In each of the three example which follow the red horizontal line represents your eye level and VP stands for vanishing point.

The first stage of putting a building into a picture. This view shows a building which is above your eye level. This is a house on a hill or cliff so you would not normally see its bottom, but you might if it was on stilts or a tree house.

The second view gives a building as you would normally want to portray it. Your eye level runs through the building.

The third view has your eye level above the building this would happen if you were on a hill or in or on a taller building.

I have not shown the full construction of the roof which will follow in a later lesson. If you need to know now it can be found here (soon).

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