Chapter 2 | THE HORIZON
The horizon is best seen when you look out over the sea from the coast or a ship. That transition in the distance between the sea and the sky is always exactly at your eye level! In the first drawing, a figure stands with its head exactly in front of our horizon and therefore exactly at our eye level.
The sea serpent in the next drawing looks like a huge monster because it rises from the water just below the horizon line, so very far away. Instead of the sea, it could also be an endless sandy plain or a vast meadow.
Exercise 1: Make up a drawing with a horizon (water or land) and figures near and far.
The last drawing is an example of how all kinds of objects often hide our viewing horizon (the red line).
