DRAWING representationabstraction depiction of a subject that is recognizable; visually connected to the real world exaggeration or simplification to varying degrees of formal properties
PERSPECTIVE a view or outlook; a way of seeing the ability to perceive interrelationships
White Cross Gisela Insuaste 2004
WAYS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF SPACE three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface OVERLAPPING objects that are closer to the viewer block objects that are farther away
Yellow Painting Gisela Insuaste 2003
WAYS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF SPACE three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface OVERLAPPING PLACEMENT objects that are closer to the viewer are lower on the picture plane
Drawing 1 Gisela Insuaste 2002
Pare Gisela Insuaste 2002
WAYS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF SPACE three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface OVERLAPPING PLACEMENT SCALE objects of the same real size that are closer to the viewer are bigger on the picture plane than objects farther away
Storage Piers Elise Kaufman 2007
WAYS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF SPACE three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface OVERLAPPING PLACEMENT SCALE DETAIL objects that are closer to the viewer have more detail on the picture plane
Red Hook Harbor Elise Kaufman 2009
Park Robert Connell 2009
WAYS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF SPACE three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface OVERLAPPING PLACEMENT SCALE DETAIL COLOR & VALUE objects that are closer to the viewer show more contrast and appear warmer in color on the picture plane VALUE – how light or dark something is CONTRAST – the change in value COLOR – warm colors: red, orange, yellow; cool colors: green, blue, violet
Drawing 2 Gisela Insuaste 2002
WAYS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF SPACE three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface OVERLAPPING PLACEMENT SCALE DETAIL COLOR & VALUE LINEAR PERSPECTIVE a set of consistent geometric rules, primarily used in Western culture, that render objects as they appear to the human eye determined in the early 1400’s by Filippo Brunelleschi & Leon Batista Alberti, both architects Highly effective for direct visual representation
Viejo San Juan Gisela Insuaste 2004
Ladder for Booker T. Washington Martin Puryear 1996
Art 21 Video Clip Ladder for Booker T. Washington Martin Puryear 1996
Near Chinatown Robert Connell 2007
First Avenue Robert Connell 2009
from Building Stories Chris Ware 2005
Superman Suicide Chris Ware 2000