THE COLOUR OF LANDSCAPE: 2ND OF 4
View Across Wensleydale, oil on canvas, 36X48in (91.5X122cm). Traditional atmospheric perspective
Now before you think, ‘blah blah blah – paint the foreground warm, the back bits blue’ and so forth, let me take a moment to say that this article really isn’t just about that. In fact the management of pictorial depth is arguably the defining topic for modern and contemporary painters. Allow me to explain.