Uploaded October 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
I know it's a bold statement, but what I'm trying to put in here are a few ideas and exercises that might help you get better. I know that they have worked for me and my students improve over time. This video contains a few elements from my other matte painting video but streamlined a bit more and Talks about other exercises to help you be better and painting light, using the right colours, and even to find correct perspective lines in just about any photo.
One element I forgot to mention in the video is that in some images the horizon line will not be on the page, and in those cases, you're dealing with more than one over all vanishing point.. but the same idea stands, find elements which you know go straight up and down and use those to help you find that other vanishing point.. also, when trying to do so, create a much larger canvas so that you can actually see where that vanishing point is, as it may be far off the side of the photo..
I know it's a bold statement, but what I'm trying to put in here are a few ideas and exercises that might help you get better. I know that they have worked for me and my students improve over time. This video contains a few elements from my other matte painting video but streamlined a bit more and Talks about other exercises to help you be better and painting light, using the right colours, and even to find correct perspective lines in just about any photo.
One element I forgot to mention in the video is that in some images the horizon line will not be on the page, and in those cases, you're dealing with more than one over all vanishing point.. but the same idea stands, find elements which you know go straight up and down and use those to help you find that other vanishing point.. also, when trying to do so, create a much larger canvas so that you can actually see where that vanishing point is, as it may be far off the side of the photo..
