Learn to draw perspective - Lär dig att rita perspektiv

This video gives you tips and shows you how to draw a road and house in perspective.

Artist: Alex Lejerdal 

Draw in perspective using a ruler:
Perspective is an astonishing concept. Everything we see is in perspective, which means that there are endless views and angles that we want to paint from or create from the imagination. The problem comes when it is not as easy to draw in perspective as it is to see it. Painting and drawing in perspective is incredibly exciting as it opens up to explore more dimensions in one's creation. It also allows you to examine more sides and views of things you previously only knew had one. This video shows you how to think when you draw in perspective. With the help of a ruler, our artist Alex Lejerdal creates a road with cacti and construction in a horizontal perspective.

To draw in perspective you need this:
- Pencil
- Sketching paper
- Eraser
- Ruler

Here's how to, step by step, draw in perspective using a ruler:
1) The horizon and the central point
Our artist Alex Lejerdal started by drawing the horizon of the drawing using a ruler. Then he found a central point for where the view meets the horizon. From there he sketched out the basic lines of the road, still with the ruler as a tool.

2) Cacti
Once the foundation of the road is in place, you can start thinking about what the other parts of your drawing should look like. Here, too, we work in loose sketches without many details. They will come later. Alex sketched the different parts of the cacti as different shapes. The main part is the one that sits in the ground and the "branches" as completely separate shapes on the outside of the cactus. Because we work in perspective, the nearest cactus is large, while the farther away, the smaller they are.

3) House
After this, Alex sketched a house on the left side of the road. Again very loose and using a ruler. Here it can be good to keep in mind that the lines for the bottom and roof of the house do not go straight but that they have a diagonal direction that slopes downwards. This creates the illusion that the house leaves us by the larger side of the house being larger and then becoming smaller.

4) The surface of the house
After you have sketched out the outside of the house, you can add details to the house. For example, door, windows and ceiling. This is done by the same principle as the house was designed in. Practicing perspective can be very difficult. Sometimes it is easier to test with square, not round, shapes at the beginning. This is because the straight lines give a clear idea of ​​perspective and size when they are twisted and turned. And because a ruler can help you with its shape.

5) Clearer sketch, details and shadows
When you are happy with the basic shapes of your drawing, you can go over the lines you want to keep with a harder sketch so that the parts of your sketch you are going to use is more clearly visible. It's also time to add details. In this case, for example, Alex sketches out straws on the cacti. If you want, you can also use shadows in your drawing. What you need to do then is decide where the light source of the image is located. In this case, the light source is the sun and it is at the end of the road. This makes it brighter closer to the center and on the "other side" of the objects we have drawn. With that said, the shadows land more towards the outer parts of the drawing as well as the parts closest to the drawer, you. A good example of this is the facade of the house that is closest to us. It is very dark compared to the rest of the house because that side does not get any light from the light source, the sun.

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Rita i perspektiv med hjälp av en linjal

Konstnär: Alex Lejerdal

För att rita perspektiv behöver du detta:
- Blyertspenna
- Skisspapper
- Sudd
- Linjal

Så här gör du, steg för steg, för att rita i perspektiv med hjälp av en linjal:
1) Horisonten och den central punkten
Vår konstnär Alex Lejerdal började med att rita ut teckningens horisont med hjälp av en linjal. Sedan hittade han en central punkt för där vyn möts i horisonten.

2) Kaktusar
När vägens grund finns kan du börja fundera på hur de andra delarna av din teckning ska se ut. Även här jobbar vi i lösa skisser utan dessvärre detaljer. De kommer sedan. Huvuddelen är den som sitter i marken och “grenarna” som helt egna former utanpå kaktusen.

3) Byggnation
Efter detta skissade Alex upp ett hus på vänster sida av vägen. Återigen väldigt löst och med hjälp av linjal.

4) Husets yta
Efter att du skissat ut husets utsida kan du lägga till detaljer på huset. Exempelvis dörr, fönster och tak. Detta görs genom samma princip som huset ritades i.

5) Tydligare skiss, detaljer och skuggor
När du är nöjd med din tecknings basformer kan du gå över de strecken du vill behålla med en hårdare skiss så att det du ska använda syns tydligare. Det är även dags att lägga till detaljer.