The Punishment of Haman (detail) - Michelangelo
How does an artist create a three-dimensional figure on a two-dimensional canvas? And a related question: how does an artist create movement in what is essentially a static medium?
The key [says artist Michael Newberry] is to re-create the physiological visual sense of movement by atmospheric spatial depth. In other words, give the viewer a sense of zooming through space.”
Check out his mini-tutorial on how artists use the technique of ‘zoom’ to bring their two-dimensional works alive in the third dimension.
Sketch: ‘Olivia’ – Michael Newberry
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