Your Year in Art: Watercolor

CHAPTER 5

Keeping It Going

· Perspective

· Movement

· Painting water

· Painting a still life

WEEK 48

Perfecting Perspective

Perspective, one of those basic techniques taught in art class, gives the artist the ability to make objects look like they are receding into the horizon in a painting or drawing. Although daunting at first, achieving proper perspective can be super easy if you just follow some basic steps!

ASSIGNMENT

1 For this exercise, choose a scene of any kind. A reference photo would be perfect for this.

2 First, establish a horizon ...