1. Graphic Design and Illustration Two-Point Perspective Staircase in two-point perspective Lucius Testoni public domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Staircase_perspective.jpg Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 1

2. Step 1 Draw nine vertical lines. The vertical lines represent the corners of the boxes you are creating. Imagine a horizon line across the center of the page. Place a vanishing point on the extreme left and right edges of the imaginary horizon line. 2Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. Vanishing points

3. 3Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. Step 2 Connect the top of each line to the vanishing points. Don’t draw the line all the way to the vanishing point; stop after a few inches. This will save you a lot of erasing later.

4. 4Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. Step 3 Connect the bottom of each line to the vanishing point, just as you to the top.

5. 5Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. Step 4 Cut off the sides of your boxes using your ruler to make sure the lines are parallel to the first (corner) line you started with. If the lines are not parallel to the first line, the boxes will look like they have been run over by a delivery truck.

6. To make the tops and bottoms of the boxes, you will connect to the opposite vanishing point. Your lines will cross, forming the top or bottom. Step 5 6Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission.

7. Clean up the boxes by erasing extra lines. Choose a direction light is coming from and shade the boxes using graded values. 7Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. Step 6