The horizon line in a perspective drawing is a horizontal line drawn across the picture. It can be a temporary pencil line or morph into a permanent line where sky and land meet. It is always at eye level - its placement determines where we seem to be looking from, whether that is from a high place or from close to the ground.

Using the horizon line allows you to map of your perspective, gives you a foundation, and increases your perspective confidence. To draw a horizon line, draw your picture plane, and then a horizontal line through it. You can then place vanishing points along this line. Draw this line faintly if working traditionally.

In a perspective drawing, the horizon line is a horizontal line drawn across the picture, usually across the middle of the page, most times in the upper third half or lower third half. The horizon line might be a temporary pencil line that becomes a permanent line where sky and ground meet.

Horizon Line (aka “Eye Level Line”): This an imaginary line represents the farthest distance in the background. In perspective drawing, a horizon line is the height of the viewer’s eyes. So, when objects are centered on the horizon line, they are sitting at your eye level.