"First Snow-Big Cottonwood Canyon" Julie Jacobsen
You might not see much difference between this step and the final but it does have some subtle differences. In order to keep pulling the eye back into the distance I had to dull some of the oranges on the right side of the road. Bright colors come forward and duller ones recede. That's due to the atmosphere-the air-that layers over things. Da Vinci was a master at this. If the rules aren't followed then you'll have a flat painting. I even dulled the pine trees in the upper right corner so they would recede. It's a little hard to tell from this but I even dulled the road the same way. That helps to 'lay it down'. Now you might think that it's not as perfect as a photograph. But do you really want a photograph on the wall as a painting? Paintings are interesting because they have that 'painterly' feel to them. That's what makes it inviting.
I think this is why paintings stand the test of time. Otherwise when photography came out paintings would have been dropped. Same comparison to electronic books and regular ones. There's just something about the real deal.
I hope you agree and I might have taught you something about creating distance. I'm sure I taught about this in a much earlier blog. Anyway want to know more? Let me know and I'll post some other great ideas that will help.
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