Add More Dimension to Your World: Two-Point Perspective chapter 7
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Vertical lines of building coverage toward
third vanishing point below
Three-Point Perspective
There are some instances where three-point perspective can occur, such as when you are drawing cityscapes and
you are on the street looking up at a tall building, or when you are inside a tall building looking down at the street.
In the first example, both sides of the buildings are visible, as in two-point perspective; the third vanishing point
occurs as the vertical lines of the building converge up in the sky. When looking down from a building, the vanish-
ing point occurs below the ground level.
In a more common example, the same three-point perspective occurs when you are standing above a table and are
looking down on the tabletop (pictured in the photo at the right). You will notice that when the legs are visible,
they too converge toward a vanishing point somewhere below the floor. Also notice that the bottles and the vase
are converging toward the same vanishing point.