erase it.
- Locate the corners closest to the vanishing point (there are two). Draw lines that connect those corners to the vanishing point.(Don't forget to draw lightly!)
- Draw a line that is parallel to the side of the box closest to the vanishing point.
- Erase the lines that connect the vanishing point to the new corners of the building and the line inside the building.
- You now have a building base. You can add windows and doors if you want, too!
- Add doors and windows. Adding doors and windows is simple. On the front view of the building, you can draw simple boxes. But for windows or doors on the side of the building, draw a line parallel to the side of the building. Connect the ends of the line to the vanishing point and draw another line anywhere withing the building that's parallel to the other edge of the window. Erase the extra lines.
- Your building is complete!
- Feel free to add roads, people, other buildings, billboards, anything you can think of to the drawing!
- Finished.
Tips
- You can also erase the vanishing point (if you want)
- After your drawing is complete, you can go over the lines in pen or marker.
- Don't forget to sign the bottom so people will know who drew it!
- Feel free to add color or shade your drawing
Warnings
- Be careful about sharp points on your pencils and pens!
Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Pencils
- Pens
- A ruler or straight edge
- Colored pencils, crayons, or markers (optional)
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