Prairie Landscapes

Perspective Drawings

Teaching Slideshow By R.M. Anderson

Meet an Alberta ArtistIan Sheldon

•Ian Sheldon is a celebrated artist and illustrator, with galleries in Canada, the United States and England, and dozens of books featuring his work. Sheldon has lived in South Africa, Singapore and England. He makes his home in Edmonton, Canada where his reputation as a successful Western artist continues to grow. Drawing on inspirations from his place of birth on the edge of the prairies in Canada his paintings are a celebration of his sense of place and spirituality.

The easiest way to reach him is by e-mail: isheldon@telusplanet.net

• http://www.iansheldon.com/welcome.html

Draw an Horizon line

Grassland square

Moving the horizon line up the page=more land

September evening

Adding shadows for contrast

Grassland view

Adding grass in the foreground

Foothills in the background

Warm morning Sun

Middle groundGrass, hills and valley

First Sun

More sky than ground.

Canola contrasts

Movement in the sky

Prairie Sky 11

Trees in the background

Trees

Adding trees in the background

After the Burn-Slave Lake

Trees in perspectiveSun and shadows

Winter Elk Island

Now make a sketch

Mountain close upPoint of view

Nature’s geometry- Light near Lake Louise