More on Perspective Drawing: 3-Point Perspective

By now you should have a much better understanding of perspective drawing, providing you have read my previous posts on perspective drawing. If you haven't do it now and get the basics down before attempting 3-point perspective.

3-point perspective is the 'final' stage of perspective drawing you need to learn. 3-point perspective is far more dramatic than 2-point perspective and can be used to create extreme views.

Just look at the picture below to see how...

On the left is an extreme city-scape and on the right is an extreme street view.

The left picture is ideal for exaggerating height and adding danger and peril to an image. The picture of the right is used for exaggerating height but in the opposite manner. It is for showing just how enormous an object is compared to the viewer or how high in the sky something is.

The only different between 2- and 3-point perspective is that instead of having vertical lines those lines now go the the third vanishing point which is often located high above or below the horizon line.

Without the third VP lines would go straight down and not meet, with the third VP lines are drawn and meet up which draws the eye down or up and that is what creates the enhanced sense of height.

The rest of the rules apply as normal (along with the usual exceptions) so progressing form 2-point perspective to 3-point perspective should be easy for you providing you are familiar with 2-point perspective.

That's 3-point perspective covered. Simple right? It is easier to first learn 1-point perspective, then 2-point perspective and by the time you reach 3-point perspective there isn't much left for me to say. Having said that though, if there is more you would like me to cover or explain further don't hesitate to ask.