matt hirata

Creating Depth in Painting

By: Matt Hirata

December 10

IAS 108

4 Aspects

• Relative Size• Position in Space• Overlapping• One Point Perspective

Relative Size

Relative Size

• Subjects closer to the viewer are drawn larger compared to those far away

• Objects nearer, its image on the retina is large– Visual illusion

Sheperd Boy Pointing at Tobias and the Angel by Abraham Bloemaert

Notice: Subjects further away still appear normal size

http://www.eruptingmind.com/depth-perception-cues/

Another Good Visual At:

Position In Space

Position in Space

• Objects further away will occur higher in picture

• Lowest parts of two subjects at different depths

Raphael’s The School of Athens

Overlapping

Overlapping

• Subjects closer to the viewer are placed in front of those further away

• Parts of objects further away may be unseen/hidden from the viewer

A Friend in Need by C. M. Coolidge

One Point Perspective

One Point Perspective

History• Renaissance artists• Earlier works showed little

depth• 2-D into 3-D• Linear perspective trick eye

to see depth on flat surface

Useful Drawing…•Face-On

•Scene with linear elements

•Parallel/perpendicular lines in the plane

One Point Building Blocks

One Point Perspective

• Vanishing Point found on horizon

• Horizon on eye level (especially in drawing a room)

• Made up of vertical, horizontal, and orthogonal lines

• Lines in plane contour to orthogonal lines

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper

A more detailed lesson on one-point perspective can be found at

http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/index.html

A really good lesson about creating depth in paintings can be

found at the Artist’s Toolkit

http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html

Resources• http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/elem11.html• http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html• http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/window.html• http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/drawings/PerspectiveDrawing/OnePointPersp/OnePointPersp.htm• http://www.eruptingmind

.com/depth-perception-cues/