the leaf canopy of the left and right
tree. I took care to paint the figures,
their shadows and the railing
together, so as to produce a single
connecting shape from the left side to
the right. When painting I also had to
resist a strong temptation to put more
detail into the bridge towers – there
was so much detail visible in the
photo, but I tried to stay true to the
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
sketch. So, without the sketch would
I have painted this subject? Probably
not. Would I have painted it in this
way? Definitely not.
A line sketch with some tonal
shading provides plenty of material
to execute a painting. By all means
take a photograph as well as this will
provide a reminder of colours and
help with any inaccuracies in the
drawing that will almost certainly
occur, but don’t paint from the
photograph, paint from the sketch.
If you don’t have time to work
in situ, you can even sketch your
photograph first. It will never be quite
as good as being in front of the actual
subject, but you will still be able to
pursue the idea of simplification.
http://www.grahamebooth.comThe main tenet of aerial
perspective is the idea that things
in the distance appear cooler in
colour, like the far trees here.
Tones are also neutralised, details
reduced, and distant objects
appear to almost blend together.