Stylistic Techniques
The first stylistic technique that I will be discussing is the one point perspective. From the three techniques we were supposed to discuss we were told to do either one point or two point. I choose one point because I had an exterior drawing and I also seemed to be more comfortable with it. The idea of all the lines meeting at one vanishing points gives an illusion of depth on the picture plane, and that is what my painting was all about. Looking at the renascence period I decided to use a painting by an anonymous source, Painting of an Ideal City This reference was helpful because in my painting the vanishing point was also the door in the middle: You can see from my drawing all the lines meet up to the dot at the bottom of the door. Therefore, that dot is my vanishing point. If we look at the painting from the renascence period it is the same all the lines meet at the top of the door. These two examples create an illusion of depth on the picture plane. The second technique I would l...
