Hi Tom here and in this weeks Circle Line Art School video I will show you one way to draw a house
using cubes in 1-point perspective,
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The first step in this drawing is to draw a horizontal line in the middle of the page,
and then we can draw a cross in the middle of this line
for our vanishing point
all parallel lines will go towards this vanishing point in this one point perspective drawing,
next, draw a rectangle around the cross
so that the horizon line goes through the rectangle,
and the vanishing point is more or less in the centre of the rectangle,
next, we can divide the rectangle up so that it has a square in each corner,
now we can use our vanishing point
to extend the edges of the two squares at the top,
by drawing lines from the vanishing point that go through the corners of each of the squares,
now that we have two corner lines, we can join these two lines with a new horizontal line along here,
this will be how far the cubes come forwards, towards us,
now we can draw two more diagonal lines coming towards us, using our vanishing point again,
and next draw a vertical line coming down from the two new corners, on the right and on the left,
next draw two more diagonal lines, using the vanishing point again, for the lower corners of our cubes,
these two corners should line up, so that we can draw a horizontal line between them,
for the base of the cubes that we are drawing,
and now draw just two more lines from the vanishing point, going through the corners of our squares,
and then we can draw the last two vertical lines
to complete our two cubes in one point perspective,
using the one vanishing point in the centre of our horizon,
in one point perspective, everything above the horizon...
we are looking up at,
and everything below the horizon, we are looking down at,
and now we have the structure for the house at the top,
we can next draw some of the lines from the vanishing point
coming towards us and going through the corners of the bottom two squares of our original rectangle,
and now we can draw a horizontal line between the two cubes, for a sort of walkway,
next if we draw two vertical lines behind our walkway, this horizontal strip between our two cubes,
by drawing these two vertical lines, we are making the building look as though it is going away from us,
the cubes are coming forwards, but these new vertical lines recede,
because they are nearer the vanishing point which is the furthest point away from us, the viewer,
next we can draw some thin posts to hold up these two cubes,
the lines of the posts should stop at the same horizontal line, as we need them all to be the same length,
next we could draw a depth to these two areas using horizontal lines and diagonal lines going from our vanishing point,
I think I will make these two areas into reflecting pools,
so far this drawing is symmetrical, left and right symmetry, I will keep it that way to make it simple,
now along here we can divide this line into even parts and then use our vanishing point to draw a series of slats in 1-point perspective,
basically in 1-point perspective all parallel lines which are going away from us will look like they meet at the vanishing point,
which in this drawing is in the centre, and it is in the centre because
we, the viewer, are looking straight ahead,
so we are looking straight to the horizon,
so the parallel lines in this drawing
are going to follow through into the centre vanishing point,
so next in this drawing we can add more lines at the back of the building,
and then some details...
and then I think I will draw a each of pebbles and sea on the left and right,
and some clouds behind the house...
for this drawing I am using a 4B pencil, which is the pencil I normally use,
a 4B pencil is a pencil that is soft, but it can make a very dark line, and it is good for tonal shading,
the shapes that I am drawing I am sort of making up as I go along,
so if your drawing starts to change from this, that is absolutely fine,
the thing I really want to help you with is the basic principles of how to draw,
in 1-point perspective, so that you can get a drawing that you are happy with,
which uses the principles in this drawing, but you can make it into your own drawing as you go along,
so I would not spend lots of time trying to correct your drawing to make it look like mine,
but if you just use the principles of 1-point perspective you can just have making your house into whatever shape you want,
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