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Creating Depth in Painting
By: Matt Hirata
December 10
IAS 108
4 Aspects
• Relative Size• Position in Space• Overlapping• One Point Perspective
Relative Size
Relative Size
• Subjects closer to the viewer are drawn larger compared to those far away
• Objects nearer, its image on the retina is large– Visual illusion
Sheperd Boy Pointing at Tobias and the Angel by Abraham Bloemaert
Notice: Subjects further away still appear normal size
http://www.eruptingmind.com/depth-perception-cues/
Another Good Visual At:
Position In Space
Position in Space
• Objects further away will occur higher in picture
• Lowest parts of two subjects at different depths
Raphael’s The School of Athens
Overlapping
Overlapping
• Subjects closer to the viewer are placed in front of those further away
• Parts of objects further away may be unseen/hidden from the viewer
A Friend in Need by C. M. Coolidge
One Point Perspective
One Point Perspective
History• Renaissance artists• Earlier works showed little
depth• 2-D into 3-D• Linear perspective trick eye
to see depth on flat surface
Useful Drawing…•Face-On
•Scene with linear elements
•Parallel/perpendicular lines in the plane
One Point Building Blocks
One Point Perspective
• Vanishing Point found on horizon
• Horizon on eye level (especially in drawing a room)
• Made up of vertical, horizontal, and orthogonal lines
• Lines in plane contour to orthogonal lines
Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper
A more detailed lesson on one-point perspective can be found at
http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/index.html
A really good lesson about creating depth in paintings can be
found at the Artist’s Toolkit
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html
Resources• http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/elem11.html• http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html• http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/window.html• http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/drawings/PerspectiveDrawing/OnePointPersp/OnePointPersp.htm• http://www.eruptingmind
.com/depth-perception-cues/
