The work on this page represents student efforts in atmospheric perspective. Some drawings were done as self-directed homework projects while others were in-class exercises.
Below are some side-by-side comparisons of an original student drawing on the left and a quick digital edit on the right. A landscape can start to feel flat if the value range and contrast is too similar throughout. A quick fix to that, depending upon the source photo that you are using, is to establish the differences in tone between the ground and the sky – at least where the sky lightens towards the horizon. But often times, the overall tone of the ground is often darker than students draw it. You can see how just by darkening the ground a bit, the drawing is changed dramatically. This is only one solution and it doesn’t work in every scenario.
Below are some charts that illustrate specific value ranges consistent with lightening forms and reduced contrast in distant objects due to the influence of the atmosphere.
