Aerial Perspective

 

The presence of moisture, dust, smoke, etc in the air scatters light, causing far objects to appear lighter, duller and have less detail. In art this is known as aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective. 

 

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When looking at distant objects, you will realise that the colours of objects begin to fade the further away they are, they appear washed out, cooler or bluer in colour. 

 

Let's take a closer look at another example. Did you notice that the brightest truest colours are the objects that are in the foreground or closest to the viewer? And as objects begin to recede or get further away from the viewer, they begin to lose their colour. They become washed out, cooler and bluer in colour. Take a look at the mountains in the background. They are very washed out and cooler in colour. 

 

 

Another thing to note with atmospheric perspective is that the further away an object is from us, it begins to lose some of its detail. These objects tend to look very blurry as they no longer have sharp defined edges and details. 

 

A simple way to achieve a sense of depth and distance using aerial perspective, is by shading or painting distant objects much lighter or washed out than the objects to the front.

 

 

By employing aerial perspective in our drawings and paintings, we can create the illusion of distance by manipulating the colour and value of objects to mimic the changes that occur in the atmosphere.

 

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