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Painters Tip
More on Using Planes
Here is an exercise I use myself and give to my students.
Pictorial Depth Exercise
The simplest and most useful shape in pictorial forms of art is the plane. The surface that we work on is called the picture plane. It is also used as a way to simplify the shapes, masses and points in nature. Planes are used to create orderly parts of a painting. Planes vary from showing flat two dimensional shapes to shapes which look like they have depth. We use many shapes to achieve decorative and realistic effects of depth. Intervals and overlapping shapes can make a painting look more three dimensional. I think of a painting as shapes, and angles, like puzzle pieces. Adding sizes, colors, values, textures and contrast will make those basic shapes start to come to life.
Start your painting with simple flat shapes, laying in the major element in shapes. Use very thin paint in a wash.
You are then going to start overlapping these shapes, adding value shapes, paying attention to negative shapes as well as positive shapes. Think of the painting as shapes being placed over shapes in multiple layers. You will do no blending in this painting, but instead use stippling,long and short strokes. Leve the paint where you put it without giving in to the desire to blend. Do your mixing on the palette, not the canvas. Keep the painting clean and crisp.
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