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Staycation Series #9: Putting Figures in Your Landscape Paintings (Part 2)
In part 1: Putting People in the Landscape, we covered scale, proportion, and gesture. In this lesson we will consider three more aspects of populating (or staffing) your landscapes: 1. Make sure that your figures are subordinated to the “whole”. 2. Make your figures useful; they are a compositional tool. 3. Make your figures look like they are able to get up and move.… Read the rest