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Introduction

Supplies

Markmaking

Components of Art

Line

Composition

Shape

Figure/Ground

Texture

Value

Space

Perspective

More Perspective

Still More

The end of Perspective

Color ~ Hues

Color ~ CMYK

Color ~ HVS

Atmospheric Perspective

Color Schemes

Color Interaction

Repetition

Typography

Poster

Gestalt

Space

There are two major types of space used in two dimensional art and design:
Decorative and Illusionistic

 

Decorative Space is also known as flat space… because it involves height and width but only little, if any, depth.

Mudcloth

Mudcloth from Mali, West Africa, traditional

News

Wallpaper

Wallpaper

 

Rug

Rug from Western Chinese province of NingXia, ca 1800

 

 

Illusionistic space is also referred to as modeled or plastic space.

Illusionistic Space can be
Shallow or Deep

Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence

 

Bierstadt

Albert Bierstadt

 

 

Illusionistic Space can be indicated by several early methods

Relative Size

Degas

Edgar Degas

Homer

Winslow Homer

Overlapping

Cezanne

Paul Cezanne

Manet

Edouard Manet

Location

on the picture plane

Callot

Jacques Callot

Degas

Edgar Degas

Location

along a diagonal

Homer

Winslow Homer

Homer

Winslow Homer

Detail

Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth

 

Gradation of Density

Traffic  

Interpenetration of planes

Sheeler

Charles Sheeler

 

Transparency

Transparency

Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth

Fractional Representation

 

Egypt

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Nebamun

Nebamun ~ detail

 

Picasso

Pablo Picasso

 

 
Additional spatial indicators will be covered in the next few classes

 

Assignments

Value Composition

On a 9 x 12 Bristol, using values of Gray, create a Unified, Varied, Balanced Compostion as follows:

Value Compositions

  1. Create an example of decorative space, on 1/2 sheet or larger Bristol board.
  2. Create two compositions on 1/2 sheet or larger Bristol board, which, between the two of them, illustrate:

Turn in sketchbooks on Tuesday

Midterm exam on Tuesday

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