Author: shah.1440

Exercise #4

One-Point Perspective Cube:

 

Two-Point Perspective Cube:

 

Three-Point Perspective Cube:

 

Ellipse:

 

Two-Point Perspective Ellipse:

 

Homework #6

Homework #6 – Perspective Reading

  • The higher you are to the horizon, the ‘higher’ the horizon line is, and vice versa at a lower elevation. The horizon line is always present (implied or drawn)
  • Lines called vanishing lines converge at the vanishing point
  • POV is always at the same height as the horizon
  • 1-p perspective: face is parallel to picture plane; 2-p perspective: edge is parallel to picture plane; 3-p perspective: picture plane is tilted
  • 1-p: face of object faces viewer, 1 VP; 2-p: vertical edge of object faces viewer, 2 VPs; 3-p: corner of object faces viewer, 3 VPs
  • error: parallel edges go towards different vanishing points; error: vertical edges in 2-p perspective aren’t parallel to each other
  • error: VPs are too close together; error: face angles can never be less than 90 degrees
  • In urban areas in sloping streets, vertical lines of facades/buildings/etc remain unchanged
  • Urban landscapes are clearly affected by perspective

Project #3

Project #3: Still Life Tonal Drawing

WIPs:

 

Final:

Regular:

 

 

Higher Exposure:

Homework #5

Homework #5: GE Assignment Research

Long List [7 artists]

1. Jay DeFeo

Jay DeFeo | The Rose

2. Raymond Pettibon

Raymond Pettibon | Untitled (Snap), 2000

3. Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky | Intersecting Lines, 1923

4. Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley | Uneasy Centre

5. Josef Albers

Josef Albers | Shrine, 1942

6. Lyubov Popova

Lyubov Popova | The Traveler

7. Eileen Agar

Eileen Agar | The Bird

Short Responses [3 artists]

1. Wassily Kandinsky

Quick Bio:

Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist who is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art. As a child, he was fascinated with color, and his fascination only grew as he got older. He was influenced by Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin and the style of Haystacks. He began painting studies at the age of 30, around 1896. He moved to France late in his life and passed away in 1944 in France as well. He created some of his most prominent art while living in France.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky | Jaune Rouge Bleu

 

Wassily Kandinsky | Park, 1911

 

Wassily Kandinsky | Winter Landscape

2. Josef Albers

Quick Bio:

Albers was a German artist and educator. He is considered one of the most influential teachers of the visual arts in the twentieth century and is known for his work as an abstract painter and a theorist. Albers was born in 1888 and emigrated to the United States in 1933 where he became the head of the Black Mountain College in North Carolina. He left the college in 1950 to be the head of the department of design at Yale University. As an artist, Albers preferred a very disciplined approach to composition. Albers also wanted to explore chromatic interactions with nested squares, which inspired several of his works that featured 3 or so nested squares, each painted with a solid color and arranged in a very specific manner. Albers published his book on color theory titled Interaction of Color in 1963 and he passed away in 1976 in Connecticut.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Albers

Josef Albers | SP, 1967

 

Josef Albers | Introitus

 

Josef Albers | Tenayuca, 1943

 

3. Eileen Agar

Quick Bio:

Agar was a British painter and photographer associated with the Surrealist movement. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1899. She studied under several artists such as Leon Underwood, Henry Tonks, and František Foltýn. She was encouraged to develop her art by one of her school teachers, and after studying under various artists, painted her first surrealist piece in 1930 in London, titled The Flying Pillar. She passed away in 1991 in London.

Eileen Agar | Flower into Fish

 

Eileen Agar | The Messenger

 

Eileen Agar | Untitled (Still Life)

 

Project #2

Project #2 – Glass of Water Still Life

 

Reference (01/27/21):

 

WIP 50% (01/27/21):

 

WIP 75% (01/27/21):

 

Finished (01/27/21):

Homework #3

  • Artists often use either a nine or five-step value scale as a balance between maximizing contrast/range and perceivable range.
  • Value scales cal be used to create value schemes, which helps an artist plan out their work.
  • Value scales can help remind you of values you may be missing (eg. the darkest values).
  • The contrast between objects and the background can help create various moods and give information like the time of day.
  • Strong contrast captures attention, while low contrast tends to fade into the background.

 

Drawing in the style of Paule Vezelay: