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an image of some hills with trees and mountains in the background text reads,'atmosphere perspective far middle near north

School of Realist Art on Instagram: "Why learn atmospheric perspective if you're not really into landscape painting? Because these principles can help you show distance in any kind of painting. First let's take a look at the painting of the hills: Up close the greens are earthy (meaning there's a bit of red in those mixtures) and there's a lot of contrast between the light and the shadow. In the middle ground, the green becomes more of a bluish green, the shadows get a little lighter, and…

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an abstract painting of a cityscape with buildings in the background and purple hues

Atmospheric Perspective: Giving the appearance of distance by the use of colour and tone, quite often by making distant subjects paler, less saturated with colour and with less distinct outlines.You do not always have to fade to blue, although this is probably how it is most commonly seen. As this demonstration shows, other colours will work.In these examples no other useful devices are used give the impression of distance. There are no converging rail lines; no carefully placed people or…

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a painting of mountains and trees with red berries on the branches in the foreground

Parkway Series #223 12 x 16 oil Sold This is another attempt at aerial perspective. There are so many views of the mountains, all different, especially at different times of day and in different weather conditions. I am sure that a whole year of painting just these distant scenes would never produce two alike.

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an empty road with trees and mountains in the background, as well as red lines

Atmospheric perspective – also called aerial perspective – is certainly one of the most fundamental concepts in painting, especially landscape painting. Most of you are probably already […]

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an info sheet with mountains in the background and text describing how they are different from each other

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