1. How to Draw Cones & Cylinders
With Linear Perspective

2. To draw a cone - Begin with the base, laying flat on the floor.

3. Find the center of that rectangle.

4. Draw a line up from the middle – that will tell you where the point of the cone will be.
In this case, the vertical line for the middle aligns with the orthographic line that goes to the vanishing point. That is not always the case.

5. Draw an ellipse in the bottom rectangle.

6. Connect the top of the middle, vertical line to the outer edges of the ellipse.

7. Erase unnecessary lines.

8. Erase unnecessary lines.

9. To create an upright cylinder - Begin with a rectangle, placed parallel to you. That will be used to represent the height of the cylinder.

10. Draw that cylinder in one-point perspective with the vanishing point directly above it.

11. Erase unnecessary lines.

12. Find the center of the top and bottom of the rectangle to create ellipses.

13. Find the center of the top and bottom of the rectangle to create ellipses.v
The bottom ellipse looks strange. However, it is correct since the rule is, the farther away something is from the vanishing point, the larger it appears. v

14. Connect the top and bottom outer edges of the ellipses to form the sides of the cylinder.v v

15. Erase unnecessary lines.v

16. Erase unnecessary lines.v

17. Cylinder laying down – Begin with a rectangle parallel to you.

18. Find the middle.

19. Connect the corners of the rectangle to the vanishing point.

20. Draw the back edge of the cylinder; make it parallel to the front edge (a rectangle).

21. Find the center of that rectangle.

22. Draw an oval in the front rectangle and in the back.

23. Connect the outer edge of the ovals.

24. Erase unnecessary lines.