element of art-space

2. SPACE

3. SPACE
HOW ARTISTS CREATE IT

4. LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
A system of drawing or painting in which the artist
attempts to create the illusion of spatial depth on a two-
dimensional surface.
ONE-POINT • TWO-POINT
PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE

13. HORIZON LINE
The line in the distance where the earth meets the sky

14. VANISHING POINT(S)
In linear perspective,
a position on a
horizon where lines
or rays between
near and distant
places appear to
converge

15. OVERLAPPING

16. OVERLAPPING
FIGURES OR
OBJECTS ARE
PLACED IN FRONT
OF OTHERS TO
APPEAR CLOSER
TO THE VIEWER

19. SIZE DIFFERENCE

20. SIZE DIFFERENCE
LARGE OBJECTS
AND FIGURES
APPEAR CLOSER

21. SIZE DIFFERENCE
LARGE OBJECTS
AND FIGURES
APPEAR CLOSER
SMALL OBJECTS
AND FIGURES
APPEAR
FARTHER AWAY

24. LOCATION AND PLACEMENT

25. LOCATION AND PLACEMENT
CLOSER OBJECTS AND
FIGURES ARE USUALLY
PLACED LOWER IN THE
PICTURE

26. LOCATION AND PLACEMENT
CLOSER OBJECTS AND
FIGURES ARE USUALLY
PLACED LOWER IN THE
PICTURE
FARTHER OBJECTS AND
FIGURES ARE PLACED
HIGHER IN THE PICTURE

27. LOCATION AND PLACEMENT
CLOSER OBJECTS AND
FIGURES ARE USUALLY
PLACED LOWER IN THE
PICTURE
FARTHER OBJECTS AND
FIGURES ARE PLACED
HIGHER IN THE PICTURE
The farthest away usually
being on the horizon line

30. ATMOSPHERIC
OR AERIAL
PERSPECTIVE

31. DETAILS

32. DETAILS
Details are
more apparent
(easier to see)
in the
foreground.

33. DETAILS
Details are
more apparent
(easier to see)
in the
foreground.
Details
decrease into
the distance

34. COLORS

35. COLORS
• Colors are
more intense
up close and
lose intensity
as they go
into the
distance

36. VALUES

37. VALUES
Values are
darker up
close and
become
lighter as
they go into
the distance