Two vanishing points on the horizon, set wide for natural-looking corners: the standard for architecture and product illustration.

Free printable 2-point perspective grid PDF. Two vanishing points placed wide on the horizon for natural-looking corners — architecture, products, interiors.

2-Point Perspective Grid | Free Printable PDF

2-Point Perspective Grid

The single most important rule in 2-point: any line going up-and-down stays parallel to the page edges. Only lines going *into the page* converge. Beginners often draw verticals tilting toward a phantom upper VP — that's accidentally drifting into 3-point territory.

Vertical edges stay vertical

If both VPs are visible inside your drawing area, the convergence is too aggressive and the result looks distorted. Real cameras and real eyes correspond to VPs far apart. The renderer places them just off the page edges, which is the realistic minimum.

Put vanishing points off the page

A simple box: pick a vertical line as the front edge, then trace the top/bottom along rays from one VP for the left face and rays from the other VP for the right face. Two more verticals close off the back of each face. That's a complete box in 2-point in five lines.

Use both grids together for boxes

The horizon at 45% gives a standing-viewer feel. Drag the horizon to the top of the page for a worm's-eye view (ground-level perspective), to the bottom for a bird's-eye view (looking down from a height). All still 2-point if there are exactly two VPs on whatever line you use as the horizon.