Create the Illusion of Space in Paintings

I like to create the illusion of space on a 2 dimensional support. Artists can achieve space with a number of techniques. I previously wrote about linear perspective. You achieve atmospheric perspective by lightening and dulling colours in the background; using a bit of blue and reducing details. Body position is also helpful. A figure with the back toward the viewer or a look in a particular direction helps create the illusion of space. Overlap of objects is a wonderful technique. These are just a few techniques an artist uses to create the illusion of space.

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Fine Art Painting, Shape & Value Contrast-"Lighthouse a Beacon of Safety"

Lighthouse a Beacon of Safety

Orginal Fine Art Painting
Acrylic on wrapped canvas on wood stretcher bars
11 by 14 by 0.75 inches, 28.1 by 35.7 by 1.9 cm

I wanted to emphasize strength and safety for navigators looking for the lighthouse's beacon of light. The vertical shape of the lighthouse and the contrast of light with darker (value) shapes hopefully achieves my goal.

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Representational & Expressionism

You hear the word expressionism. Do you think of the art movement, abstract expressionism? Abstract expressionism was a movement that peaked in the 1930s and included expressionism, abstraction and surrealism art. Abstract expressionists were artists who wanted to state their emotional and spiritual response without necessarily referring to representational subjects. (Art Fundamentals, Theory & Practice, Ocvirk, et al.)

I am a representational artist. I am also an expressionist artist. I achieve the emotional essence of my representational subjects using colours and shapes. Many comment on my use of colour. Expressionists use colour to achieve their goals.

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