How to Draw Above and Below Eye Level

When drawing in perspective, start by choosing your eye level, the horizon line. This affects how lines recede and where vanishing points go as you look up or down. Lines aiming up mean you're looking down; lines aiming down mean you're looking up. Understanding one-point, two-point, and three-point perspectives and the spatial axes is key. Practice by sketching rooms from different eye levels, noticing how angles change as objects approach eye level. Repetition will embed these concepts into your drawing habits.


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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Horizon Line
01:42 - Points
04:10 - Horizon Up Close
05:42 - Horizon Comes Early
08:57 - Foreshortening Explained
10:19 - Project
11:06 - Outro


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Artist | Instructor - Marshall Vandruff (https://marshallart.com)
Producer - Stan Prokopenko (https://stanprokopenko.com), Sean Ramsey (http://peoplewhodrawstuff.com), Charlie Nicholson (  / shloogorgh  )
Script - Marshall Vandruff
Production Assistance - Sean Ramsey
Editing - Hongju Lim (https://hongjulim.com), Charlie Nicholson
Publishing - John Birchall, Alex Otis
2D Animations - Cody Shank (https://codyshank.com/)
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Music Used with Permission
Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra

Additional music by Epidemic Sound