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How to Use Foreground, Midground and Background to Clarify Depth

84,620 views May 25, 2020 6:57

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Probably the most important convention of Western representational painting is the carving of 3D depth on a 2D surface. In this video I show how you can clarify and orchestrate that depth with the use of foreground, midground and background.

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Ian Roberts published this 6:57 video tutorial on May 25, 2020. It has been watched 84,620 times on YouTube.

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