One point perspective

Key points

  • Draw a rectangle to represent a room and another in the centre as a point for the eye to focus on.
  • Draw faint lines from corner to corner, so your eyes focus on the middle of the image.
  • Draw objects within the room between the crosslines, using the faint lines to guide perspective from the centre point. Everything is drawn to the lines coming from the centre point.
  • When you have finished erase the faint guide lines.

Drawing showing one point perspective



Further exploration of one point perspective

If you would like to learn more about drawing using this perspective, you may find these online tutorials useful:

One point perspective drawing the ultimate guide