Chapter Five: Boxes
LESSON ONE
Boxes in One Point Perspective
In one point perspective, no matter where your horizon line is, no matter where you place your vanishing point, and no matter where you place the box - you will have full view of the front plane at all times. You will always be looking directly at the front plane of the box. The only thing that will change, is whether you are seeing the top or bottom plane, or the right or left plane of the box.
Jumping right in, place your horizon line and vanishing point. I started by drawing in just the front planes of my boxes. I like to focus on one thing at a time, as it seems to expedite the process. I move on to connecting the front planes to the vanishing point. I do this lightly so I can draw over the lines later. Lastly, I clean everything up by drawing over the initial lines and it is also at this point that I determine the length of the boxes I drew.
Being able to draw boxes well is an amazingly important skill, and can transform your work because it allows you to simplify so many objects down into it’s most basic form. Things like the head, rib cage, and pelvis of the human body can be represented by this shape. In fact, almost anything can be drawn over top some combination or modification of boxes, cylinders, and spheres.
Here is the finished result of a full page of boxes in one point perspective.
