Indoor Scenes

Getting Started

Very roughly, we can say that in a traditional house, the height of a door is approximately three quarters of the height of a wall; and the height of an adult is two thirds of the height of that wall.

Of course, these proportions will not be the same in a church, a supermarket, or a train station, but they should allow you to start drawing your first living spaces.

Stand against a wall and look at the opposite wall. This wall can be roughly represented as a rectangle, centered within your frame.

If you then draw perspective lines leading to each of the four corners of the frame, you can indicate the side walls, the floor, and the ceiling. To change the viewing angle, modify the beginning rectangle and the perspective ...

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