UNDERSTANDING SPACE, AN

ELEMENT OF ART & DESIGNArtists use lots of tricks to create the “illusion” of depth

on a page. Color, overlapping, size, perspective call all

add distance and dimension to a piece.

Atmospheric

Perspective

Objects become slightly

grey blue the further away

they are from the foreground

ARTISTS USE SIZETO CREATE

• LARGE

• MEDIUM

• SMALL

• By using size and

proportion artists can create

the illusion of depth.

• Proportion is the

relationship of size from one

object to another.

• ie. the size of a head in

relationship to a body.

PARTS OF A

LANDSCAPE

• FOREGROUND

• MIDDLEGROUND

• BACKGROUND

• HORIZON LINE

ARTISTS USE

• Foreground

• Middleground

• Background

FOREGROUND

• Objects are larger

• Objects are sometimes cropped

• Objects contain more details

MIDDLEGROUND

• Middle range of the image,

usually the biggest area

• objects change range in size as

they go back in space - big to small

BACKGROUND

• smaller objects closer to the horizon line

(where the sky meets the land/water)

• Objects are duller in color

Overlapping

• Overlapping objects creates

the illusion of depth

NOTE THE USE OF THESE

ITEMS IN THIS PAINTING:

FOREGROUND

• Objects are larger

• Objects are sometimes cropped

• Objects contain more details

BACKGROUND

• smaller objects closer to the

horizon line (where the sky meets

the land/water)

• Objects are duller in color

Overlapping

• Overlapping objects

creates the illusion of

depth

Using shadows,

shapes and color

artists can create

the illusion of

deeper depth.

LINEAR - ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE

USE LEONARDO DA VINCI’S PERSPECTIVE RULES• One point - non-horizontal lines go back to one point in space.

LINEAR - ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE

• Think about this with color and atmospheric perspective.