Perspective Strategy Drawing

Purpose:

To review the perspective strategies that you learned;

To make connections between what you learned and demonstrating your understanding by creating a drawing using one of the perspective strategies.

       The strategy I used for my drawing was one point perspective and a little of ariel perspective. I used the end of the street as my vanishing point and and put the buildings in the background in a hazier color than they would be if it was closer up. One thing I had difficulty with was the windows. I found it hard to get the perspective of the windows right and they ended up not being 100% correct. I now know that in order to get them right, I would have had to have the horizontal lines of the window going towards each other instead of parallel.  Over all, I think this drawing helped my understanding of perspective and how to draw it right. 

Perspective

Purpose:

To demonstrate and understand, learn & create, various perspective strategies to show depth on a two-dimensional surface;

To review and interpret some of the work created by Leonardo da Vinci.

Linear Perspective- A mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface such as a canvas or wall.

Horizon Line- In perspective this line is drawn across the canvas at the viewer's eye level. It represents the line in nature where the sky appears to meet the ground.

Vanishing point-The single point in a picture where all parallel lines that run from the viewer to the horizon line appear to come together. The vanishing point is generally placed at the viewer's eye level.

Orthogonal Lines-Straight diagonal lines drawn to connect points around the edges of a picture to the vanishing point. They represent parallel lines receding into the distance and help draw the viewer's eye into the depth of the picture.

Transversal Lines-Transversal lines (always parallel) are always at right angles to the orthogonal lines and establish a fixed height or width between two orthogonal lines.

One point perspective-Uses a single vanishing point to draw an object (is the simplest form of perspective drawing).

Two point perspective-Two point perspective uses two sets of orthogonal lines and two vanishing points to draw each object.

A couple of ways to show depth perspective are: size and distance, and aerial perspective.

Creating a sense of depth in painting by imitating the way the atmosphere makes distant objects appear less distinct and more bluish than they would be if nearby (also known as atmospheric perspective). Leonardo found out that the more distant the object, the more its color approached that of the surrounding atmosphere. The further away and object was, the more “diluted” the color seemed to be as opposed to a closer object where the color is clearer and more concentrated.

The perspective of a circle called an ellipse and is controlled by rectangular perspective.

Printmaking

Purpose:

To become familiar with basic printmaking history, processes, and artists

Printmaking is the process of capturing an image and then transferring it to another surface. It can produce multiple prints from the one original image. Each print (that comes from the original) is signed and numbered (forms a limited edition). Prints are or have been used for early advertisement and illustrations, fine-art or commercial functions, or even product design, such as apparel.

There are several types of printmaking, such as woodblock, screen/silk painting, linotype, and etching. Etching (metal) has been a part of European art since before the 1300s. Woodblock is popular in East Asia and is printing on textiles and later on, paper. Linotype is using linoleum to print and screen and silk painting is painting on black silk that is stretched tightly over a frame. 

Utagawa Hiroshige         

Drum bridge and Setting Sun Hill at Meguro

Andy Warhol       

Double Mona Lisa, 1963

Katsushika Hokusai

    Lilies

                    

Expressionism

Purpose: 

• To make connections between the Expressionist Art Movement and artists who worked in that style,     including artists from our past and present;

• To respond visually to artists who work(ed) in the style of the Expressionist Art Movement, by              creating a work of art in this style.

The art movement Expressionism occurred in the first ten years of the 20th century focused on emphasis on “extreme expressive properties of pictorial form in order to explore subjective emotions and inner psychological truths”. It was influenced by impressionists such as Gauguin and Van Gogh, but veered off to a less traditional way of portraying reality. Holly Berry, a contemporary illustrator, seems to have a more optimistic, colorful style in comparison to Edvard Munch. Munch’s work seems to be more dark with less color and more black and white.

Vernal Pool-Holly Berry                                                      Woodcut-Käthe Kollwitz

These two works of art are very different in style color choice, subject-but also have some similarities. Berry’s artwork has lots of color but Kollwitz’s is only in black and white. Even though they use different colors, both are contracting (such as the white to black and the red to the green). Woodcut is more of a sentimental/emotional piece, unlike Vernal Pool, which seems to portray a more happy, light tone to the viewer.

"Expressionism - Guggenheim Museum." Guggenheim Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.

"German Expressionist Woodcut Prints." Pinterest. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.

"Linoleum Block Prints." Holly Berry Design. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.

Half Portrait

Purpose:

To look closely at half of a portrait and complete the portrait by drawing similar features;

To practice drawing facial features: eyes, nose, and mouth

Post-Impressionism

Purpose: To gain a basic understanding about the Post-Impressionism Art Movement and to identify Artists who work(ed) in this style.

In the late 1880s, the Post-Impressionism movement was started by Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat. They “pushed the boundaries of the style” in different, creative ways. Artists began to develop their own personal artistic styles for on expressing emotion instead of optical impressions. They focused more on on themes and portraying symbols. This new style and creativity laid the foundations for the art of the 20th century.

What I learned from the copy drawing is that impressionists use lot and lots of colors. It was hard to get the right color of the sky and water because the painting had so much color and light and reflections that to get all the colors but not necessarily blend them together was challenging. I also learned that the brush strokes should look loose and free, which was harder to do with cray pas, but not impossible. I think that over all I learned that there are many different qualities to impressionism that make it so interesting and free.

Heyst No. 19: Clear Night, Moon

Georges Lemmen - 1891

Realism

The Realism (mid 1800s) is when instead of painting imaginary or ideal paintings, the paintings consisted of realistic and detailed figures. It started to portray more ordinary or common scenes rather than the unrealistic ones that would be favored by the upper class. Artists painted scenes that were actually there physically and not just in their heads. Scenes would often have subjects addressing a social, political, or moral message.