Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Italy; Perugino;
1481-1483; Northern Renaissance; Fresco
1-Point Perspective
• Usually looking into a room or down a corridor head on, so there is only one vanishing point– What’s a vanishing
point?• Where parallel
lines in a drawing converge
2-Point Perspective
• There are 2 vanishing points on the horizon line– What’s a horizon line?
• The eye level of the viewer, or where the sky meets the ground
3-Point Perspective
• Usually used for buildings, because a third vanishing point is added to show how the buildings recede vertically as well as horizontally
Assignment Option 1
• 1 Point Perspective Painting• Select either an indoor or outdoor scene to
create in 1 point perspective• Something should be happening on all 5 planes• Something on each plane should be in
perspective (i.e. windows, posters, patterns)• Something should be in more than one plane and
be in perspective (i.e. a table, piece of furniture, something geometric!)
Assignment Option 2
• 2 Point Perspective Drawing • Incorporate at least 4 structures• Use a variety of textures or patterns to
distinguish each structure from the others• Include a background