How do artists create depth on a flat

How do artists create depth on a flat surface?

In the Renaissance, painters needed to be able to translate threedimensional world around them onto a FLAT two-dimensional surface.

The discovery of perspective is attributed to the Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 -1446), who suggested a system that explained how objects shrink in size according to their position and distance from the eye.

The Linear Perspective A mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface.

Let’s review, shall we? ? One – point Perspective Two – point Perspective How are they the same…. different…. ?

One – point Perspective

FIRST What is a HORIZON LINE?

One-point perspective imitates the way our eyes see object disappearing to a single point on the horizon called……

…a vanishing point! All lines converging lines, or orthogonal lines, meet at the vanishing point.

WHAT ARE CONVERGENCE, or ORTHOGONAL LINES?

Lines leading to the vanishing point are called orthogonal, or converging lines.

Two – point Perspective

Draw the corner of the object first. Draw the converging lines to the vanishing points. (these are the sides of the form)

Complete the visible sides of the box by drawing the corners, shown here with red lines. Draw yours likewise, making sure they are nice and square, at perfect right angles to the horizon line. Not even a hint of a tilt! This is the tricky part. Drawing the back, hidden sides of the box. You need to draw two sets of vanishing lines. One set goes from the right-hand corner line (top and bottom) to the LEFT VP (VP 1). Another set goes from the left-hand corner line to the RIGHT VP (VP 2). They cross over

simply draw a vertical line from the where the lower two vanishing lines cross, to the intersection of the upper two lines - the red line in the example. Practice Erase guide lines. You did it!

What other ways including PERSPECTIVE to artists create depth and distance on a flat surface?

: below the horizon line, objects appear higher on the picture plane as they get farther away. Above the horizon line, objects appear lower on the picture plane Pieter de Hooch Musical Party in a Courtyard Claude Monet, Hotel des Roches Noires,

Color intensity is much greater closer to the viewer and tends to get blurry and lighter in color it goes toward the vanishing point. Cool colors recede: Cool colors may appear farther away. Warm colors advance: Warm colors may appear closer. Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Perspective

: By partially covering one object with another it gives an appearance of depth Sidney Goodman, Free Fall

Size: objects appear smaller as they get farther away. Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

: Objects have less detail as they go toward the horizon line Thomas Cole, View on the Catskill - Early Autumn

PERSPECTIVE

Essential Questions: Color intensity is much greater closer to the • What strategies do artist’s useand to create depth on a 2 -dimensional surface? viewer tends to get blurry and • What is perspective? lighter in color it goes toward the • How does perspective create the illusion of depth? vanishing point. Color intensity is much greater closer to the viewer and tends to get blurry and lighter in color it goes toward the vanishing point.

Studio in Art Linear Perspective Box Construction Project Perspective Review Video

1. Decide on a theme…you have creative freedom with this, however, it needs to be clear. The subject can be rendered to be fantasy, sci-fi, romance, mystery…etc. Non-objective, random, etc…good layout is crucial if non-objective 2. build a box construction in 1 or 2 point with at least 5 box forms, two of which had to be touching in some way. 3. They also had to shade it in with one light source and include a foreground, middle ground and background. Light Source Highlight Core Shadow Reflected Light Cast shadow

Sketchbook Assignment 2 point perspective cubes. 10 minimum Show depth Show Light source and apply value accordingly.