Drawing with Linear Perspective
I didn't get to spend as much time on this week's assignment as I wanted to, but it turned out okay. I just decided to keep it simple.
The Picture Plane
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Las Meninas (spanish for "The Maids of Honour") was painted by Diego Velazquez in 1656. I'm not sure if this is true, but I've heard that it is considered one of the best composed paintings ever. The composition of the painting is set up in such a way that it almost feels like you are in the room watching what is going on. The princess, her ladies-in-waiting, and the artist are in the foreground and the most well lit. The man in the doorway and the painting (or is it a mirror?) showing the king and queen are in the middle ground. I would say the ceiling is almost like the background, but it also comes forward to give the viewer the perspective of standing in the room. The linear perspective, shading, and diminishing of size with distance all make this picture realistic. From en.wikipedia.org
Warped Perspective
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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson is the most creative comic strip I've ever seen and one of my favorites. The strip sometimes makes references to the art world, and when we started learning about perspective this week I immediately thought of this one that experiments with out-of-the-ordinary perspectives. Watterson notes: "This strip was a lot of fun to draw. It was surprising how often I had to 'correct' the perspective to make it wrong."
From The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book.