Atmospheric perspective help
5yr
Johnathan
Does the atmospheric perspective look believable in my sketches? I'm currently trying to practice this area. We've all been told that things get lighter the further back they are, however I've also been told that contrast decreases the further away a thing is. Anyone have any other tips to enhance atmospheric perspective?
One thing I've found to really help push that feeling of "far away" is to accentuate soft edges, and incorporate some lost edges in objects that are further back. The softness helps the harder edges of the forms in the front pop more.
I've also noticed this in life and done by other painters that the tops of the mountains will often be a bit darker in value than the bottom. There will be a gradation of the value getting ever so subtly lighter as it goes towards the bottom.
1. Softer edges
2. Lighter value at bottom of mountain (probably due to fog?)
Got it, thanks!
Those look good in terms of saturation and contrast (yes those points are correct, though can be impacted by strong lighting, weather, etc). Make sure you maintain the actual perspective too, which looks a little off with the floating obelisks there.
One video I've found helpful for these fundamentals is Noah Bradley's bootcamp (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWMMo1v594Y).
Hope that helps!
