DRAWING
ABSTRACT INTRO
OVERVIEW
• Representational
• Abstract
• Nonrepresentational
REPRESENTATIONAL
• Artist Monica Lee
THE TREACHERY OF IMAGES (1928-29) RENÉ MAGRITTE
“THIS IS NOT A PIPE”
NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART
• Art that has absolutely no basis in reality and mostly
revolves around the emotions evoked, the materials
used, processes, and the elements of art and principles
of designs themselves
For Example:
Medium Interaction
• Shape
• Color
• Line
• Form
• Composition
*Instead of using these as tools, they become the primary
focus themselves
NON-REPRESENTATIONAL
Jackson
Pollock
• Allison Cooke
Kandinksy
STUDY OF COLOR
Joseph Albers
ABSTRACT ART
• Generally- art that focuses more on shape, form,
color and line rather than depending on any
concept based in the physical world.
• Specifically-abstract art that has had a basis in
reality but strays from it ranging from slightly to more
severely.
Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh
Scream by Edvard Munch
EXAMPLES
ABSTRACTION PROCESS
PICASSO
Les
Demoiselles
d'Avignon
(1907)
BEFORE
AFTER - ABSTRACTION
*why is this
painting
important?
-shows
interpretation
of sky NOT
exactly realistic
-gives mood
rather than
indication of
reality
James Mcneil
Whistler,
Nocturne in
Black and Gold
The falling
Rocket 1875
OUR FOCUS FOR THIS PROJECT IS…
• Morphing two objects, animals, insects
or images in a creative and original
way in order to create a cohesive,
interesting composition
• Making a series of 5 drawings or one
larger drawing that shows a
metamorphosis
• Must use an organic and inanimate
object to morph