List and describe the 6 different perspective techniques

What is perspective?

The way we see the world is driven by rules of perspective. Perspective in sketching is a tool how to create a realistic illusion of 3-dimensional space. Everything we draw, from an apple to a spaceship, needs to follow the rules of perspective in order to look realistic.

Perspective works like an invisible grid helping us to place objects in our spatial composition. It is a way how to describe 3-dimensional space and express depth on a 2D plane.

Linear Perspective

In linear perspective, there are 4 major types of perspective defined by the number of primary Vanishing Points lying on the Horizon Line:

1-point perspective,

2-point perspective,

3-point perspective,

and Multi-point perspective.

Let’s look at some examples of each of the types.

Explanation: