Powerpoint for 317 project 2
Transcript of Powerpoint for 317 project 2
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NEGATIVE DRAWING
Sleeping Tiger Optical Illusion www.moillusions.com
Negative Drawing Uses negative space (white part)Uses positive space (black part)
Huggers by Dan Moller, aka freehandhttp://threadlessrules.com
WHAT DO YOU SEE FIRST?Rubins Vase http://www.livescience.com/
GESTALT
Study of how humans organize visual information into a meaningful whole
Human brain sees objects as symbols for classification- tries to take over!
Difficult to draw what you see, not what you know
BRAIN SAYS Trees are tree-shaped Star is star-shapedPeople are stick figures
Some artwork emphasizes negative spaceIn Black and WhiteImage sources: www.blendspace.com www.pinterest.com
and some in ColorImage sources: www.tanyauhoong.com www.pinterest.com
Progression of Negative Drawing TechniqueImage sources: Mike Sibley www.artinstructionblog.com
Negative Drawing MasteryShapes defined by their surrounding tonesImage sources: Woodland Encounter by Bev Doolittle