Perspective drawing exercises: ten minutes a day, one box at a time.
A fresh perspective exercise every day: a subject, a twist, and the exact camera to draw it with. Open the grid, draw, mark it done, keep the streak. Nothing to sign up for.
A bedroom with the bed unmade, with cast shadows on the ground.
Draw it in 2-point, 24 mm. Give it 15 minutes. Block in the box first, then the details.
- Date
- 2026-09-02
- Camera
- 2-point, 24 mm
- Lens
- 23 mm
- Time
- 15 min
- Streak
- 0 days
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- Completed
- 0 total
How to do the daily perspective exercise
Open the grid link; it loads with today's lens, rotation and horizon. Export it as a transparent PNG (or copy to clipboard) and put it under a new layer, or under tracing paper if you are working on paper. Spend the first two minutes on the box: the nearest vertical edge, then the top and bottom edges to the vanishing points, then the far edges. Only when the box is convincing do you carve the subject out of it. Stop when the time is up, even if it is unfinished; the point is the box, not the rendering.
Why the camera changes every day
Most people practise one view, usually a mild two-point at eye level, and get good at exactly that. The drill rotates through one-point, two-point at several rotations and horizon heights, three-point looking up and down, and the occasional fisheye, at lenses from 24 to 50 mm. After a month you will have drawn boxes in every situation you are likely to meet in a real scene.
Going further
Add a figure for scale with the box builder, check your lens instinct against a photo with the vanishing point finder, and read how to draw perspective if any of the terms are new.
Questions
How do I practise perspective drawing?
Little and often. Ten minutes a day drawing one box-like object on a correct grid does more than a weekend of copying. Block in the box first, subdivide it, then add the details. Change the lens and the camera height between days so you do not settle into one view.
Is the drill the same for everyone?
Yes. The prompt is generated from the date, so everyone drawing today gets the same subject, twist and camera. That makes it easy to compare results with a class or a friend.
Where is my streak stored?
In your browser only (localStorage). There is no account and nothing is sent anywhere. Clearing site data resets it.
Can I do earlier drills?
Yes, use the earlier/later buttons. Marking an earlier day as done counts toward the total but the streak only counts consecutive days ending today or yesterday.