The Secrets to Drawing – One Point Perspective (2024)

so, so interesting.

shlomo avruch on January 19, 2015 at 10:26 pm said very creative; BRAVO

Thanks a lot! You made it very easy to understand perspective.

For a complete novice like me, this is FANTASTIC…. Thank you Matt

Very interesting video. Thanks

Thank you Matt your an awesome teacher

Thank you Matt. I had many books teaching it but finally drawing it with you…I get it! Many thanks

Great video! It was easy to understand. One question, let’s say that all the trees are at the same distance (10 meters), how I know the correct position of each tree? Thanks!

Beautifully simple and easy to follow. Thank you.

Very well explained. Perspective has always been a mystery to me. Can’t wait to give it a go. Thanks.

Well explained and demonstrated. Inspirational!

Hope I get this struggle with brain fog due to fibromyalgia plays with cognition

waooo I did it. I never thought I could do a perspective

I am so glad I found you online. I really am learning a lot. This subject on perspective was amazing and very challenging. I got through it and learned very well. Thank you for sharing your talents and helping us to grow with Art.

The videos keep stopping. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this?
Thx for your time>

Hi! Matt,
you make difficult things so easy and interesting to understand :D…. Thank you !!

What if I draw a street curving to the left. Will there not be more than one perspectiv point on my horisont line ?

Can anyone recommend a good graphite eraser?

Wow! I never knew you could do so much with one vanishing point, you could draw a whole city!
Just imagine what you could do with 3 VP’s.

Excellent!

Hi Matt! Thank you for the amazing tutorials!
I have question: how far should the second cube be placed? How do we determine the depth of the cube? Should all the sides be still equal? Or does it change in perspective?
Thank you!

matt,
how far back does one draw the 2nd cube on the back after the 4 lines drawn to vanishing pt.?
thanks a bunch!,
raquel

Hi Matt I have tried my hands on many types of drawings and this class was so interesting thanks a ton for sharing this knowledge

I remember doing this exact excercise in art class at school! looking forward to learning two adn three point..never did that. 🙂

I really enjoyed this video! So interesting. Couldn’t believe the drawing I got at the end!

Hi Matt – what about triangles/pyramides – how do we combine them with the cubes – is it up to me where I place the 3rd “arm” of the triangle (meaning the backline) – or do I simply draw a straight line to join the 2 bottom lines that are connected with the vanishing point which will show me where the 3rd arm of the triangle should be? I hope you understood my question 😉 and what about the different ypes of base they could have … 🙂 thanx in advance for your reply

I have been painting for years but this drawing class is really helping me with perspective!

How does one know how far back to draw the back side of the building or cube?

lOVE IT FOR SURREALISM

Super helpful, and very logical. However the question is how can one identify looking at a picture or a scenery if it has one, two or three perspectives. (Not second nature right now, hence asking if there is simple rule of thumb) Thank you Matt.

i loved it bravo

very good

i loved it

Best example of One Point Vanishing Point I have seen! Easy to understand.

This is easily the simplest and most effective demonstration of this concept I’ve seen in half a year of “online tutorials.” You are an excellent teacher, Matt, and these lessons are working for improving my skills and understanding. Thank you for your work in simplifying key concepts into easily digestible videos.

Enjoying this drawing. Great teaching.

Thanks so much! I am a semi-professional portrait artist who is self-taught. I am able to reproduce an image quite well and can play around with what I am seeing a bit. However, I never learned the fundamentals and thus struggle to experiment in my work the way I desire to. I have been struggling with finding a way to fill in the gaps of my knowledge and have even considered art school (despite the cost and the fact that I am already in grad school). These videos are literally an answer to prayer! I stumbled on them a few days ago and I am so impressed. Thank you for your clear instruction and thoughtful presentation.

Really enjoying my first drawing lesson. Will help immensely in my future watercolor endeavors. Thanks Matt!

This is wonderful. I’ve read so much about this and got completely confused but with your video, I totally understand it right away. Thank you.

Really good lesson. Worth noting that you will see the top of objects drawn below the horizon line and the bottom of objects drawn above the horizon line.

Oh wow, that all makes sense now! I can believe I can draw this! Thank you!

Hello Matt
I really appreciate your work and your passion for this courses. I want to ask a question. As far as I know, the videos can be downloaded. For some reason, though, I can’t download them. Can you tell me why? Thank you.

Matt really an interesting lesson I learned quite a bit and I can’t believe how easy it was to understand. Kudos to my teacher.

I have literally Hundreds of art books. . . Several of them are on perspective drawing. You made it look simple enough for me to go get my paper, ruler, pencil, and eraser and get to work. . . I was amazed at how well it turned out! Thank You for giving me the confidence to TRY! ( I did this after completing the tutorial on the water glass in graphite on toned gray paper. THAT was the hardest drawing I have ever completed. I usually draw by grid method, but followed your directions and used my pencil to measure from the photo on the computer screen. Although it took all my spare time for two days, it was time joyfully spent GROWING! Growing in skills, Growing in confidence, and Growing in observation. . . Words can not express how grateful I am!!!!) Thank You! Thank You! THANK YOU!!!!!

I was experimenting with the one-point-perspective method to attempt to make a drawing of a small space. After drawing a basic rectangle to represent a bar (without bar stools) and locating the vanishing point about center of the horizon or viewer’s eye line, I completed the second, smaller rectangle and connected the lines for a 3D representation of the rectangular “box”. It became obvious that if there was to be say a 3-foot wide space behind the bar and then another 2-foot counter behind that… the drawing was going to look extremely squished.
This one-point method works great for sketches of large buildings and streets, etc. Is there some other method for interior spaces too small for a vanishing point? Thanks, Lee
PS: So far I’m really enjoying the drawing course. Maybe I’m just getting ahead of myself?
So far I’m really enjoying the course. Maybe I’m just getting ahead of myself

Loved it . Love your accent 😁 I was able to stay focused which is a huge deal for me with my learning difficulties and I found that you’re explanations held my attention.
I’m looking forward to alot more of your videos 👍

These are great videos and show so much that I often go through them once to get the theme and then go back a second time to get the drawing part of it. One thing I would like though is if the introduction and phase out display and its music were not so much louder than the voice instruction on the video. I have to drop my sound bar setting from about 70-80 to 35-40 so as not to get overwhelmed by the volume of these parts of the video.

I’m learning so much! Thank you Matt!