How Do Artists Create the Illusion of Depth?

Artists use tricks to make pictures look like they have depth. Imagine you're looking at a drawing of a road that goes into the distance, it looks like it's going away from you, even though it’s just on paper!

One trick is size. Things that are farther away look smaller, so artists draw faraway objects as tiny. Another trick is lines, when lines slant towards each other, they make things seem like they're getting closer to us, like a tunnel.

There's also something called overlap. If one object covers part of another in the picture, it looks like it’s in front. These tricks all help create the illusion of depth, making flat pictures feel real!