Creating a painting that has depth makes the work more real and
lifelike. Without depth you don't feel the subject matter is real or
lifelike. There are specific things to do to create depth, here are some
I use.
First, when choosing subject matter and compositing I
think of depth. I always choose to make the foreground part of the image
a slightly bit bigger. If I am making a painting with flowers, I also
choose one flower that will be larger than the other flowers in the
portrait. If there are other flowers I make them smaller and off center.
If there are leaves or twigs I think about where I place them so that
the one foreground flower stands out to my eye.
When I layout the
drawing I usually create some similar items that I can place in the
picture that become smaller and smaller as they recede in to the
background.
For this particular work of flowers, I would make the
foreground main flower a little warmer in color. Then I would make the
background images a little cooler in tones. Like a big flower that is
bright yellow in the foreground, and for some leaves or twigs behind it,
I would make them a dark cool green or brown color.
When I want
to make the foreground image stand out, I use harder edges around the
image. Like, I would put some brighter white around my yellow flower,
but I would make the lines thick . To further make the background feel in
the back, I would make sure I made leaves and twigs with very fine
lines and edges. In the deep background I would try to make the colors
blend together completely so you can't define any edges at all.
Overlapping
elements also add depth to a work. Perhaps, I would create one big leaf
that is connected to my flower that just slightly bends in front of it.
When
items in the background get further away, I make them more blurred with
little detail and I use faded tones of color. Sometimes colors are even
hard to distinguish if the item is so far in the background it is very
small and faded.
My main focus in painting and depth are light and dark colors.
1. When items are in the foreground, and need to appear closer I make the colors brighter and lighter.
2. When items are darker in color they appear to be further away.
Creating
dark shading around images or darker grey shading also makes images
feel like they are further in the background, as long as you use fine or
faint lines. Creating white shading around images makes them stand out
and appear larger.
Glazing is another tool to create depth. If you
create images with layers of glazes, each layer of glaze adds a layer
of depth to the painting. I Apply thin layers of under painting at
first. Outline the basic painting with light colors, fill in the basic
colors, then I finish off all the details in the painting using colored
glazes.
I think all these steps make my paintings seem much more
lifelike and 3D. I think this also gives the painting more emotional
detail.
Shannon Bivens is a writer and artist with over 16 years experience in the industry.
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