Atmospheric perspective

Atmospheric perspective – also called aerial perspective – is certainly one of the most fundamental concepts in painting, especially landscape painting. Most of you are probably already […]

Atmospheric Perspective: Objects appear lighter, cooler, and less saturated the farther away they are from the viewer.

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Atmospheric Perspective: Giving the appearance of distance by the use of colour and tone, quite often by making distant subjects paler, less saturated with colour and with less distinct outlines.You do not always have to fade to blue, although this is probably how it is most commonly seen. As this demonstration shows, other colours will work.In these examples no other useful devices are used give the impression of distance. There are no converging rail lines; no carefully placed people or…

Below is a landscape of some hills. What do you notice about the color of the hills as they get farther away? What do you notice about the value (how light or dark the hills are)? Does the value and color change? Let's talk about the color first. Why do the hills in the distance appear bluer? Are they really bluish gray? No. If you were to hike over to the hills in the distance they would be just as green as the ones in the foreground. So what is going on? Now let's talk about value. The…

In this lesson we explore the effect of aerial perspective on the colors of a natural landscape and demonstrate how to use this to create atmospheric depth in a painting.

Nell'altopiano del Cansiglio oggi una giornata di refrigerio con tanto sole, pioggia e nebbia a ricordare la magia di questo luogo Today in Cansiglio Plateau a refreshing day with a lot of Sun, Rain and Fog. A truly Mystical place to be Nikon D200 + Nikkor AF-S 18-70 Cansiglio (BL) - Veneto - Italy