Planning a Deep Scene
For your final masterpiece, you will create a landscape that shows amazing depth! Let us plan it out.
First, choose your scene:
- A road stretching into the distance
- A field of flowers with mountains behind
- A city street with buildings getting smaller
- A forest with trees at different distances
- An ocean scene with boats near and far
Next, plan your layers (at least three):
- Foreground (closest): Large, detailed, bright objects at the bottom
- Middle ground: Medium-sized objects, overlapping the background
- Background (farthest): Small, pale, simple objects near the horizon
Draw a light horizon line first. This will be your guide for the whole drawing. Everything below it is ground; everything above it is sky.