COMPOSITION

GESTALT

The German term Gestalt, referring to how a thing has been "put together" (gestellt), is often translated as "pattern" or "configuration" in psychology. Its precepts, formulated as a reaction against the atomistic orientation of previous theories, emphasized that the whole of anything is different from the sum of its parts: organisms tend to perceive entire patterns or configurations rather than bits and pieces.

Examples:


"Similarity Size"


"Similarity Shape"


"proximity combine"


"proximity overlap"




"continuance"



*all images are made by Angga R. Pramudito (Sorry about the low resolution I lost the real 'ai.' files)

Shapes or Lines?

Which are lines and which are shapes? a, b, c, or d?

I'd say they are all can be both lines or shapes. As in if I stretch or look them up from further distance a, b, c, or d they're all can be lines. And if I blow them up until they get really big, they're all can be shapes as well.



STRING & DRAW PRACTICE
I found the string practice quite interesting. My classmates used all the upper area (table, chair, etc,) I was trying to do underneath them all in purpose to make it more complex, but all I had was just a mess and In the end, it was me who ended up being the last. I wish I know the purpose of this activity other than just having fun.

Analyze That

WED, JAN 30, 2008

Joan Miro's 'Hand's Catching a Bird'

This is a somehow modern type of paintings. He did the painting in 1962 and it was done with oil on canvas. As an introduction, The artist tries to guide our eyes from the left bottom of the corner then brings it to the top of the right corner, directly to the bird. The drawings of the character (bird) are simplified, almost cartoonish, and filled with areas of contrast color. Not much of a movement and It is not richly colored that makes it dead and cold but, the only thing that makes it look alive are the organic shapes and the weirdness, abstract and surrealism feel just like most of his works.

Most of my work are influenced by the psychedelic-era. What I like about this painting is that it derives from a different era, but it contains a certain psychedelic element that blends well together.