Landscape with buildings?

[imFragrance]

When you paint a landscape including buildings, do you first draw the buildings according to perspective or do you just draw and paint them as you wish? also i am struggling with placing things on a landscape painting. I need to learn more about "composition" and "giving distance" subjects (both for drawing and painting)... Simple, yet descriptive tutorials would be very helpful. Thank you.

*sorry if i did some grammar mistakes

[claude j greengrass]

I draw the buildings first. I know that I should draw the Centre of Interest first. I also know that I should 'edit' out some of the buildings but I'm still learning (and hopefully will always do so). One thing that works well for me, when I do it, is to do some thumbnail value sketches; 2x3 inches in size. When I do them first, my composition comes out better than when I don't. Advice received is to draw the abstract pattern first, then draw the main shapes. I wish I could always follow that small piece of advice.

...and yes, some simple, descriptive tutorials would be very helpful but I have yet to find a source for them. YMMV

[Yorky]

I sketch in the horizon line then add the buildings.

Doug

[imFragrance]

thank you all !

But what if i want to paint a nature landscape without any buildings. Do you use HL and VP to give it a distance feeling ? How do you manage that?

[Yorky]

Yes, you need to ensure any receding features such as roads, rivers, lines of trees recede into the distance. Aerial perspective is also important.

Doug

[imFragrance]

Thank you

[Keith Russell]

If the scene features complex architecture, I'll make a separate perspective drawing on a sheet of tracing paper, which is transferred to the painting surface.