Trompe l'oeil

Landscape Drawing

Lettuce

Model 3

Landscape assignment

Thomas Cole - Landscape

American 1825

            This landscape shows depth by making sort of an s shape in the landscape this brings your eye from the barn around the 3 trees in the center and into the sunlit meadow on the right. I think the brightness of the background also helps to add depth as it contrasts with the darker foreground immediately commanding your attention to that area.

 Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah

1648 National Gallery, London- Claude

            This piece also uses dark and light colors to move your eyes around the picture.  I think in this piece however, the use of complementary colors in different areas of the picture is really what adds to the depth.  I think adding the touches of orange to the trees insinuating sunlight really brings attention to the background sky.  The mountains that seem almost faded in the background also show depth with in the picture.

 Mr. Hulings' Picture Rack,

1888 by William Harnett Irish- American

            The artist of this piece did not add depth to the composition.  This piece is flat but the components of it do not seem flat on their own.  For example,  it does not look like some one drew a picture of an envelope but that it is actually an envelope which makes the piece have a real life quality. 

"Ten Winter Tools" Jim Dine

1973 American

            This piece looks like the artist drew the tool on a table, there is no space behind it and you can only see one side of the tool.  The shadows on the edges of the tool almost try to suggest there is distance between the top of the tool and the surface it is laying on but there is no actual definition of the space.

6. Landscape Drawing- Kim Hunter

               I think this is a good example of a landscape drawing in that it has a clear foreground, middle ground and background. I like that the background is just a hint of trees that implies a heavily wooded area without being overwhelmingly crowded with trees.  I also like that the focal tree is sort of leaning and has drooping limbs, this gives the tree a somber personality.  The somber feeling seems to start in the foreground with the branches and as your eyes move back it is then reflected to the main tree.  I think this adds a sense of cohesion to the drawing and a nice balance to the left side of the drawing which seems to have a more upbeat feeling with the ducks and more upright tree on the left.