Lines and shapes should not be left alone. Create paths, fill up the painting, and connect stranded objects. This sounds trivial, but it’s hard to realize sometimes and depends on good analysis of the scene you intend to paint. This sketch is only a basic example of how objects in a scene can be chosen
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Lines are certainly created by the long strokes in a painting. However, lines are also created by the outlines of shapes and positions of shapes relative to each other. The idea of creating interesting paths with diagonal and curved lines does apply to the entire painting, but lines in general can help to create the
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Linear perspective is created with vanishing points – a point at which all parallel lines converge – even though we have nothing long enough to actually see this occur, it is part of how we experience the world. The wonderful thing about vanishing points is that they provide one way of creating a three dimensional
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Focus is something we have to consider because it helps to make a painting interesting. The focus is the area of a painting which is meant to draw significant attention, and there can be more than one in a complex piece. A focus can be created by using detail, color, direction, and value. Value is
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