Intro to Drawing and Painting in 3 Point Perspective In Affinity
By Neil Blevins
Created On: May 16th 2016
Updated On: June 10th 2026
Software: Affinity

This tutorial goes into all the details of how to use grids to paint in 1 point, 2 point and 3 point perspective. Then gives some perspective tips and tricks you may find helpful.



Here's some notes:
Exercise

If you really want to drive the point home, here's a little exercise you can try...

  1. Download the 1 point perspective grid at a resolution of 4096x4096.
  2. Import it into your favorite painting app, it's a png so you can bring it into almost anything such as Photoshop, Procreate or Affinity.
  3. Draw a 0 point, 1 point, 2 point and 3 point perspctive cube just like in this video.


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