How Do You Become A Trompe-Loeil Painter?
As their name indicates, trompe-l’oeil pictures are meant to fool the eye into thinking it’s seeing something it isn’t. The very earliest of trompe-l’oeil painters apparently tricked live birds into trying to eat a bunch of painted grapes. Although learning to paint trompe-l’oeil pictures can be a lifelong pursuit, a few tips can give you a good start on painting one of these tricky masterpieces. Practice three-dimensional painting techniques. True-to-life shading and highlights add to the realism of painted objects. Observe the ways in which real-life objects reflect light and gather shadows, and try to emulate this three-dimensionality in your painting. Learn about perspective. Renaissance painters discovered that perspectival lines could create realistic-looking rooms and make the placement of objects appear more natural. Trompe-l’oeil painters all have a good understanding of the way our eyes take in natural perspective scenes. Study color. Sometimes, all it takes to make something
