Placement in relation to Horizon and Size of the object: Lesson 2 in Space Element of art

An important way to create a sense of space in your art is the use of horizon line or eye- level.

Horizon line- It is a visual boundary that you would draw across the plane of paper when you want to separate the sky from the land or water body.

Eye-level- This is also the same concept as horizon line except we use this term more often when we are working with indoor objects, for example, the line that would separate a table from the wall when you are drawing a vase on the table.

Another way to create a sense of space is the size of the object, the object that is further away from you is going to look smaller even if they are actually the same size!

Things Needed:

Mixed media drawing paper.
Black construction paper
white crayon to draw on black paper
ruler, scissors and gluestick
watercolors

Steps to follow:

On your black construction paper draw 2-3 sailboats. Make the sailboats different sizes. Keep in mind that you are going to stick these on your drawing paper. So don’t make them too large
Next using your scissors cut out these boats and keep them aside.
Now its time to paint the landscape. The first thing to do is to draw a horizon line separating the sky from the sea. I am going to paint a colorful sunset with my watercolors.
Wait for the painting to dry. Next we are going to stick the sailboat cutouts on our paper.
When sticking, the smallest boat is nearest to the horizon and as we go further from the horizon line and come closer to the bottom of the paper, the boats will look bigger, showing that they are closer to the viewer!
Using a n oil pastel or crayon add some water lines under the sailboats. Your artwork is ready to be displayed!