Perspective for Beginners

This lesson is a beginner's guide to one-point perspective drawing. It breaks down the basics like the XYZ axes, horizon line, and vanishing points. You'll see how to draw boxes in different positions and learn about the limits of using one-point perspective.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
00:35 - XYZ Axes
01:21 - Horizon Line
01:44 - Vanishing Point
02:32 - Demo
11:23 - Limitations of One-Point
12:13 - Warmup Exercise
13:12 - Outro

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Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high-quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching.

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Producer - Stan Prokopenko, Charlie Nicholson
Publishing - Alex Otis

Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra
Additional music by Epidemic Sound

[ProkoTV]

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[confusedhammer]

man you’re the best art teacher I have ever seen

[dhruvnautiyal]

It feels good to see that sometimes even you struggle in drawing straight lines . Btw yes i will do the warmup.

[gerlaw]

I am 73 years old and never learned this in any of my school art classes. Thanks for the enlightening!

[ihophomestead]

Thank you! I understand everyone has to make a living and therefore one must not give away all the knowledge they have for nothing. But for people like me who live on a fixed income but want to better themselves in their hobbies, your free videos are of great help!

[natuvampire]

Laughed so hard on the wobbly lines cause I remembered the first times I tried perspective exercises. Thanks so much for this content Stan!

[Nightthiefwolf]

The way you explain such concepts is so simple, it’s hard finding teachers that make perspective so easy to understand, you’re truly the best teacher

[brynnplant]

In grade 8 my art teacher was trying to teach us this. I remember drawing the boxes thinking "This seems pointless.." I had no idea what the point of it was. Thanks for being so clear and easy to understand, this was a wonderful tutorial

[sum]

Its times like this ProkoTV that take me back to when we first fell in love. Our Horizon lines are infinite and my heart will never converge to a vanishing point no matter what boxes people attempt to drawn around it.

[marcbautista]

4:37 glad i'm not the only one having trouble drawing straight lines
and immediately breaking down into a sweat and anxiety

Thanks for the video introducing 1pp, Proko! 💙🦈

[jalibe]

THIS THIS IS THE PERFECT LESSON THAT IVE BEEN FINDING! IVE BEEN CONFUSED IF THE ROTATED OBJECT STILL FOLLOWS THE ORIGINAL VANISHING POINT

[JH-pero]

One of my gifts over the holidays included a perspective sketchbook. I've already studied perspective basics, but I realized while doodling in the sketchbook that having the preprinted grid was a great way to practice sketching scenes without the additional back-and-forth of calculating the horizon and vanishing point every time, especially as you add more vanishing points. If you're working digitally you can also make grids for yourself using the digital tools.

[DaisyFarm_]

I have yet to finish this video but having been given a demo and explanation of 1-point perspective by YouTubers and teachers for many years this is by far the clearest and best explanation I’ve ever seen. You don’t state stuff in a roundabout way or exclude important exceptions. You just lay it all out clearly

[chibuzorisrael]

This has to be one of the best tutorial I have ever stumbled across on YouTube.

Thank you so much.

[mndrakon]

You posted this at a perfect time. I’m struggling with perspective art with these school projects. Thanks for teaching! ❤

[ayoubliliyaje]

Welp in my case its not a lack of perspective basics . I can do all the type of perspective but the problem is the imagination to create a scène. The lack of imagination is killing me

[artfuldrawing]

Perspective is the coolest thing about art

[TamaraKane]

My brain is on the path to understanding this. Thank you, Proko! 😊

[tonyanimations]

Exactly what i needed ! you are the first person to make me actually like vanishing points and horizon lines.

[iwashereforacupcake]

You made this right on time watched this at 10:30Pm then used it in the morning time thanks