Using Value and Color
to create Atmospheric
Perspective
Ms. Blaylock
Reminders!!!
Value refers to all the lights and darks found in a work
of art.
•Value ranges from black to white, with shades of gray
in between.
• Value can be applied to color hue, or it can remain
black in white (gray scale).
Reminders!!!
A monochromatic color scheme is
one color and its tints and shades.
Remember:
Shades/Shadows
are created by
adding black paint
to your hue (color)
Tints/highlights
are created by
adding white paint
to your hue (color)
Now for something new…
Atmospheric PerspectiveThe illusion that an image had
depth and 3-dinemsional space.
When you create atmospheric
perspective, you will treat the
objects in the front or foreground
differently than the objects in the
back.
How do things
change as they go
back in space?
When using atmospheric perspective
• hues more bluish & more pale
• outlines less precise
• small details lost
• color contrasts muted
• gradual transition
Why do things change in appearance as
they go back in space?
Hint*
It has something to do
with the atmosphere…
The air is full of stuff!
In between you and those mountains
there is an atmosphere that distorts the
appearance of objects. As the objects get
further back the color and details
become less visible.
David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with
Two Figures), 1971
Why do astronauts get
disoriented on the moon?
Because there is no atmosphere
and no atmospheric perspective.
Your Assignment:
First, you will practice making shades and tints with
paint.
1.Divide a sheet of manila paper into 3 columns of 5 squares.
2. Use tempera paint to color the third square of each row with a
primary color.
3. Add white to each primary color to paint in the next square, then
lighten again and paint in the last square. Do this for each row of
primary colors.
4. Add black to each primary color to paint in the square on the other
side of each primary color, then darken again to paint in the last
square. Do this for each row of primary colors.
Your Assignment
continued:
You will create a
painting…
Your painting will show
atmospheric
perspective, using a
the value changes in a
monochromatic color
scheme.
Before we start practicing with paint,
lets practice with graphite and
colored pencils…
I am going to show you several picture of
atmospheric perspectives.
I want you to draw the contour lines of
these pictures, quickly.
Then color the images darker in the front
and lighter as they go further back.
Start at the
bottom!!!
These objects
overlap, so it
is best to start
with the
object closest
to you.
Can anyone guess
where this picture
was taken?