How do artists create depth in paintings?

Good day!

Here is a tip from a free online art lesson 

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collecting or simply appreciating art because  

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love some works of art more than others. 

3 Ways That Artists Create Depth in Paintings.

TIP #1:

Experienced painters create depth by creating a:

Foreground, 

Middleground,

Background.

In the detail from Sarasota Sails, I have a boat that is close to you, the viewer, another that is halfway between the background and the foreground and a third off in the distance.

See how I was able to lead your eye way back into the painting and then begin to cross the bridge? Even though this is a flat two dimensional canvas, doesn't this technique make you feel like you are looking out hundreds of feet?

Take a look at some of the paintings in your home. Can you see a strong sense of depth?

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Enjoy the day!

Linda

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Pastel or Oil Painting.. Which do you prefer?

Two paintings of the same place.
One is in pastel...
the other a rendition created in the studio in oil.

Which do you prefer?  Or both?

                                                Pastel Painting en plein air (on location)

Oil Painting created in the studio

 looking at the sky out of the window

and using the pastel study for reference.

These paintings are in my studio currently.

I expect them to be in the exhibit on Martha's Vineyard

at the Nikki Sedacca Gallery 

starting Friday May 22nd

10 am- 10pm. 

23 Winter Street

Edgartown, MA

508 - 627-5373

L. Richichi studio 

845 527-1146

Call to purchase

or to commission a work of art.