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Artist at Work: Creating Depth of Field

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Learn to add the illusion of depth to your artwork with the effective use of color and contrast.

Syllabus

Playing with Space in an Image
  • Introduction
  • Establishing a focal point
  • Relating the foreground color to the focal point
  • Bringing objects forward
  • Colorizing the middle ground
  • Editing the whites to differentiate
  • Using cool tones to establish distance
  • Lightening the Eiffel Tower to fit the context
  • Using mixed media to achieve a gradient sky
  • Creating reflections in water
  • Adding final details

Taught by

Mary Jane Begin

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