Collage Landscapes

1. Atmospheric Perspective and Collage
The Control of Francisco
Nicholas Bohac

2. * Last project we examined the different
properties of watercolor painting: Wet on Dry,
Wet on Wet, Blowing, Plastic Wrap, and Salt.
* Then we re-examined Line Variation through
illustrating extinct animals.

3. *Atmospheric Perspective or Aerial Perspective:
• The effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an
object as it is viewed from a distance.
• As the distance between an object and a viewer increases,
the contrast between the object and its background
decreases, and the contrast of any markings or details
within the object also decreases.
• The colors of the object also become less saturated and
shift towards the background color, which is usually blue.

4. Lighter: further away!
*less details
Darker: closer
*More detail

8. Leonardo Da Vinci: Mona Lisa
A very famous example of
Atmospheric Perspective in
painting.
Mona Lisa is darker in contrast to
the background receding through
color behind her.

9. *Foreground: The part of a view that is
nearest to the observer, esp. in a picture or
photograph.
*

10. *

12. *Middleground
: is the visual
plane located
between both
the foreground
and background.
*Background:
is the plane in a
composition
perceived
furthest from
the viewer.

15. * 2 Sketched examples!

16. * Eric Carle is an illustrator
most famous for his
children’s book : The Very
Hungry Caterpillar
* Eric Carle’s art is
distinctive and instantly
recognizable. His art work
is created in collage
technique, using hand-
painted papers which he
cuts and layers to form
bright and colorful images.
*

20. * Nicholas
Bohac is a
contemporary
San Francisco
artist who
uses collage
to assemble
real and
imagined
landscapes.
*

28. * You will create a landscape collage painting
based off an original photograph.
* You will be using Eric Carle and Nik Bohac’s
method of painting paper and cutting it up to
assemble your landscape.
* Your landscape must illustrate the concept of:
Foreground, Middleground, and Background.
*

29. * First you will either use the sketch we create
in class today or find/take apersonal
photographs that demonstrates Foreground,
Middleground, and Background.
* Practice sketching this in your sketchbook.
*

30. * Using your photo as a reference and cut out pieces from
magazines, collage them to your pencil drawing contour lines of
your final piece landscape.
* Do not make your cut out pieces too large. Each piece of collage
paper should try and not be any longer than 6 inches.
* REMEMBER detail is interesting more provocative to look at.
*

31. * Find pieces with color or patterns that match
your photo.
* The colors of this must directly relate to the
colors in your reference photograph.
* NO SYMBOLS!
* SMALL PIECES NOT BIG!
*

32. * NOW IN CLASS, Using a page in your sketchbook:
* 1. Copy this basic contour line drawing of background,
middleground and foreground & label!

33. How will you draw this outside on the bleachers?
-What’s in foreground? –Middleground? –Background?
-OUTLINE or CONTOUR LINE OF MAJOR SHAPES! (Trees, Hills, Sky!)

34. * NOW! Grab a piece of paper, eraser & pencil.
* 4 pieces of tape on each corner.
*

35. *HOMEWORK: Bring or find a photo & Sketch
Contour lines in your sketchbook by Wednesday!
• Are you happy with your sketch?
IF NOT, what photo will you take for this project?
• Do you have a photo already that you can use?
• NO PHOTOS FROM GOOGLE IMAGES!!
• REMEMBER YOU WILL BE COLLAGING THIS IMAGE!!