Brett Whiteley’s View of the garden (1977) captured my attention for his obvious variation in line to create a structure for the objects he has illustrated. Brett has expressed the nature of the flora and fauna looking out the window into the garden with a modern, minimalist mood. The leaves have form but details are missing, this creates interest and distinguishes different sizes and texture. I appreciate the slightly childlike messiness of the image as I can relate to this style of drawing.
View of the garden
1977
planographic lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
edition of 75
printed image 66.6 h x 46.7 w cm
This work appears on the screen courtesy of the estate of Brett Whiteley
https://lms.curtin.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_4_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_67375_1%26url%3D (Accessed March 15th 2013).
Alfred Kubin
I adore this drawing! Alfred Kubin has a very recognizable style and this particular image entitled ‘Blue beard’s room’ enabled me to grasp how to express an element of perspective in an architectural space.
Size variation is evident in the space where the table is drawn as the largest object in the room and everything after recedes to create the illusion of distance and depth in the space.
The image consists of a single use of line from pen and ink but the direction of the line is what gives this work a cold, disheveled mood.
Alfred Kubin
Blue Beard’s Room (Blaubarts Zimmer) from Ein neuer Totentanz (A New Dance of Death)
1947
Pen and ink drawing
16 5/8 x 11 15/16 x 11/16″ (42.3 x 30.3 x 1.7 cm)
The Louis E. Stern Collection. © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
http://www.moma.org/collection_ge/object.php?object_id=144740 (Accessed march 13th 2013).
Maria Fortuny Marsal
I like how Maria has depicted this interior space. The rough ambiguity and loose perspective really resonates with my taste in art and technique.
The quality of detail is clear although the lines are rushed and chaotic. The drawing is aesthetically intriguing and I find this work to be very simple but at the same time complex the more you look at it.
This ink drawing very much influenced my ideas for technique and materials. I have incorporated the use of watered down ink into my final drawing to enhance the background and highlight specific areas of the image.
My own photo taken at Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2013.
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