Perspective Drawing For Beginners - Introduction to One Point Perspective

Welcome to this first class on One-Point Perspective! This lesson is designed to break down the often challenging process of linear perspective in an easy to follow way. Throughout this lesson we're going to cover what Perspective Drawing is and how we can use it for our compositions, as well as how we go about making the experience work for our ideas and concepts, not the other way around.

In this lesson we are going to cover the basics of One-Point Perspective. This will include learning about how we see the world in 3-Dimensions and how we go about drawing that viewpoint onto a flat 2D surface. The first half of the class will intercut between lecture and exercises, so have your pencil and paper ready. Once the first half of the lesson is complete, we'll finish off with a demonstration of the class assignment where you'll be challenged to create your very own interior room with furniture! 

So if you've every had issues with perspective drawing, or have always been a little intimidated by the subject matter, this class will help ease you into it.  So, let's get drawing! 

Tools required: Pencil, Paper, Eraser, Ruler, Set Square (45-45-90 Triangle and 30-60-90 Triangle), Protractor and Compass.

Software used in the lesson: Realistic Paint Studio.

LESSON BREAKDOWN

• How To Use Perspective
• Vanishing Point
• Informal Boxes
• Station Point
• Perfect Squares and Boxes
• Distortion and the Cone of Vision
• Measurement Lines and Framing
• Drawing Grids
• Drawing a Room Interior