SURREAL SCENES

Perspective DrawingDuring the Renaissance artists became interested in making two-dimensional (flat) artwork look three-dimensional. They developed a system to show depth logically and consistently.

Perspective

Many of the earlier works artists created showed little depth.

Does this picture

reflect depth? Why or why not?

How could this picture be changed to increase its’ depth?

Perspective

Artists used mathematics and close observation to invent linear perspective.

Linear perspective allows artists to trick the eye into seeing depth on a flat surface.

PerspectiveInfluential People during the Renaissance

Art:MichelangeloLeonardo da

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GalileoLiterature

ShakespeareRaphael, School of Athens, One-point linear perspective

You can see the top of an object if it is below eye level, below the Horizon Line.

If an object is above eye level, above the Horizon Line, you can not see it’s top.

Horizon LineThe place where the earth and the sky meet.Represents the viewer’s eye levelHorizontal

Horizon Line= place where earth and sky meet

Vanishing Point The single point on the horizon where all the lines on the ground level seem to come together and meet.

Orthogonal LineLines that meet at the vanishing point. They

appear to go back into space. Diagonal.

Based on the fact that objects appear to get smaller as they go away from us, we know they also get closer together, or narrower.

. . . like fence posts

. . . and telephone poles . . .

HOW did we do it?

1 Point Perspective

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Aerial View

If you are standing facing the wall straight on, this is how it would appear. All parallel lines are going to the ONE Vanishing Point !

In one point perspective, there is one vanishing point from which all lines radiate outwardly from.

One Point :: Review Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYBWA-ifEs&feature=player_embedded

Draw a horizontal line between the two orthogonals where you want your forms to end.

Vertical lines go from the top of the page to bottom of the page and are perpendicular to the bottom edge of the picture. Along with

orthogonal and horizontal lines they make up a one-point perspective drawing.

• Use one point perspective when you are facing a wall.

Artists use one-point perspective to show objects face-on.

Most lines are vertical, horizontal, or orthogonal drawn to a single vanishing point.

2 Points

1 Point

Essentially . . .

If you are facing a flat wall straight on . . . use 1 Point !

If you are facing a corner(inside or out) . . . use 2 Points !

Let me show you . . .

Notice how much smaller this photo is in order to make room for the orthogonals to reach the vanishing points within our view! When drawing you can make a smaller picture area on a larger piece of paper, or attach flaps of paper to the sides of your drawing paper.

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Two-Point Perspective

In two-point perspective, there exist two points from which an object’s lines radiate from; the sides of the object vanish to one of two vanishing points on the horizon line. An object’s vertical lines do not relate to the perspective rules of the horizontal lines.  

2 Point Perspective

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If you are standing facing the corner, this is how it would appear. All parallel lines are now going to TWO Vanishing Points !

The Vanishing Points go OFF the paper!

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2 point perspective :: video review

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP9x1322dK8&feature=player_embedded

Now join the back and top corners to the opposite vanishing point to complete the top of the form.

Erase the extra orthogonals. Now you have a form drawn in two-point perspective!

What does SURREALISM mean?

SURREALISM

Surrealism

• Surrealism Art movement in the 1924-1950’s in Europe.

• Fantastical visual imagery from the subconscious mind is used with no intention of making the work logically comprehensible.

• Surrealism is an invented word "sur" means beyond or farther than, so "surreal" means to go beyond real.

• Surrealism tried to meld the conscious and the unconscious, the world of dreams and fantasy along with reality so that the line between these ideas was completely blurred.

• wanted to shock their viewers with the unexpected and make people think in new ways.

Surrealist Artists:• Max Ernst• Salvador Dali• Rene Magritte• Jean Arp• Joan Miro• Man Ray• M.C. Escher

Rene Magritte was a Belgian surrealist painter.

• He painted in a realistic style. While the objects appear to the viewer to be recognizable, the composition of those recognizable objects appears fantastic.

• What parts are real and which are imaginary?

His paintings are expressive for their juxtaposition of common objects, often altered in scale, and placed in absurd settings. Magritte is deeply interested in the process of thought, and his paintings tend to raise the awareness of the viewer to their own thought processes.

Surrealistic Techniques - “How to make the

ordinary look extraordinary”• Scale

• Levitation• Juxtaposition• Dislocation

• Transparency• Transformation

SCALE Changing an object’s scale, or relative size.

Personal Values

SCALE

LEVITATION Floating objects that don’t normally float

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LEVITATION

JUXTAPOSITION Joining two images together in impossible combinations

DISLOCATIONTaking an object from its usual environment and placing it in an unfamiliar one

DISLOCATION

TRANSPARENCY Making objects transparent that are not usually transparent

TRANSPARENCY

TRANSFORMATION Changing objects in unusual way

TRANSFORMATION

THINK…. Dreams….• Have you ever dreamt about a person or

place, but in your dream they looked different?• Have you ever dreamt you were floating?• Were you huge? Were you tiny? • Have you ever dreamt you could fly, swim

underwater, walk on the moon…

Your project requirements

• You must use two point perspective• Will choose at least 5 random words from a hat to

illustrate in your “surreal scene”• Surrealistic (use methods like scale, levitation,

juxtaposition, dislocation, transparency, transformation)

• Can be domestic or public, inside or outside scene

• Blend & layer colored pencils smoothly with good craftsmanship