Artist at Work: Creating Depth of Field

Learn to add the illusion of depth to your artwork with the effective use of color and contrast.

Playing with Space in an Image

• Introduction
• Establishing a focal point
• Relating the foreground color to the focal point
• Bringing objects forward
• Colorizing the middle ground
• Editing the whites to differentiate
• Using cool tones to establish distance
• Lightening the Eiffel Tower to fit the context
• Using mixed media to achieve a gradient sky
• Creating reflections in water
• Adding final details