Day 24 of our 30 Day January Challenge was Pathways to the Rectangle.
Pathways are directional marks and shapes for our eyes to follow across a drawing or painting. They are a powerful compositional tool to keep the viewer’s eyes engaged and moving around a composition. Connecting these pathways to the edge of the rectangle makes us more aware of the boundary of the picture plane and how it’s interacting with each of the elements within. Here are a few of my favorites.
There are drips on some drawings, and the drips are round, not running vertically down the paper, which suggests the paper is flat. Some of the drips start right before a line and follow the same direction, which suggests the artist loaded his brush with ink, and the brush dripped down on a horizontal surface …
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=”9700″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Topophilia (From Greek topos “place” and -philia, “love of”) is a strong sense of place, which often becomes mixed with the sense of cultural identity among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place. Today is the second of a series of Topophilia Creative Exercises, this …
I got this idea from Makena Gadient at the recent CoCA 24 hour Art Marathon. This is an excellent design study. Take a stack of cards. Using a big sewing needle, poke random holes into the stack of cards so they all have the same pattern of holes. Then, using the same holes, create a …
30SAL Faves: Pathways to the Rectangle
Day 24 of our 30 Day January Challenge was Pathways to the Rectangle.
Pathways are directional marks and shapes for our eyes to follow across a drawing or painting. They are a powerful compositional tool to keep the viewer’s eyes engaged and moving around a composition. Connecting these pathways to the edge of the rectangle makes us more aware of the boundary of the picture plane and how it’s interacting with each of the elements within. Here are a few of my favorites.
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