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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