Most people draw chairs the same way they build them in their
garage: They shave a little length off one leg, then they shave a little
off another, then they go back to the first one, then back to the other
one again, all the time hoping that, eventually, the legs will come out
even. What they usually end up with is an eight-inch chair. We can
be more effective than that by using vanishing lines, which will cause
the chair legs to conform to the correct height.
Note: We’ll refer to the vanishing point left as the VPL, and the
vanishing point right as the VPR.
An “easy chair” is an easy chair to draw. Because the shape lacks
precision-straight lines, we can draw much of it freehand. We’ll also
simplify the perspective process, leaving out the horizon line (it’s
implied). One hint: Make sure to position the arms of the chair a
comfortable distance apart from each other. Because of the flattened
angle, it’s easy to draw the arms a little too close together. But no one
wants to sit in a supercramped easy chair.