Checklist-A4-Depth in a drawing
Depth
and volume activity; Atmospheric Perspective
Represent a landscape with
ojects (trees, houses, animals, people,...)at different distances
from the viewer.
Checklist
1.- Does your image have objects
that are close,
in the middle,
far away,
and very far away
in the
space?
(at least four terms
of depth)
2.- Are
the objects that are
closer
bigger
(larger
in size) + lower
in the image
and the objects that
are further
away smaller
in size + higher
up or at
the top?
3.- Does your image have
overlapping
objects? (objects that are close are in front
and objects that are
farther away are behind)
4.-LINES and DETAIL
a)-
Do the objects that
are closer
have bold,
thicker,
darker lines
and more detail
and
texture?
*
Bold, thicker,darker:
press your pencil harder on the paper
b)- Do the objects that are
further
away have light, thinner lines
and no detail?
*
Light, thinner: press your pencil very lightly on the paper.
5.-COLOUR
a)-
Do the objects that
are closer
have bright,
saturated colours ?
b)- Do the objects that are
further
away have lighter, faded (desaturated) and colder colours ?
- Faded:
mix two complementary colours
- Lighter:
press your colored pencil very lightly on the paper
- Colder:
Add more light blue to the background
- Did you first make a general
area of color on your paper (paint
with a lot of water) starting from the background?
- Remember that you don’t
have to draw the details with the pencil. Only the general
lines to place the objects.
- You have to work on the
details and texture of the close objects when you are
finishing your drawing.