Creating Depth in Landscape Paintings

Agonia de los verdaderos azules - 1995 - Tomás Sánchez

The objects in the foreground are much larger and the colors are more intense than the objects and colors in the background. Sánchez uses diagonal lines to lead us around the paper and further create a sense of depth. Although this piece is not depicting traditional mountains, the way it has been composed mimics a mountain landscape.

The Origin of Life - 2014 - YongSub Noh

In this painting, Noh uses warm colors in the foreground and less intense, cooler colors in the background to create depth. The eggs appear to get smaller and smaller as the background continues. The top of the cave in the foreground helps to convey even more depth by placing the viewer within the painting, and the shadows assist with that as well. The rocks on the floor of the cave in the foreground are much larger than the rocks in the background and even larger than some of the mountains which, due to the atmosphere, are tinted blue.