Implied Space in Skyline

1. For this blog entry I have chosen an oil painting of the New York City Skyline. I chose this specific painting because it shows the great implied space through the buildings behind each other, the sky behind all the different buildings, and the water that is in front of the buildings. The implied space shows great depth and even though it is a flat oil painting, because of the artists use and knowledge of implied space, it appears as though all of the objects are where they would actually be in real life. This technique the artist uses really adds an attractive element for the viewer because it appears like real life. The more real looking a painting is the more the viewer can relate to it. In my opinion a painting of the skyline without the use of the implied space, would just not look correct and I would actually be interested to see what the outcome would be of a fully flat skyline with no use of the implied space.

Lego Cam Newton

The piece of art work that I chose is very interesting. I chose to do a sculpture resembling one of the best rookie players in the National Football League, Cam Newton. The sculpture is made solely of yellow legos. Legos are very simple building blocks which allow kids, as well as sculptures to create very magnificent things.  they also allow for great texture to be added to a work.  They create a very lifelike figure including the muscles in his arm and even the facial features. Whenever Cam Newton scores a touchdown, he acts as if he is trying to tear the jersey off his chest. This sculpture resembles this action. This sculpture is also very interesting because it leaves a very empty space in the middle of his chest in which even more legos are pouring out.

This portrait has be painted on the side of a house to present the illusion that there are more buildings in the distance. The artist makes use of height and width to imply that the portrait has depth. The direction of the lines help create the illusion of buildings in the distance.  If the lines of the houses are followed in the same direction, the horizon can be visible

Implied Space

   This is a painting of a sunset going down over a vast ocean with rocks close by. In actuality, The characteristics of this picture, like the clouds and the details of the ocean waves, become minimized as the air and the water meet. In a person's mind, they assume that the ocean takes up much space, this is implied space that the artist uses to make the illusion of this sunset. It is a very useful tool that artists use often and this is one example of it.

"Organic Valley" Formal Elements pt 2

This is a work called "Organic Valley," done by Andrée Wallin. He is a digital painter. The work shows both linear and atmospheric perspective. It shows atmospheric perspective in how the 'mountains' seems to go on forever in the distance, and the linear perspective is right in the center of the work (kind of through the tunnels). There is also overlapping in the work showing depth.
-Tara

Depth and Implied Space

This 16th century painting by Guardi, has a very dark foreground. Not only that there is a great amount of implied space with the light, gives the picture implied space that it goes on for a long distance until you reach the patch of blue sky in the distance.

JAWS! - Implied Space

 These two photos displayed in Hong Kong, China show an implied space painting of a great white shark in water on a plaza sidewalk. Since this painting is on a sidewalk, that means it is a two-dimensional space with only height and width, creating the illusion of depth which is displayed by the shark coming out of the water. This two-dimensional space painting would be a very entertaining and fun piece to visit and look at.

-Alfonso Robles

formal elements #2

Although this painting is 2 dimensional the artist has incorporated implied space. The stair case spirals around and gives the piece of artwork a 3 dimensional feel. The artist gives the illusion if this stair case were to continue it would eventually vanish giving it a linear perspective. The shading and the way the shapes are composed this piece also has a slightly implied texture to the staircase.

Motion: Women in Art

This is an awesome production of how women are portrayed in art over 500 years.

Eileen

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Implied Space

This work of  art was created by artist Edgar Muller. Claimed to be the "master of street painting", Muller is notorious for using streets as his canvas. This three-dimensional painting provides the perfect illusion, making people believe that there is an actual "Ice Age" in Ireland. Although it is apparent that this work of art only has height and width, there is an illusion of depth that makes it so amazing.

Unity and Variety

In this print there are many aspects of unity.  There is a consistent shade of brown in many of the negative spaces of the picture.  The shapes also provide a sense of unity to the painting.  There are similar and repeated shapes as well as many of the similar shapes share similar colors.  The use of line also creates unity, the horizontal lines in the center of the print.  There is also variety in this work as well; there are different shades and tints of colors given to the similar shapes.  And while the colors also provide unity they also show variety.  The pop of yellow is an example of this.

Implied Space

This painting was created by Bob Ross entitled, "Mountain Waterfall." Most, if not all of his paintings show implied space. For example, the tall shrubbery covering part of the tree to the right and the river gives the impression that the shrubs are closer to you. Atmospheric perspective is used to blur some of the background trees as they go further back, and parts of the mountain so you can't tell how far back it goes. Overlapping the trees in front of the mountain allows you to imagine that the mountain is further back, but not as far back as the clouds are. There is even implied motion to the water, where the waterfall first begins it is white like its churning, but as you follow the river the water calms down turning a shade of blue. If you would like to see this painting being created click on the provided link. God bless.                   

 Happy Little Painting

Texture, Motion, and Space

This painting shows many elements of art. The technique of where the horizon line is placed was well thought out because it is not right in the middle of the piece. You can see the textures on the surface of the painting because of shadows that they bring. You can also see motion of the giraffe bending it's neck down. The negative space of the picture would be the implied sunset behind the giraffe and the little girl. I feel that this painting is very serene and overall really calming.
-Michelle Ketcham

Kinetic Art - Time & Motion

"Birds in My Tree" is a demonstration of kinetic art (motion/action) or a hanging art mobile sculpture by Bruce Gray of Los Angeles, CA. It is constructed from painted steel.The lines, whether straight or slightly curved represent the limbs or branches of the tree, with the black leaves at the very ends of these. The one red shape may be the representation of a bird. The sculpture is assymetrical.
Eileen

The image I have selected this week shows several of the formal elements discussed in class. Because it is only 2D this piece of art displays implied space. Using atmospheric perspective, much depth is created within the work. Anything that is supposed to appear farther away is blurrier and has a more subdued color. There is also some implied texture with the detailing on the rocks.