2. How can you create a sense of
depth in an artwork ?
• Depth is another dimension of space.
3. Which one of these peaches is closest to you?
Which one is closest to the bottom of the page?
4. Placement and Overlapping
• Use overlapping to show which objects are
closer to you. An object that hides part of
another object is overlapping.
• Use placement to show which objects are
closer to you. Objects that are near the
bottom of the page will look closer. Objects
that are near the top will look farther away.
5. • Which is closer to
you, the grapes or
the peach?
• Which is covering
up the other?
7. Trivia Questions
• What is placement?
• What is depth?
• What is overlapping?
• What is a painting of a collection of objects?
• If I put something lower on the page, will it
appear closer or further away?