A simple explanation of how to draw or paint a picture using perspective to add depth and greater realism to a picture. Kirsten O’Brien demonstrates how to draw a street scene using the ...

“Grey Tree” also realistically captures the natural variation in branch diameters, even when the painting gives the viewer little else to go on. Without realistic scaling, would this painting ...

“Abstract paintings with realistic α are recognisable as trees, whereas an otherwise similar painting is no longer distinctly recognisable as a tree,” they say.