Brush tip 4

Colour recession is an important ingredient of landscape painting. To obtain a three-dimensional image, care must be taken to create an illusion of distance and depth. This is achieved by making the distance pale by adding white and no detail. For middle distance, less white is used and perhaps a small amount of detail. The foreground has much more detail and full strength of colour. When this rule is followed, a realistic painting will be produced, drawing the viewer’s eye into the scene.