Drawabox Lesson 1, Part 3: Foreshortening and Vanishing Points @Uncomfortable
Drawabox Lesson 1, Part 3: Foreshortening and Vanishing Points  @Uncomfortable
Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/7. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com

00:00 Intro
00:05 Measuring what we can see
00:32 Foreshortening
00:55 As things move away, they appear smaller
01:10 Degree shift
01:51 Vanishing points and convergences
03:09 Applying this concept to simple boxes
04:05 Being specific with terminology
04:37 Horizon line
05:30 Vanishing point behaviour in rotation


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Ellipses video from Lesson 1 Part 2: youtu.be/tHJ3rzk6kno
Degree shift from Lesson 1 Part 2: drawabox.com/lesson/1/5/degreeshift
Linear Perspective Master Course with Erik Olson: drawabox.com/nma/linearperspectivemastercourse

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Drawabox Lesson 1, Part 3: Foreshortening and Vanishing Points

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