How does Atmospheric Perspective help when drawing from observation? Atmospheric perspective helps to create the illusion of three-dimensional space by having objects in the foreground use scale and in the background use proportion. Atmospheric perspective helps to create the illusion of three-dimensional space by having objects more rendered (with more detail) in the foreground and less rendered (little detail) in the background. Atmospheric perspective helps to create the illusion of three-dimensional space by using a evenly distributed, full-range of value in every object of the still-life drawing