Ian, while you certainly have a lot of color in here, and while in some areas, such as the face, some optical blending does occur, it almost looks like you drew the man first and then went over the whole thing with the grid. If you look at some of the other student drawings here, you'll see that they were composed one square at a time. The reason that matters is that doing the latter forces you to think about creating an optical effect (essentially the illusion of 3-dimensions) with little shapes of pure color alone. I think you should consider going over the squares with opaque shapes of the colors underneath. Each square will look totally flat in itself, but when placed together you should get the illusion of volume. Perhaps you apply the grid to the background and do the same thing there. I'd definitely like to see that.
This is a great concept of what to do for optical blending, though I do think going back and revisiting Chuck Close's work, and trying to mirror how he works optical blending would be beneficial.
I believe the colors you chose would work to create an optical blend. However, it seems like you went over pastels with more colors rather having them side by side. This results in the colors physically blending rather than done by our eyes. I agree with Pan and taking a closer look at Chuck Close's work will help, use the grid so that you can create shapes within each square. - Sidney
I like how you decided to use many different colors, however, it's hard to find a sense of space in the drawing. Perhaps if you just added more color to the paper in certain areas within the squares, it would be helpful. I think you did that more in the figure than in the background.
Ian, while you certainly have a lot of color in here, and while in some areas, such as the face, some optical blending does occur, it almost looks like you drew the man first and then went over the whole thing with the grid. If you look at some of the other student drawings here, you'll see that they were composed one square at a time. The reason that matters is that doing the latter forces you to think about creating an optical effect (essentially the illusion of 3-dimensions) with little shapes of pure color alone. I think you should consider going over the squares with opaque shapes of the colors underneath. Each square will look totally flat in itself, but when placed together you should get the illusion of volume. Perhaps you apply the grid to the background and do the same thing there. I'd definitely like to see that.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great concept of what to do for optical blending, though I do think going back and revisiting Chuck Close's work, and trying to mirror how he works optical blending would be beneficial.
ReplyDeleteI believe the colors you chose would work to create an optical blend. However, it seems like you went over pastels with more colors rather having them side by side. This results in the colors physically blending rather than done by our eyes. I agree with Pan and taking a closer look at Chuck Close's work will help, use the grid so that you can create shapes within each square. - Sidney
ReplyDeleteI like how you decided to use many different colors, however, it's hard to find a sense of space in the drawing. Perhaps if you just added more color to the paper in certain areas within the squares, it would be helpful. I think you did that more in the figure than in the background.
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