To experiment with the more advanced methods of suggesting three-dimensional reality in primarily two-dimensional compositions.
Materials:
Drawing materials and paper.
Method:
Many artists prefer a shallow space concept in which some qualities of the design are provided by decorative elements of space, while some suggestion of three-dimensional depth is retained.
Without radically altering the two-dimensional surface of the picture plane, create a semiabstract form using some of the spatial tools in Problem 1–gradation in size; placement in picture plane; overlapping; transparency; open or closed composition; closely related hues, values, and brightness. The effect should be a measurable depth, as if the furthest penetration into the space back of the picture plane were limited rather than infinite in depth. (Fig. 8.3A)
a.
Create a boxlike space behind the picture plane with the side planes, top plane, and ground plane, as well as the back plane, clearly defined by color, value, texture, or other means (see your textbook, figure 8.3). Movement in depth should be resolved by returning the eye travel to the foreground through various devices. Use planes and thin solids to give form and value pattern within a limited space.
