Aerial Perspective – How To Create Depth In Your Paintings

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Find out what aerial (or atmospheric) perspective is and how to use it to create the illusion of depth in your own paintings.

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What Is Atmospheric Perspective The word perspective describes the method that gives drawn or painted objects the appearance of depth and distance.

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An example for aerial perspective: the distant mountains are lighter and less detailed than the mountains nearer to the viewer.

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The main component of atmospheric perspective is the scattering of light through molecules and particles in the air. Examples are smoke, water vapor, or fog.

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The Three Principles Of Great Atmospheric Perspective Creating atmospheric perspective in your paintings is easy as 1-2-3. If you master three simple principles you can add depth to your landscape paintings.

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Details And Texture A simple example: while you might paint individual leaves on a tree in your painting’s foreground you might paint whole trees as a single element in your backgrounds.

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Value And Contrast The value of color describes how dark or light is. Objects of lower value are darker, objects of higher value are lighter.

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Color Temperature And Saturation As objects recede into the distance the light traveling from them to the eyes of the viewers is shifted to color hues and they lose saturation.

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