Single vanishing point on the horizon with radiating guides: the classic setup for hallways, rooms and street scenes.

Free printable 1-point perspective grid PDF. Single centred vanishing point with 36 radial guides, ideal for hallway, room and street drawings.

1-Point Perspective Grid | Free Printable PDF

1-Point Perspective Grid

If you draw a hallway, its floor and ceiling lines run along two of the radial guides. The walls' tops and bottoms each follow a ray. Pick rays that match the angle you want the hall to recede at and trace along them.

Anything receding from the viewer follows a ray

Doors, windows, the picture frames on the wall — anything that faces the viewer keeps its sides parallel to the page edges. Only the lines going *into* the page converge to the vanishing point.

Anything parallel to the picture plane stays horizontal or vertical

The horizon at 40% of the page height gives a standard 'standing viewer' look. Move the VP lower to look up at the scene (low camera, towering hallway); move it higher to look down (overhead view). Both are still 1-point as long as there's only one VP.

Vanishing point above or below the horizon for special effects

If a cube has a corner pointing at you (not a flat face), it needs 2-point perspective. 1-point only works for objects with one flat face parallel to the picture plane.