Watercolor Space and Trees Redux: A Slide Lecture by Glenn Hirsch 2014

Landscape Space

Sky and TreesAerial PerspectiveLinear Perspective

Aqueous Perspective

Glenn HirschWatercolor Fundamentals

UC Berkeley Extension Spring 2014

To see trees you look up

To see trees you look down.

Trees are strong.

Leaves have energy.

Leaves don’t have to be green.

Trees create a story.

Tree technique

Atmospheric (“aerial”) Perspective

Aerial perspective – things far away look duller and lighter compared to the foreground

Claude Lorraine

Joseph Turner

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Hirsch, watercolor

Linear Perspective

water (space, reflection & flow)

Watercolor Space and Trees Redux: A Slide Lecture by Glenn Hirsch 2014

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