Landscape Painting Principles
Painting Is An Illusion Take a 3D World And Turn It Into A 2D Painting Illusion Of Realism / Depth etc Is Created Through Certain Principles When You Apply Those Principles Your Paintings Will Have More Realism
VALUES Darkness To Light In Oils / Acrylics We Paint Darks First Then Apply Lights Give Objects Form Using Values – Dark, Midtone, Light Darkest Objects In Foreground – Lightest In Background
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VALUES
VALUES
VALUES
Colour Wheel Primary Colours Secondary Colours Complimentary Colours
Colour Wheel
Colour Wheel
Colour Temperature Cool Vs Warm Think More In Terms Of Temperature Than Colour Cool Colours Recede Warm Colours Come Forward
COOL – Yellow Gone & Red Disappearing Mid – Yellow Starts Disappearing WARM - Yellow
Colour Saturation Foreground – Highly Saturated Distance – Less Saturation / Colour Greys Off To Grey A Colour – Primary Colour Add Complimentary
Less Saturation / Greyed Off Higher Saturation
Composition Rule Of Thirds Horizon Line Center Of Interest At Intersecting Points
Composition Control The Movement Through The Painting Use Directional Lines
Composition Use Edges Center Of Interest – Sharpest Edges Hard Edges Jump Forward Soft / Lost Edges Recede Into Background
Summary Painting Is An Illusion – Lights Over Darks Values – Dark To Light Colour Wheel Colour Temperature Colour Saturation
Summary Rule of Thirds Control Movement of Eye Edges – Hard vs Soft Smile & Have Fun
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