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Author: Johannes_Vloothuis, Contributing Editor
| 31. Unless your intent is to create hyperrealism, paint the landscape as if you were looking at it with a squinted blurred vision. |
| Fig. 51. Surely the real life subject material has much more detail in the foreground than the final painting. The artist picked the most essential elements and simplified to the utmost. |  |
| 32. Soft edges in the background will enhance the illusion of distance. Leave hard edges in the foreground and/or within the center of interest. |
 | Fig. 52. The trees behind this convent were done on wet on wet watercolor paper. This technique diffused all the edges, making the foliage appear way back in the distance. The foreground tree was painted on dry paper resulting into hard edges, bringing it much closer in the picture plane. |
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