AERIAL PERSPECTIVE and PROBLEM SOLVING

One of the things I'd hope to demonstrate in the previous posts

was the importance of perspective, both linear and aerial.

Linear perspectiveis simply how it looks as it becomes more distant in terms of line and size.

It involves finding the horizon line, vanishing points, and lines of perspective.

Aerial perspective…

Is simply how the atmosphere affects the light as we look at an object in the

distance. The particles in the air diffuse the light, creating efffects such as fog

or distance.

Aerial perspective, or atmospheric perspective, refers to the effect the

atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as viewed from a distance. As the distance

between an object and a viewer increases, the contrastbetween the object and its background decreases, and the contrast of any markings

or details within the object also decreases. The colours of the object also become less

saturatedand shift toward the background colour, which is usually bluish, but may be some

other colour under certain conditions (for instance, reddish around sunrise or sunset).

Creating depth through aerial (atmospheric) perspective

1. Texture–things up close will have more texture

2. Value– things farther away will have lighter (higher) value

3. Clarity–things in distance have less detail, blurrier edges

4. Color temperature/saturation–things in distance seem bluer, cooler versions

5. of the local color, and less saturated (or less pure looking)

6. Contrast decreases as distance increases

Through linear perspective (Which is how the eye views lines and rows in

distance)

1. Putting one object in front of another makes it look closer

2. Making one object larger - makes it look closer

3. Putting an object above another on the paper makes it look farther away

4. Following vanishing point lines

In this painting I tried to show that making the more distant building cooler (purple or blue) and less distinct make them look distant. I made the buildings warmer as they got closer. The windows were less distinct as they receded in the distance. We made less detail in the distance. Objects were more hard edged as they got closer, and color was more saturated. 

Look at your own picture to see if you can use some of these principles to create a feeling of depth. Ask yourself:

1. Do I have more texture in the foreground?

2. Are my most saturated colors in the foreground and at point of interest?

3. Do I have more contrast in the foreground less in the background?

4. Are my colors cooler (more blue) and more dull in the background?

5. Are my lines harder in the foreground softer in the back?

6. Are my values stronger in the foreground, less in the background?