Object Perspective/Gestalt/

Wow, lots of stuff to think about right.

Ok lets review this:

Elements and Principles: These are always in art - and can really help bring things around to make a piece of work successful. It is such a good way to talk about your art - when you use these elements and principles!

Elements: Line, color, texture, shape, form, value, size

Principles: Balance, harmony, contrast, repetition, dominance and unity.

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We tested out visual memory in class - it was kinda difficult - Robert Henri used this method in his teaching...hmm.  He had his students observe the model or object in one room and then they went into another room to draw or paint it.  His idea was to develop a visual memory as well as learn to develop your vision.  What do you think?

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Gestalt

I talked about the concept of Gestalt.  Gestalt - is a theory of understanding the whole of something by observing the parts - and in doing this a we see its shape or form of the parts that make the whole.  From this - we glean meaningful perceptions from this.

This was very popular (and sometimes still is)  in art and therapy!  Artist Jackson Pollock did Gestalt therapy when he did his popular "splatter painting".

In my lecture of Gestalt I spoke about how Gestalt is used in perception by organizing components into a meaningful whole. In doing this sometimes the parts are very different then the whole of the object.  In organizing, there are 4 different laws:

1. law of closure: when objects are grouped together they are seen as a whole.
    Why this is important:  It is important to give spacing in your work.

2. law of proximity: Objects near to each other tend to be grouped together.
    Why is this important: It is good to give space between objects and to understand the eyes will      group objects together.

3. Law of Continuity: Lines are seen as following the smoothest path
    Why:  if you have objects you are drawing there will be a line that it it automatically forms.

4.  Law of similarity: When objects look similar to each other people often perceive them as a group.