Artists make shapes in the background smaller than shapes in the foreground to communicate their distance from the viewer. How else might a landscape artist show shapes in the background to depict their distance from the viewer?

Question

(1 point)
• show shapes with bright colors
• show shapes that are sharp and clear
show shapes with lighter colors
• show shapes that are large and bold

Answer 1

• show shapes with lighter colors

Lighter colors tend to recede visually and can create the illusion of objects being further away in a landscape painting. This can help the artist differentiate between shapes in the foreground and background to depict their distance from the viewer.