Space, elements, art, elements of art, atmospheric perspective, perspective, atmosphere, color

1. UNDERSTANDING SPACE, AN
ELEMENT OF ART & DESIGN
Artists 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.

2. Atmospheric
Perspective
Objects become slightly
grey blue the further away
they are from the foreground

3. ARTISTS USE SIZE
TO 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.

4. PARTS OF A
LANDSCAPE
• FOREGROUND
• MIDDLEGROUND
• BACKGROUND
• HORIZON LINE

5. 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

6. 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

7. Overlapping
• Overlapping objects
creates the illusion of
depth
Using shadows,
shapes and color
artists can create
the illusion of
deeper depth.

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

9. LINEAR - ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE
• Think about this with color and atmospheric perspective.