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NOTES
on the
Illusion of Depth:
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| "Chachkies # 1" by JRJ shadows
establish planes and activate negative space to enhance 3
dimensionality. |
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| "Chachkies
#2"by JRJ like #1 but executed on rough paper and included
a patterned table runner for additional believeability. |
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Atmospheric
perspective, is used to simulate depth. It can be used
with a landscape painting or with objects on a table top. In simple
terms it is changing contrast and brightness as we change depth
- what is called in photography 'depth of field'. As objects (mountains
or apples) recede in the distance they are grayed and reduced in
contrast. This is easy to see in nature, at great distance, but
the same effects exist at short distances.
Illusory
Depth
1. Perspective (linear) 1 + 2 point
2. Overlap
3. Detail - amount - closer
4. Contrasting values
5. Relative size or scale
6. Height - farther away = higher placement
7. Subject recognition - past experiences - give info. about present
vision input.
Abstraction can
be convincing space without subject matter
8. Hard sharp edges advance - (crisp detail) - Conception and execution
are very different things. A Great concept may be poorly executed
Color
Perspective
A. Warm advances
B. Cool recedes
C. Intensity - brights advance
D. Neutrals recede
E "C" over rides "B"
Intense blues will
come forward
(Black to white
graded through Blue at the center - suspension bridge, with the
center blue high and above the rest, like the peak of a roof seen
from above) |
