Visual Literacy and Fundamentals of Design · Drawing and Composition

Perspective and Spatial Depth

Learning linear and atmospheric perspective to create the illusion of three dimensional space on a flat surface.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the placement of the horizon line change the viewer's relationship to the subject?
  2. 2What happens to our perception of a scene when the rules of perspective are intentionally broken?
  3. 3How do artists use overlapping and scale to lead the eye through a landscape?

CBSE Learning Outcomes

CBSE: Principles of Composition - Perspective - Class 8
Class: Class 8
Subject: Fine Arts
Unit: Visual Literacy and Fundamentals of Design
Period: Drawing and Composition

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