Saturday, September 21, 2013

Shape

Aaron Douglas
He uses distinct shapes to define the body of the men but also enhances the size and color to define the importance of it.















Elizabeth Murray
She uses similar shapes to coincide together to create another image through the combined shapes.
Bill Brandt
He uses the shape of the fingers to display the gentle yet intimate touch of the human beings.
M.C. Escher
He uses the shapes to create the transition from one animal to the next, showing that they are actually similar in shape.
David McNutt
He uses many intricate shapes to create an overall piece, some shapes more repeated than others.
Robert Rauschenberg
He uses an abstract form of shapes to create a collage of many different objects.
Helen Frankenthaler
She uses more free formed shapes to create and image that doesn't really look like anything relate-able.
Wassily Kandinsky
He uses many colorful shapes, very closely conjoined together, to create a story through the artwork.
Ansel Adams
He uses shape in a very simplistic way and the shapes are just blades or grass and it's all in black and white for contrast.










Robert Moskowitz
He uses shape in the form of a body part. It's a positive and negative interpretation of an arm and a hand.

















Charles Demuth
He uses the shapes to overlap each other, giving it a more feeling of depth rather than just being 2D.
Sidney Goodman
He uses shape to create a horizon-like scenery and the shape of the man's head instead of the sun.















Romare Beardon
He uses shape to create a collage of a story, which he tells with the specific way he placed the cut out shapes.














Jasper Johns
He uses abstract shapes overlapped on each other to create a colorful and dynamic piece.














Saturday, September 7, 2013

Line

Alberto Giacometti

He uses more free lines to describe and then enhance the shapes and features he desires.

Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Action Sketches

He uses more elaborate lines where action is present to display Mickey throwing the ball.













Barnett Newman
He uses simple lines to separate shape from the solid color.









Wu Guanzhong
He uses a variety of lines from thick to thin and dark to light to give his painting more depth.













Tawaraya Sotatsu
He uses straight and wavy lines to give the plants more movement and length.








David Mach
He uses lines to create a face and figure in the places where lines are more concentrated.












Michelangelo
He has soft strokes for lines to give a fluffy texture to the beard and give definition to the face and clothes.

















Jackson Pollock
He uses a variety of lines to give a more abstract display and design.


Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The Shadow Knows


1.       The shape and outline of the object.
2.       It is the fundamental aspect of seeing an object. It also interacts with all our other perceptual responses in helping us make sense of our subjects.
3.       By seeing the color and volume of the object.

4.       You incorporate the different elements, such as color and volume, of the subject to give it the qualities of what it is.

5.       It gives the subject the different kinds of energy that it possesses.

6.       It allows you to define the object more and provide more of a dimension to it. You can use different strokes and texture to convey the different emotions of each material.

Vincent Van Gogh
A Pair of Shoes
Van Gogh's Chair
Shoes




Mother Nature Decoded


1. We can take a single stem from that bouquet and choose single trees from that forest to look at and find a way to draw. Looking at the flower will help us draw the proportions of the plant much more easily than concentrating on each part of the plant as we come to it.
2. Looking at the flower will help us draw the proportions of the plant much more easily than concentrating on each part of the plant as we come to it.
3. The basic growing directions will help show the essence of the object and how they affect the painting and plant as a whole. If you start each observation of a subject by deciding what is most important to its character, you will know where to begin your drawing and how to proceed.

Henri Fantin-Latour
Stll Life with Flower
Summer Flowers
Roses in a Bowl

Anne Vallayer-Coster
Bouquet of Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, with Peaches and Grapes
Flowers in a blue vase
Study Of A Bouquet Of Gilly Flowers

Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Beagle Vanishes

De Chirico
Gare Montparnasse
De Chirico
The Disquieting Muses
De Chirico
Piazza d'Italia