PROPORTION & SIZE
This section demonstrates some simple, yet effective, techniques that artists have employed for hundreds of years that can help the artist organize and understand a complex scene in a logical way.
THE PICTURE PLANE
In considering the way we see and re-interpret objects in space, the first concept to understand involves the picture plane. The picture plane is an imaginary glass window that stands parallel to the viewer (the artist) and between the viewer and the subject. This imaginary plane is meant to represent the flat surface ...
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