Doorzien – a Dutch word translated as “to see through.” In dutch art, doorzien referred to a painting that showed a view from one room into another, making the picture especially beautiful.
I wish I knew what movie it was, but some time long ago I was in a college film class. The instructor showed us a piece of a film noir in which the scene allowed the viewer to peer into a bedroom, seeing only a bit of a bedspread. The phone rang, a woman sat on the bed to answer. She shifted on the bed and bent over so that her face and part of her upper body was blocked by the doorway. She spoke in whispers so the words were just barely inaudible to the viewer. Wanting to hear what she was saying on the phone, the entire class leaned forward and to the right, as if leaning would somehow change our view of what was on the screen. It was at that exact moment, the moment 30 adults leaned hard to see around a doorway in a film, that it occurred to me how powerful it can be to give the viewer some of the information, but not all.
The observation drawing challenge today is to create a doorzien scene. For a little extra bonus challenge, show some but not all of the scene. Materials are artist’s choice. Shoe box dioramas are welcome.
Yesterday I made a post about tracking viewer’s eye movements on a painting. Today I have the reverse: Graham Fink stairs at a blank screen, and the eye tracking software draws the picture as he moves his eyes.
[image_with_animation image_url=”7749″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Make ink blots by applying paint, ink, ketchup (or anything else around) in a random pattern, then immediately folding and pressing the paper in half. Open the paper back up, and tell us what you see. Share photographs of your Rorschachs and what you see in them (and in others’) …
One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months. Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, …
[image_with_animation image_url=”6331″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] William Hook’s New Urban Landscapes Last winter, Bill Hook asked for some time off from teaching at the League so he could make more paintings. Looks like it was time well spent! This work appears to have gained a boldness. More texture, more dynamism. We have him teaching this …
30SAL Challenge: Doorzien Mystery
Doorzien – a Dutch word translated as “to see through.” In dutch art, doorzien referred to a painting that showed a view from one room into another, making the picture especially beautiful.
I wish I knew what movie it was, but some time long ago I was in a college film class. The instructor showed us a piece of a film noir in which the scene allowed the viewer to peer into a bedroom, seeing only a bit of a bedspread. The phone rang, a woman sat on the bed to answer. She shifted on the bed and bent over so that her face and part of her upper body was blocked by the doorway. She spoke in whispers so the words were just barely inaudible to the viewer. Wanting to hear what she was saying on the phone, the entire class leaned forward and to the right, as if leaning would somehow change our view of what was on the screen. It was at that exact moment, the moment 30 adults leaned hard to see around a doorway in a film, that it occurred to me how powerful it can be to give the viewer some of the information, but not all.
The observation drawing challenge today is to create a doorzien scene. For a little extra bonus challenge, show some but not all of the scene. Materials are artist’s choice. Shoe box dioramas are welcome.
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