That Faint Thing Far Off

I have been paying more attention, in my art, to atmospheric or aerial perspective.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines aerial perspective as, "The technique of representing more distant objects as fainter and more blue." This is a rather simple definition, but it refers to the effect we see as  distant objects appear lighter in value; they are fainter and faded.

You can see this in Eugene Oregon, where I live, when you look off to the distant mountains--even though the mountains are covered by dark green fir trees, at a distance, they often seem to be a hazy and soft blue.

Below are a few of my recent efforts to use aerial or atmospheric perspective.

I am looking forward to using this effect much more in my art!




My first effort at aerial perspective



My second effort

My third effort

On my third effort you can see that I also added dappled sunlight coming through the trees and striking the bridge.

I like the combination of aerial perspective and dappled sunlight--I hope to use this combination much more!