Another Cezanne

Here's another Cezanne painting I came across that I though you might enjoy analyzing as well.

Planar Analysis Artist: Luca Cambiaso

Luca Cambiaso was a the 16th-century Renaissance painter of works like this one:

But look at how he often chose to analyze his compositions on paper before executing the paintings themselves:

This is an extreme example of planar analysis. Cambiaso here is breaking down his subjects into VERY simplified planes that allow him to see how the subjects will spatially relate.

Homework Due October 5

Ruler Drawing: Portrait

Head in planes

Work from observation of a sitter (NOT A PHOTOGRAPH)

Reduce the head to a series of planes which clearly define the volume of the head as well as major features such as eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair, etc.

Include surrounding space

Line only

Materials

* Charcoal pencil, yardstick, hard eraser, good-quality white paper (22"x30")

Planar Analysis

Examples of planar analysis from past Drawing 1 classes:

David Row (The Video We Would Have Seen In Class)

In this interview, David Row talks a lot about how his paintings are about using a line to get from one point to another. Listen to his take on how line works and what it can do. That's not what the entire video is about, but what he does say about line is very relevant to what we're doing in this class. The difference is that he is applying these ideas to abstract art rather than drawing from observation.

Videos To Help You With Intuitive Perspective

To help get you ready for drawing in free-hand (intuitive) perspective, here are a couple of useful videos I came across in my searches:

The first video outlines some tips to keep the objects in your composition in proper in proportion and to establish guidelines to keep the composition organized well on the page. Notice how the instructor here holds the pencil correctly up until the very end. I groaned when I saw him switch how he was holding it.

In this video, the instructor is using a finished drawing to point out all the considerations he put into its construction. Everything he mentions, with the exception of value (which we just don't deal with in this class) applies to everything you will be doing in this class.

Remember, however, that--unlike the instructor in these videos--you will continue to use your ruler for a while, even now that we're moving into intuitive perspective. I hope by now that you've come to see that the ruler isn't the constricting, limiting thing you originally thought it would be and that you have, instead, discovered just how loose and free this tool can allow you to be.

Examples Of 2-Point Perspective Still Lives