Land & Water
Landscapes
A landscape painting is generally done on a horizontal painting surface parallel to the earth. There is a sense of peace in this type of landscape, a feeling of being earthbound or tied to the elements of the earth. If you want to express a sense of calm, keep your lines horizontal. However, you can create more depth by bringing vertical and diagonal lines into your painting. Vertical lines in a landscape communicate stability, strength, spirituality, height, and grandeur. Vertical lines pull our eyes up to the sky and to places beyond the human reach.
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