Aerial perspective review

Aerial Perspective

Depth in natural settings

Horizon line

Miranda Lake

“Seldom Seen”, “Fannie”, encaustic

Horizon line separates the sky from the earth

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The horizon line is rarely straight across…

“Electrified Lighthouse Seascape”,“In The Bleak Midwinter”, quilts

What is happening to the mountains in the distance?

Tom Uttech

What is happening to the size of the trees?

Scott Kahn “Fresh Snow”, oil on linen

How are the placement of the bushes changing?

“Pegasus Divided” by Apocryph

Melissa Brown “Forrest Fire”

Techniques to show depth

Techniques to show depth

• Softening and reduced saturation of colors as they recede

Techniques to show depth

• Softening and reduced saturation of colors as they recede

• Reduction in size of objects as they recede from the foreground

Techniques to show depth

• Softening and reduced saturation of colors as they recede

• Reduction in size of objects as they recede from the foreground

• Objects that are further away generally move closer to the horizon

Vladimir Kush

Please write the following sentence:

• I am doing a traditional landscape because… I plan to draw a…

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• I am doing a symbolic landscape because… I plan to draw a…