One-Point Perspective Drawing for Children

Drawing in one-point perspective can offer young artists an interesting new challenge. Students that are struggling to produce simple freehand drawings may even thrive with this opportunity.

The first stages of one-point perspective drawing are simple. Establish a vanishing point - the point at which things in the distance seem to disappear - and then draw lines that extend out from that point. If student use their rulers, and are careful to follow the simple rules for one-point perspective drawing their drawings will look great every time.

Recommended Tutorials
Since drawing is very much a "visual" art, I have included a few links to some of the better one-point perspective drawing lessons around the internet. Each lesson is written with the beginner in mind, and includes pictures and easy-to-understand instructions. Following each of the links, I have included an excerpt of the lesson so that you can get an idea of what it is all about.

Perspective Drawing for Beginners | One-Point Perspective
In this lesson we will learn about one-point perspective. The second basic idea that you will need to know about perspective drawing is:

If things are far away enough, they seem to disappear.

The point at which they disappear is called a vanishing point...

One Point Perspective Drawing Tutorial
I'm sure you've heard of one point perspective drawing. That's why you're here right?

Step 1: Draw the horizon line.
What in the heck is a horizon line? Think of it as the place off in the distance where the sky meets together with the earth; that old familiar line where blue meets brown and green. Just draw a horizontal line across the page. Easy enough...

How to Draw Perspective
Draw a Box Using One-Point Perspective
Let's draw a box using one-point perspective. First, draw a horizon line about one-third down your page. Mark a spot roughly in the middle of the line. That's your vanishing point...

Conclusion
Starting simple by drawing things like boxes and blocks will help you get the hang of things. Soon you'll be able to draw big city scenes, mountain railway tracks and more!

Have fun!