tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post6993185235207090795..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Breaking the foreground lineJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-7666775831903622842013-08-10T18:21:51.642-04:002013-08-10T18:21:51.642-04:00James-
Your blog is a masterful gift to the world ...James-<br />Your blog is a masterful gift to the world of ArtMaking!! Your hard work and talent is greatly appreciated. <br />You are right when say: ”Breaking the fourth wall" like this is more suited to an illustration than a mural, perhaps." …especially when the fourth wall is the ground plane. This usually results in the foreground object standing in the basement!! However, using the bottom plane/frame as the edge of the room/mural-environment or breaking the fourth-wall in this way, to the right or the left (Repoussoir?) can be very useful in creating a ‘portal’ effect, especially w trompe l’oeil objects and/or architecture. An example would be columns separating the viewer’s room from the mural environment. <br />Breaking the fourth-wall-as the ceiling can also add a fun sense of scale or space to the mural’s composition.<br />Thanx 4 the Journey! -RQRobertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751501281929627657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-82361861114372126252013-08-09T18:25:23.985-04:002013-08-09T18:25:23.985-04:00RE Willow's Quiet Corner: Thanks!RE Willow's Quiet Corner: Thanks!RobNonStophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895067016170660808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-73327601390312007112013-08-09T08:50:58.378-04:002013-08-09T08:50:58.378-04:00I wonder, are there examples of the breaking the f...I wonder, are there examples of the breaking the foreground line at the top of the frame instead?<br /><br />Also, it's impressive how effective the tiny bit of crossing in the second picture is.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488553957994914103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-36917471795486991002013-08-09T06:44:18.343-04:002013-08-09T06:44:18.343-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Michael Chesley Johnson, Artist / Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17003530955203751138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-26466795969010707002013-08-09T06:43:47.485-04:002013-08-09T06:43:47.485-04:00I've always preferred a painting that breaks t...I've always preferred a painting that breaks that bottom edge. Without it, there's usually a strip of quiet, uninteresting at the bottom of the picture. The idea that this creates a more informal look to the painting is a good one; it also makes it look more like a candid snapshot. As a landscape painter, I actually do this a lot with bushes, trees, and other props.Michael Chesley Johnson, Artist / Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17003530955203751138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-5307412823273481812013-08-08T23:57:45.534-04:002013-08-08T23:57:45.534-04:00Right. Repoussoir is the term my teacher, Ted Sch...Right. Repoussoir is the term my teacher, Ted Schmidt, used for this sort of thing. I'm not sure if a repoussoir figure is required to break across the bottom edge of the rectangle, but the general idea is to put something in "the viewer's space" to "introduce" the picture. Craig Banholzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16958933400558297331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-81450150464996449712013-08-08T22:41:53.213-04:002013-08-08T22:41:53.213-04:00repoussoir<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repoussoir" rel="nofollow">repoussoir</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-14217187111956498582013-08-08T22:00:57.518-04:002013-08-08T22:00:57.518-04:00RobNonStop, your comment also had me wondering. A...RobNonStop, your comment also had me wondering. A quick search turned up this explanation: http://robertcastillo.org/?p=1957 <br /><br />Interesting post as always! ! ! :)Willow's Quiet Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808513772549995051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-82366719224730269602013-08-08T18:38:54.476-04:002013-08-08T18:38:54.476-04:00Nothing to do with this post, but you might enjoy ...Nothing to do with this post, but you might enjoy this month's Natural History magazine (actually labeled June 2013). The cover article is "Living Color," about a botanist's plunge into the world of color and dealing with the problems of accurately describing and portraying color when you are describing plants. It seems botanists have come up with their own color charts, similar to printers. Great fun!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236941724022074678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-53063446399911098112013-08-08T18:11:04.126-04:002013-08-08T18:11:04.126-04:00Sorry for diverging from the core of this lesson b...Sorry for diverging from the core of this lesson but what is happening in the first painting?RobNonStophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895067016170660808noreply@blogger.com