Perspective - project no. 8

To make the illusion of depth on a picture plane, there are many "tricks" that have been used. We concentrated on many of them excluding one and two point perspective. Here is a list: 1. Size - smaller farther away, 2. Overlapping - object appear behind, 3. Aerial - a name for clear and bright up close, faded farther away, 4. The higher the bottom, the farther away an object appears (that is reversed for the tops of objects above eye level). Remember to click on the images to enlarge them and to see the artists' names.

A couple more "plaster drawings" (with lots of color - like paintings)

As you can see, there are many directions to travel when different minds work with wet plaster and paint.

Below is the finished drawing of an earlier project

Vanilla Sky by Monet & some sketchbook pages

Remember to click on the images to enlarge them. Vanilla Sky above. Below is a record of a dress seen at the mall.

Above is a beginning of a famous Van Gogh and below something to eat! The clock was created during a class somewhere on campus - note the little mouse helping to move the clock hands. Below a portrait is being developed.

Another project completed!

I did give in to a little pressure and set everyone up with a piece of masonite and some joint compound (ready-mixed plaster for walls & ceilings). With a bucket half full of texture makers, we all worked in the wet plaster. After the plaster set-up, we sanded and then coated our plaster with polymer medium. Lastly, we added some color - mostly black to approximate drawings (sort of). You can see my blog showing my usual textured paintings here. You can quickly see the many variations that we achieved with the same basic materials. I have picked out three new ideas to "steal" and try on my work! Remember to click on the images to enlarge them and to see the artists' names.

A few more No. 6s and some refined

Rosey the riveter and the lips are two drawings that I missed on Monday because my camera battery died.

The following drawings have been finished or refined.

New assignment - No. 8

Project No. 6 - Draw, not paint, a favorite painting

There is some history behind this exercise, beside the fact that many art students, through the years, have painted copies of some of the grand masters paintings. About 25 years ago art professor Dale Witherow, here at Mansfield University, asked a young drawing student to draw some of the masters' paintings to help him develop a better sense of composition. The long-ago student, Andy Wales, brought some of these drawings when he spoke to our class last month. We admired them and decided that we'd like to try that!
I do not know all the paintings used as models here. I will point out the ones done by the more famous artists. Below is a cope of an Andrew Wyeth painting -

Some student chose artwork from our popular culture like the above and below copies. Above is a copy of a painting by a contemporary woman that expresses her feelings towards the plight of women in many parts of the world and below is a detail from Picasso's famous anti-war painting "Guernica." Here is a copy of a painting by the German illustrator Mueller. The student was hurrying to meet the deadline and be ready for our digital critique. I photograph the work and we study and talk about each piece when it is projected on a large screen. I will post the finished work later. Above is a copy of a detail from an Gustav Klimt painting and below is a copy of a detail from the Sistine Chapel (Michelangelo) The copy above is from Monet and below is a Salvador Dali -

Remember to right-click on images to see enlargements and the student artists' names. (Would you believe that my camera's battery expired - I will soon have a few more examples to post!)