3 Point Perspective Made Easy

3 Point Perspective doesn't have to be all technicalities and vanishing points. It quite happily can exist in a loose, freehand, gestural drawing style. Watch this video demo and then have a go drawing it yourself. Reference photos can be found on and printed from the channel Community Page.

[mariapeagler]

Wonderful video tutorial on perspective without all of the initial guiding lines. The red strips were helpful to see point of perspective. It was also encouraging to see your attitude about fixing mistakes. Thank you!

[riyasaharan]

Thanku so much Stephen, , we are learning so much from you, especially those kind of videos I really like it, so we can draw while u r drawing ✍️

[ianboreham]

The rule for determining "eye level" by looking for horizontal lines only applies when the eye is aimed horizontally, such as in a typical 1- or 2-point perspective. In a 3-point perspective like this, the eye is aimed up at an angle, and the plane containing the eye intersects vertical surfaces at different heights according to their distance from the eye in the gaze direction, not in horizontal lines.
(This is why you were struggling to find an eye level by looking for horizontal lines.)

[CC-hvyt]

Beautiful 😍 What a pretty reference pic too!

[cindyyeates]

best explanation I've seen. Thank you!

[muhhhring]

your videos are very helpful thank you!

[yollexart]

So I don't have to ability to get photos printed. And it seems much easier to use your pen to find angles when it is side by side.

So how does one use a their pen/pencil to find angles if it is a live sense, from a small reference photos on the phone and so forth?

Your vidoe is explain so much I didn't know but I feel defeated trying to apply it when my only access to photos are on a small phone or live.

Do you have examples of how to measure and find angles with out a printed photo reference?

[daveartmusic]

Stephen, great videos on perspective! Where did you get the colored strips used in your videos? I want to get them to help with my drawings. Thank you.

[AbiNomac]

Using white out as a highlight is genius. Remember when we use to call it liquid paper?