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Part One – THE PENCIL
ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE
These are the basic rules that govern a one-
point perspective drawing, and it is worth
remembering that all lines that do not
appertain to the horizontal or the vertical axis
will go back to or terminate at the perspectival
point that as been set up in this drawing.
1/Draw a square on your piece of paper just
to the left or the right of the centre of your
piece of paper. Make sure that this square runs
parallel to the edges of the paper.
2 / Now draw a horizontal line across the piece
of paper that travels through the square. This
will be referred to as the horizon line, and in
drawings from observation it can be referred
to as your eye level.
3/Put a dot on the horizon line that sits on the
other side of the paper to the square you have
just drawn. This is now known as the vanishing
point.
4/From the nearest top and bottom side of
the square draw two straight lines that
converge to the vanishing point. It is
important that extreme accuracy be observed
in drawings of this type, as any slight mistakes
can lead to distortion in the drawings.
Therefore, I would advise that beginners use a
ruler for this part of the operation.
Now do the same from the top and bottom
of the far end of the square. You will now have
a drawing that resembles the example at the
bottom of the page.5 / The next step is to place the back end of the
box in. Do this by drawing in a vertical
between the set of converging lines that we
established in step 4. You need to place the
line purely visually to make the illusion of the
box. Place the line too far away and you
produce an oblong lying down, and place the
line to close and you produce an oblong