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OVERLAPPING: This obvious and very simple technique not only shows which objects are in front and which are in back \u2014 it\u2019s also a very important way of achieving a sense of depth and space in drawings. Notice the depth confusion when overlapping does not exist {right).<\/span><\/p>\n Naturally the shape and structure of three-dimensional objects can be understood only when viewed in some form of light. But it\u2019s really the shades and shadows created by this light that render the shapes \u201creadable\u201d and discernable. So working with light, shade and shadow will dramatically help to give a drawing form and a sense of the third dimension.<\/span><\/p>\n Values (black to white range) and colors are bright and clear when seen close up but become grayer, weaker, and generally more neutral as their distance from the observer increases. Detail And Pattern Perspective Details, textures and patterns, such as blades of grass, the bark of trees, leaves, the distinguishing features of people, etc., are also clear and discernable when close but become \u201cfuzzier\u201d and less sharp when further away. These principles are rarely discussed in perspective books yet they suggest useful techniques for increasing the sense of depth and space in a drawing.<\/span><\/p>\n This principle is worth noting despite the fact that only a few artists apply it in their work. The eye looking at a distant object will focus at that object\u2019s range; things in the foreground, consequently, will be \u201cout of focus\u201d and therefore blurred. For example, a distant steeple seen through a window might appear something like this. Such a blurred foreground-clear background effect might be used to emphasize the center of interest as well as the sense of depth.<\/p>\n Conversely, when the eye focuses on foreground objects the background will appear blurred and unclear. (This principle is rarely used because artists drawing a view such as this will focus back and forth in order to see and draw all parts clearly. Yet if emphasis or a \u201cspot light\u201d effect were desired this \u201ctruth\u201d of seeing could well be applied.)<\/span><\/p>\n No Passing, by Kay Sage. Collection of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York<\/p><\/div>\n Two professional examples, a painting and a landscape drawing, employing the fundamentals of DIMINUTION, FORESHORTENING, CON- VERGENCE, OVERLAPPING, SHADE AND SHADOW, VALUE PERSPECTIVE, PATTERN PERSPECTIVE, etc., to achieve a sense of space and depth.<\/span><\/p>\n Memorial Park. Joseph D\u2019Amelio, Architect. Don Leon, Associate. Rendering by Joseph D\u2019Amelio<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Overlapping OVERLAPPING: This obvious and very simple technique not only shows which objects are in front and which are in back \u2014 it\u2019s also a very important way of achieving a sense of depth and space in drawings. Notice the depth confusion when overlapping does not exist {right). Overlapping SHADES AND SHADOWS: Naturally the shape […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drawing-techniques"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"drawing](\"https:\/\/www.arthipo.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/drawing-principles.jpg\")
<\/p>\nOverlapping SHADES AND SHADOWS:<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nColor And Value Perspective<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nFocus Effect<\/h3>\n
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