art tumblr

[alyceart]

The Temptation of Saint Jerome (1964) - Giorgio Vasari

This painting is a prime example of pentimento, as grid lines can be seen throughout the painting, as Vasari didn’t omit the grid outline definition. My art teacher, Ryan Shultz, speculates that due to this error, Vasari abandoned work on this painting, as no matter how many layers he’d paint over, the grid would always be there, and never go away. Even if he managed to cover it up, years later, the grid lines would end up being prominent and noticeable as they now are.

[alyceart]

pentimento

pen·ti·men·to /ˌpen(t)əˈmen(t)ō

noun

1. a visible trace of earlier painting beneath a layer or layers of paint on a canvas.

The word pentimento is derived from the Italian 'pentirsi', which means to repent or change your mind. Pentimento is a change made by the artist during the process of painting. These changes are usually hidden beneath a subsequent paint layer. 

[alyceart]

Is it too light or too dark? Is it too sharp or too blurry?

[alyceart]

Thixotropy

Thixotropy is a time-dependent shear thinning property. Certain gels or fluids that are thick or viscous under static conditions will flow over time when shaken, agitated, shear-stressed, or otherwise stressed. They then take a fixed time to return to a more viscous state.

thixotropic/ (ˌθɪksəˈtrɒpɪk) /

adjective: (of fluids and gels) having a viscosity that decreases when a stress is applied, as when stirredthixotropic paints 

This is the painting medium I’m using this assignment, as it has propaedeutic (serving as a preliminary instruction, or as an instruction to further study) properties. 

[alyceart]

Watch "TEDxAlamo - David Eagleman, PhD - 10/29/09" on YouTube

Color is a construction of the brain.

Color is percieved by wavelengths.

We accept the reality presented to us.

We only know the reality we're used to experiencing.

There are different realities.

In the future, we'll be able to simulate our realities, and plug in more information to our brain.

We'll be able to see ultra violet colors like bees, and infrared colors like rattlesnakes.

[alyceart]

Here Ryan explains pareidolia and it's variations including backmasking.

[alyceart]

This is a photo of a windswept canyon.

Ryan explained I should think of the forms in the box as the abstract form of canyons, and in terms of paradeiloa, he wants me to paint them as forms other than what they are. For the ear project, I should think something along the lines of, "This is not an ear or a portion of an ear, this is a windswept canyon."

[alyceart]

[alyceart]

[alyceart]

[alyceart]

This photo exemplifies pareidolia that was so great, many individuals showed up and made a shrine.

This is a bank window featuring Madonna (the Virgin Mary), from Tampa, Florida.

This is a famous example of paradoilea. The significance is due to how this specific bank window became a famous landmark where many people would show up and build a shrine.

[alyceart]

[alyceart]

Using a grid system, if you cover the entire photo, with an exception of one square, the one square is then abstract. The small square can be interpreted as something other than part of an ear, and this concept is known as pareidolia.

[alyceart]

Day One with my new art teacher, the great, & infamous Ryan Shultz!

Ryan's first assignment is 'The Ear'. The importance of 'The Ear' is signified by how difficult an ear is for any brilliant artist of any level including famous artist, Carabaggio, to draw - even in cartoon or caricature form, as ears are often overlooked.

Note: Albiet Carabaggio being considered a good artist, he did a sloppy job of doing ears.