Exercise: Linear Perspective.

Below are my paintings for this exercise where we had to “ succeed in creating  a sense of. Receding space” carefully choosing the viewpoints,  taking into account where the horizon is. In this exercise, as it is said on the page 108 of our Painting 1 course book : “ In this exercise the use of line by drawing with a brush or a drawing medium  will be more important than your use of colour and tonal contrast”.

I did my theory research about Linear Perspective and its types, including  Aerial Perspective in my  Drawing 1 course in my posts dated on March 14th and February 27th 2018 on this learning blog.

1. The Boat in the Port.

I took this photo while I was approaching the shore in the port in the tender. I was looking for interesting views for this exercise and I thought that this viewpoint would be a good one for my  study: the boat was very close and I could see 2 front views after the boat: the pedestrian part of the port shore and a line of horizon  above the shops and restaurants at the port. The horizon line was nicely outlined by the lampposts and the garland of small flags.

I used  my Sennelier  watercolours set. I did a wash in light blue colour for the sky at the upper part of my paper. To emphasise the far line of the horizon I did the sky pale white instead of keeping it evenly blue as it is on th photo. I think I managed to show the depth of the space on this drawing.

Exercise: Aerial Perspective

Below is my painting for aerial perspective. I find the sea  and the sky landscapes as a very appropriate in regards to “aerial perspective”. There is a lot of air if you do paint sky and the the sea when their colours and shades meet  this does show the perspective. This study is a good example where both linear and aerial perspectives can live together in one drawing. There is a distinct horizon line where sky meets the sea and there is a separate aerial perspective in the sky obtained through a graded wash;

For this painting  I also used the aquarelle wash technique using the sticky tape to obtain an even border between the sea and the sky. I worked with my Sennelier aquarelle set and an aquarelle paper by  Canson. The  illusion of distance is expressed by the smaller size blue hill near the bigger brown green mountain, which I placed right above the horizon line. This blue hill is loosing focus and in terms of its tone is something more the part of the sea and the sky and the colours are not that intense.

Below is my another study of the “ sea meets the sky” subject for the exercise of creating the aerial perspective. It is basically the same view as above but with slightly different wash and more complex sky with the clouds. I also used the Canson aquarelle paper and the Sennelier watercolours set. Here in this study I have made an aerial perspective more intense adding clouds on the sky in the upper part creating depth and dimension.