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Abstract drawing- image of an object or phenomenon real world, characterized by isolation, harshness, or deliberate exaggeration of the depicted object. Under abstract pattern also sometimes they understand the composition of lines, shapes and colors, which is loosely related to objects and phenomena of the real world.

Viewfinder- a device used by artists to select a successful view and determine the boundaries of the composition; In photography, the viewfinder is an element of the camera that shows the boundaries of the future photograph.

Imagine- imagine, mentally conjure up objects and images that are inaccessible in reality this moment for perception by the senses.

Imagination- a mental process consisting of the creation of new images (ideas) by processing perceptions and ideas obtained in previous experience.

Border- an imaginary line in a drawing (for example, a horizon line separating the sky from the earth) or a real line (contour) defining the boundaries of figures or separating a figure from the space surrounding it.

Image- an image that appears on the retina as a result of the brain receiving information about a perceived object from the visual system.

Intuition- direct comprehension of the truth without logical analysis; judgments, knowledge or thoughts that are not preceded by a process of reflection; knowledge that comes as a sudden insight.

Picture plane- an imaginary plane similar to a window frame. The picture plane is always located parallel to the vertical plane in which the artist's face is located, and perpendicular to the line of sight (the direction of looking at the object). Through the picture plane, an object is seen as it will look on paper. In a photographic camera, the photosensitive layer plays the role of the picture plane.

Cognitive shift- a change in the predominant type of thinking, for example, a transition from analytical (associated with the function of the left hemisphere) to spatial-imaginative (associated with the function of the right hemisphere) thinking or vice versa.

Composition- an ordered relationship between parts or elements of a work of art. IN educational drawing composition means right choice the size and location of the object within a given format.

Circuit- a line that defines the boundaries of figures or separates a figure from space.

A-mode- a way of processing information about reality, which uses linear, analytical, verbal and logical modes of thinking.

Left hemisphere- left half of the brain. It is the predominant hemisphere in most right-handed people and is responsible for abstract-logical (verbal) thinking.

Left-handedness- predominant use of the left hand for drawing and writing; Left-handers make up approximately 10% of all people. In this case, the dominant hemisphere for left-handed people, as well as for right-handed people, can be the left hemisphere.

Eye line- an imaginary line in a portrait that divides the head in half horizontally. The eyes are located on this line. In a landscape, the eye line refers to the horizon line.

Negative space- the space around the objects of the drawing. The boundaries of negative space coincide with the boundaries work surface. The internal boundaries of negative space can coincide with the boundaries of the objects in the drawing.

Determining proportions- checking the relationship of elements or parts of the form with each other using improvised objects (most often used regular pencil, held at arm's length). In this way, the position of one part of the picture relative to another, the size of the angles in relation to the horizontal or vertical, as well as the dimensions of the parts of the picture relative to the main element are determined.

Main element- an initial element or part of a composition that helps maintain correct proportions in the work. When calculating proportions, the main element is always taken as one.

P-mode- a method of processing information about reality, which involves the visual, spatial-imaginative mode of thinking. This mode of thinking is responsible for the immediate perception and evaluation of an object and is focused on interaction with experience and with current events.

Cross Hatching- a method of creating tone or volume using continuous lines drawn in two or more directions.

Perspective and proportion- image of objects on a plane in accordance with those apparent reductions in their sizes, changes in the outlines of shape and light-and-shadow relationships that are observed in nature. In more in the narrow sense perspective is an image built on a horizontal or vertical plane, and proportion is the relationship between the parts of the picture.

Right hemisphere- right half of the brain. Most right-handers right hemisphere responsible for the perception of color, comparison of sizes and perspectives of objects.

Angle- the position of the depicted object in perspective, with a sharp shortening of those distant from foreground parts.

Realism in painting- the desire to convey reality as accurately and objectively as possible. Sometimes used as a replacement for the term "naturalism".

Chiaroscuro- the distribution of illumination observed on the surface of an object, creating a scale of brightness. Distinguish the following elements chiaroscuro: light, falling shadow, reflex and own shadow.

Symbolic system- in painting - a set of symbols used sequentially to create an image, for example, a face or figure. Symbols are usually interconnected, so the use of one symbol entails the next (similar to the associations that arise when writing familiar words). The symbolic system in drawing is usually formed in childhood and, as a rule, remains constant throughout life, unless you work purposefully to change it.

Consciousness- ability to perceive objects, people and the world. Similar words would be “vision” or “cognition”.

Lead hardness. Pencils vary in the hardness of the lead, which is usually indicated on the pencil and indicated by letters. T (or N - from the English hard) - hard, M (or B - from the English black) - soft. A pencil of medium hardness (hard-soft) will be designated by the letters TM or HB. Further division occurs in this way: a pencil marked 8H will be the hardest, and 8B will be the softest. Intermediate values will be, for example, the following: 6H, 4H, 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B. Unlike Europe and Russia, in the USA a numerical scale is used to indicate hardness, so a simple pencil of standard hardness HB in America will be marked as No. 2 or 2B.

Thinking type- type of mental activity; Depending on the dominant hemisphere, abstract-logical (or verbal) and spatial-figurative thinking are distinguished.

Format- can mean the shape of the drawing sheet (rectangular, square, triangular, etc.) or the ratio of the length and width of the rectangular sheet.

Color characteristics- lightness and brightness of color. Any color becomes black when the brightness is reduced to the maximum, and when the lightness is increased to the maximum it becomes white.

Cro-Magnons, who lived on earth 30 thousand years ago, used to express their feelings and emotions simple drawings. But cave drawings primitive people cannot be called primitive, since they were created by people with extraordinary artistic talents. Drawings of primitive people in caves are graphic and volumetric images, bas-reliefs on the walls. Many such drawings are known today: in France (southwestern part), Spain (northwestern part), Italy, even in Russia, Serbia and England there are single copies.

Rock paintings and pictures of primitive people are unique and most often resemble a two-dimensional image. At the same time, techniques that help convey volume began to be used only during the Renaissance. Rock art is replete with images of rhinoceroses, bison, mammoths, and deer. Also in the drawings there are scenes of hunting, people with arrows and spears are depicted. Occasionally there are drawings of fish, plants, and insects. The colors used to make the drawings do not fade and fully convey their original brightness. It is difficult to imagine a person who has no idea what rock paintings are (photos will help you understand this).

Where did the first people draw?

Hard-to-reach areas of the caves, located hundreds of meters from the surface, were an excellent place for drawing. This is explained primarily by the cult significance rock paintings requiring the performance of a certain ritual. Drawing was such a ritual. Melted and still hot fat from wild animals, tufts of moss or wool were poured into the bowls. Then the artist began to work in the light of stone lamps.

What are the rock paintings called?

The rock paintings of the ancients are called petroglyphs (Greek - to carve a stone). There are drawings made in the form of symbols or symbols. Pictures contain great amount valuable information about the life of representatives ancient population, reveal traditions and historical events that influenced ancient man.

Later drawings were made in the form of symbols or symbols. Man initially sought to express thoughts through signs and writing. Painting brought this moment closer, becoming transition period between graphic drawings and writing. The images are called pictograms. For example, on the territory of Armenia, archaeologists discovered designs reminiscent of all known ancient alphabets. The oldest images found here were created more than 9,000 years ago. Prehistoric rock paintings are pictures created by the first people.

Technique and materials

What motivated people to draw? Just the desire to create beauty or the need to perform and capture a special ritual? Making a rock engraving was not so easy, especially if the paint was applied into deep slits, which the ancient painter carved with a rough cutting tool. It could have been a large stone chisel. Such a tool was discovered at the site of the ancient people of Le Roc de Serre. During the middle and Late Paleolithic The technique of performing cave paintings of primitive people is more subtle. The outlines of the engravings were carved several times with shallow lines. Even then, shading and combined painting were used. There are similar images on the tusks and bones of animals that belong to the same period.

Rock paintings, photo in Altamira Cave

Dye primitive man- these are all shades of ocher that were used as a red dye, charcoal and manganese ore. Chalk and bat guano were also used. Future paint rubbed with bone or stone. The resulting powder was mixed with animal fat. Ancient people even had prototypes of modern tubes. They stored paints in hollow parts of animal bones, both sides of which were sealed with a hardened lump of the same animal fat. There were no other colors, such as green or blue.

Primitive artists used bones or sharp sticks as brushes, the ends of which were split. They also used pieces of wool that were tied to bones. First we drew the outline and then painted it in. But there are other images as well. For example, a handprint that has been splattered with paint through a reed.

Ancient people had no idea about the composition or proportions of the body. They painted large predators and, against their background, tiny mountain goats. But this did not stop them from creating masterpieces comparable to the modern idea of painting. The accuracy of the representation of objects and animals is amazing, and the drawings of ancient people in caves captured in stone ancient animals that had long since become extinct. The visual effect was enhanced by the fact that the image was applied to a rock ledge.

What did primitive people draw?

Rock paintings of ancient people are a manifestation of emotional and vivid imaginative thinking. Not everyone could create such masterpieces, but only those in whose subconscious visual images arose. Those who were overwhelmed vivid images, transferred them to the plane of the rocks.

There is an assumption that with the help of rock paintings visions were transmitted, a person expressed himself and passed on the life experience he received. But most scientists adhere to the version about the cult significance of the drawings: they were probably created before the hunt. Thus, the person tried to influence the result, to attract the preferred animal during the hunt.

The disappearance of some animals and climate change have led to a serious change in human activity. Now he spent more time raising animals and cultivating the land. There was less time left for hunting. This was also reflected in rock art. The drawings were no longer done deep in the cave, but outside. Images of humans were now becoming more common. Animals that were domesticated were also depicted in cave engravings (fox hunting scenes). Schematic drawings became widespread: triangles, straight or winding lines, a jumble of colored spots.

If earlier hunting scenes were most often depicted, now they were also ritual dances, battles, grazing. There are many such drawings in Spain.

Where can you see rock art?

In France, in the caves of Lascaux and Chauvet, drawings were discovered that date back to approximately the 18th-15th millennia BC. e. They depict horses, cows, bulls, and bears. In Spain, in the Altamira cave, hunting scenes were depicted by ancient artists so skillfully that if you look at them with a blazing fire, you get the impression of objects moving. In Africa there is a whole complex of caves with rock paintings. These are Laas Gaal in Somaliland and Tassilien Adjer in Algeria. Rock paintings have also been discovered in Egypt (Swimmers Cave), Bulgaria, Bashkiria, Argentina (Cueva de las Manos Cave) and many others.

Objects of art or primitive reflection of reality?

It is impossible to put an equal sign between primitive “art” and modern one. But, considering ancient images, modern art historians rely on familiar formulations, going far beyond the specifics primitive art. Today in the art world there is an author of a work, and there is a consumer. Ancient artists created their creations only because they had the ability to draw and felt the need to depict the reality around them or significant events. They had no ideas about art or were blurry, but the images that filled their consciousness found a way out into the world through their creator, who, most likely, was considered by their fellow tribesmen to be endowed with supernatural power.

So what's the difference? rock painting from ordinary modern? The only difference is that the first drawings were made by artists of the Paleolithic era, and rock was used as a canvas. Of course, the phenomenon of creativity is associated with the interaction of all spiritual forces and the release of emotions in a special way. A person could create something new and important for himself, but the awareness of this phenomenon occurred gradually. The Cro-Magnon man lived in a cultural environment in which there was no division into separate spheres of activity. But the ancient people did not have leisure in our understanding, since their life was not divided into strict work and rest. The time when a person was not fighting for existence, he devoted to performing rituals and other actions important for the well-being of the tribe.

Drawing

noun, m., used compare often

Morphology: (no) what? drawing, what? drawing, (see) what? drawing, how? drawing, about what? about the drawing; pl. What? drawings, (no) what? drawings, what? drawings, (see) what? drawings, how? drawings, about what? about the drawings

1. Drawing called an image of an object, a human figure, which is made by hand with a pencil, pen, charcoal, paints, etc.

2. Drawing called a book image of a diagram, photograph, etc.

Arrows in the picture. | See Figure 5 for the graph. | Below is a drawing. | Figure 117 shows the optical diagram of the spectrograph.

Illustration

3. Drawing called the ability to create images or linear elements in a picture, as opposed to color, paint.

Drawing lesson. | Master the drawing. | He studied drawing with the famous artist.

4. Drawing called a repeating pattern on a fabric, industrial product, etc.

Drawing of a cast iron fence. | Fabric with a variegated pattern. | Pattern on the soles of the shoes. | The standard camouflage pattern is designed for wooded areas.

Ornament

5. Drawing called pattern, etc. on natural materials- stone, wood, etc.

Wood texture drawing. | Malachite is the only green gem that has a patterned pattern.

6. Drawing is a peculiar combination of natural lines on the body of a person, animal, or insect.

Palm drawing. | Drawing on the wings of a butterfly.

7. Drawing called a set general properties any object, action, process.

Psychological drawing. | External action drawing.

drawing noun, m.

pictorial adj.

Dictionary Russian language Dmitriev.

D. V. Dmitriev.:

2003.

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Spray painting with aerosol paint is not only graffiti, which is drawing on vertical surfaces. IN Lately an amazing technique calledspray paint(or spray paintart) – spray paintings, which are applied to cardboard, wood, and special thick paper.

Actually spray painting- This is the “offspring” of airbrushing, but it has some purely artistic features.

First of all, airbrushing is a mainly “applied” genre: airbrush designs are applied to cars and other objects. Spray paint- it's clean artistic genre. Peculiar theme spray paintings: these are usually fantastic or even surreal landscapes - space, alien, etc.

The process of spray painting is typically quick and mysterious, leaving viewers puzzled and intrigued by the unexpected techniques and materials the artist uses.

Drawingsare created not only by one spray, but also with folded or twisted paper (for example, sheets from old magazines), the bottoms of spray paint cans, and so on. The action is mesmerizing: from the seemingly chaotic mixture of sprayed paints, from the stains created by paper pressed against the drawing, something whole and beautiful emerges.

Art spray painting originated in Europe and has now come to Russia. Artists working in the genrespray paint, can be seen on the streets of our cities, for example, in Moscow on Arbat.

The arsenal of such an artist is a set of spray cans, paper sheets, scrapers, pointed sticks, various stencils, which are usually used as improvised objects round or other geometric shape- and so on.

You can draw on anything.There are even, surprisingly, waysdrawing on the water – ebru techniques And suminagashi . And very ancient ones. Only homelandsuminagashi- Japan, and ebru technique came to us from Turkey, and even earlier (presumably) originated in ancient india, then went over to the Persians - they broughtebru technique to the Ottoman Empire.

These differtechnology both techniques and materials. First of all,suminagashi– that’s exactly it, but for ebru a special solution is used: mixture water with juice (nectar) of the Turkish endemic plant Hevena.
This component gives water additional stickiness. Paints for bothtechnician – ebru And suminagashi – insoluble, spreading over the surface are used water.

For suminagashi water is poured into a rectangular trough, and the paints are placed on cardboard circles that float freely on the surface and leave trails of color behind them.

To start drawing water it is set in motion by ordinary “shaking” by hand or any available tool - or you can simply blow on floating cardboard circles. On a surface water Colored stains appear, after which paper is placed in the tray. The result of this drawing on the water- "painting" suminagashi– is a sheet of paper with a fancy “marble” pattern.

Traditionally for ebru techniques these instruments - a kind of "brushes" - are made of rosewood and horsehair. With these “brushes” the artist works with an insoluble film of paints - mixes colors, stretches, twists, etc. As a result of this drawing dye on the water also acquires a pattern similar to marble (another name ebru techniques– Turkish marbling), but the “texture” of the drawing made in ebru technique, differs from suminagashi. Using the same paints, additional designs are applied on top of the marble background using the same tools - or only the background is preserved.

After placing a sheet of paper in the bath, this background is imprinted on it, then the paper is dried and applied onto it using a stencil. drawing. The first paintings that have come down to us ebru dated XI century, but judging by the perfection technology - ebru how art originated even earlier.

Some semblance drawing on the water V ebru technique or suminagashi You can try to reproduce it at home. IN water for drawing ebru You can add a little office glue, use oil paints. You can also add glue to paints. Of course, this handicraft technique- only a likeness ebru. But, nevertheless, this will also happen , and the result can be very beautiful and unique. And most importantly - handmade and unique.

Drawings of cereals- quite a popular activity.

Why is it attractive? drawing with cereals? Firstly, if we draw an analogy with drawings sand - drawings from cereals can be done with absolutely the same success, but this activity is... cleaner. You still need to get clean sand, or wash the one you have, but cereal(for example, semolina) - here it is, immediately clean, take it and draw.

Thanks to this environmental friendliness drawing with cereals- one of the first techniques that can be taught to children. Moreover, the attractiveness drawing with cereals– in its external properties: each has its own color, caliber, and shape of grains. Surface drawing from cereals relief, textured.

The very first one elementary technology, suitable for the smallest children - this drawing finger over layer cereals.

The next technique is drawings from cereals“in bulk”: we do not stop there, since this technique completely coincides with drawing sand. Let us only note that for such drawing better fit cereals the smallest ones - the same semolina, for example.

Drawing with cereals on paper or cardboard using glue. At first draw pencil picture. Then carefully cover that part of the surface with PVA glue drawing, on which it will be poured cereal.

If we want to do drawing multi-colored - you can use different cereals, but you can paint them.

pour cereal you can use not only glue, but also paint mixed with glue - so the surface drawing under cereal will look more evenly colored.

Finally, you can draw with grain on plasticine: cover thin layer plasticine cardboard, required areas drawing let's take a few - drown them - and fill them cereal. You can do this procedure through pre-prepared stencils. Can be ready plasticine picture decorate part of the surface with a convex cereal texture - for those drawings suitable cereals“large-caliber”: buckwheat, rice, pearl barley, lentils, etc.

Using this technique, furry animals, bird feathers, and fish scales, for example, are beautifully produced. Yes, anything – you just have to give room to your imagination!

Bodypainting and faceart

These words come from English: body – body, face – face, art - art. Accordingly, body painting is a decoration of the body, faceart– faces. Feysart- This private view body painting Body painting is often identified with body painting, but it is not so. has the name bodypainting (from the English. paint – draw) and is one of the areas of body painting. Similar to face painting ( face painting) is a type faceart. To body painting and faceart, besides drawing on the body, face painting and amazing body painting on hands , These include techniques such as piercing, scarification (scarring), implantation (implantation of foreign objects and materials), and finally, body modification (deliberate modification of body parts). This known direction body painting as tattooing, being also body painting, combines bodypainting with damaging techniques.

Roots drawing on the body and especially face paintings go back to antiquity.Traditional R inventorybodies and faces practiced in almost all early societies to perform pagan rituals, ceremonies and ceremonies.It could symbolize reincarnation into an animal or mystical character, and also point to social status carrier of the drawing. The Indians have a traditional face painting indicated belonging to a certain tribe, participation in a war, etc.

Indian Mehndi occupies a special place - body painting using henna. At the end of the 20th century, mehndi became popular among girls in Western countries.

It's familiar to us face painting clowns and actors, in particular, traditional masks of many national theaters. Makeup and makeup too typical representatives faceart. Last time faceart often used for holidays, presentations, and promotions. Children's holiday has acquired a special place faceart.

For modern faceart, in addition to the usual makeup and cosmetic accessories familiar to everyone, henna, face painting, and sometimes gouache are used (the disadvantage of the latter is drying out and cracking, dried out painting crumbles with faces). As tools for drawing on the body and face, in addition to pencils, brushes and tampons, special felt-tip pens and airbrushes are used.

A few words about tattooing.

Traditional tattoo – body painting by introducing indelible paint into the skin - the procedure is expensive, painful, irreversible and, if performed by an unprofessional craftsman, unsafe. Therefore, recently the traditional tattoo has been actively replaced by temporary tattooing: the mentioned painting bodies and faces using henna (the designs last for about three months) and the most harmless type of “tattoo” - transfers and body painting with a special marker for tattooing, with or without the use of stencils.

Have you heard about painting with light? Is it possible? After all, light, it would seem, is something elusive and intangible. Let’s answer: it’s very possible. Interested in art drawing with light, you will come across many terms: freezelight or freezelighting (freezelight - frozen light), light graphics (light graphic ), luminography or light painting ( light painting - painting with light), space drawing (drawing in the air), light painting, and finally, light graffiti. All these Russians and English words mean painting with light. This art has several modifications, some authors believe light graphics and luminography various techniques, for others these terms are equivalent and mean any painting with light– Let’s not delve into the subtleties of terminology now. One thing is clear: the photographer’s scope for imagination and creativity is boundless.

So what is it - luminography, light graphics etc.? This is one of the arts of modern times, requiring modern technology. Namely, photographic equipment . is a type of artistic photography.

If you are familiar with photography (we are just talking about photography for now - about light graphics we'll talk a little lower), you certainly know how difficult it is to make a high-quality night portrait or landscape. Especially if you are not photographing a completely stationary object and you are holding the camera in your hands. The shutter speed (exposure) is required to be high, and the slightest shaking of the hands or movement of the “nature” makes the photo fuzzy, blurry, the image doubles, triples, etc. Uneven stripes stretch from the light sources... Now imagine that these stripes and stains are exactly your goal. Try taking a picture at night with a long shutter speed, say street lamps, deliberately moving the camera - in circles, zigzag, etc. There you are simplest technique painting with light.

Drawing with plasticine – this is art at the intersection of two classical visual genres: “flat” painting and three-dimensional image, that is, sculpture. Plasticine is a most fertile material for an artist, but it seems that it is not yet sufficiently appreciated.

If you know and use secrets of plasticine, you can create not just crafts, but real ones plasticine paintings- from thin, almost indistinguishable from painting, canvases to convex bas-reliefs.

Firstly, plasticine is remarkably flexible.

The second remarkable property is viscosity, “stickiness”.

Third of secrets of plasticine– color.

Its fourth property is thermolability. When heated (even to the temperature of our hands), plasticine easily softens, so the artist’s fingers and palms are the main tool for drawing with plasticine. Some artists do almost all the work with their fingers, smearing the material over the surface of the future plasticine paintings.

Drawing with plasticine, especially for children, in principle does not differ in the nature of these techniques - only the details are laid on the surface plasticine paintings, and then they are given the desired shape and surface relief.

In addition (remember about secrets of plasticine!), the material can be placed in a disposable syringe and, after heating it, squeeze out a perfectly even “thread” with a piston - so on plasticine picture You can apply stems, branches and other linear details. Syringe for drawing with plasticine you can also take a pastry one (for thicker “sausages” or for parts with a certain cross-section). "Adults", "real" artists prefer drawing with plasticine by smearing it across the “canvas”.

"Canvas" for plasticine paintings Not everyone is suitable. Plasticine is a fatty material (another the secret of plasticine). It may leave greasy stains on plain paper or cardboard.

Do you want to learn how to create masterpieces in technology One Strokeand paint your own walls, furniture, dishes - whatever?

Don’t be alarmed by the foreign name: it is translated into Russian simply: one stroke painting.

Do you think that you don't know how to draw at all?

And you try it. This is not difficult to learn. The main thing is to understand the principle.

And the principle is that such double stroke painting: paint of two colors at once is applied to a flat brush. (Or even triple: sometimes a third paint, most often white, is applied to the tip of the brush.)

At the border of colors, paints inevitably mix, and when you move such a brush over paper or other surface, even this one stroke it turns out amazingly beautiful:
it contains the entire gamut of transitions from one color to another.

On principle double stroke painting founded tagil painting, similar to the famous Zhostovo, but also different from it.

Tagil painting was born, as the name implies, in the Urals, in the 18th century, and was popularized by the famous industrialist and philanthropist Nikita Demidov.

Where did it come from? English name techniques – One Stroke?
The point is that double stroke painting there is another “ancestor”.

FounderOne Stroke techniquesDonna Dewberry is considered to be a self-taught artist who patented her invention at the end of the last century.

Let's not accuse the artist of plagiarism - it happens that the same discoveries are made by people in different parts of the world, the American might not even know about the existence tagil painting.

By the end of the 20th century, Donna's work in technologyone stroke paintinggained extraordinary popularity, she began to conduct master classes and even organized her own business inmuralstin products methoddouble stroke.

So let's try it.
Let's dip one side of the brush, say, in red paint, and the other side in cream paint - and let's start one stroke painting.

The red side will be the fulcrum, and with the light edge we will describe an arc, preferably not even, but with a wave-like, fan-shaped movement.
Isn’t it true that the petal turned out beautiful, with shadows, tints, transitions - just like a living one?

Let's try to add a little extra white paint to the light tip of the brush - this will already be double painting and triple with a stroke.

Really, it turned out even more expressive?
Let's draw another one, and another?

Now let’s put green on another brush and yellow– let the green edge of the brush move smoothly, and the yellow one zigzag – here’s half a leaf.

Let's turn the brush over and repeat the same zigzag on the other side - and now a completely alive, but already early autumn leaf has emerged from under our brush.

Finish with a thin brush small parts: stalks, stamens, antennae.

You see, and you thought you couldn’t draw!

Now to get started painting furniture or walls double stroke, you only have a little to do: practice, choose the appropriate thickness of paint (it should not be liquid, but not too thick) and the width of the brush.

Yes, and you have to choose a paint that is convenient for you - various artists, working in One Stroke technique, prefer different colors: acrylic, oil, even gouache, which is varnished on top.

It all also depends on your goals and the surface on which you are drawing.

Here you go. A little training - and you can safely consider that you have mastered the skill of real tagil painting.

Or One Stroke technique, if you like foreign words better.

Lie to me...

Deceive me... but completely, forever...

So as not to think why, so as not to remember when...

To believe the deception freely, without thoughts...

M. Voloshin

Per Borrell del Caso, 1874.

Koifman Valery

"Ah, fool me not difficult!..

I'm happy to be deceived myself!

A. Pushkin “Recognition”

In history European art There are unusual paintings that stand apart from others and are called “trompe l’oeil” (French “trompe l’oile” - optical illusion).

In appearance, a trompe l’oeil is simply a type of still life, but it is not difficult to distinguish it from a still life; it is too obvious that the author of the trompe l’oeil is trying to pass off a man-made image (painting, drawing, fresco or mosaic) as a piece of the real world.

The use of both terms (“faux pas” and “trompe l’oeil”) to designate paintings of this genre is legitimate.

Art criticism hardly notices this genre, and in the “History of Art” trompe l’oeil can be found with difficulty.

Many trompe l'oeil, despite the fact that they main task was only misleading the viewer, have undoubted artistic merit, especially noticeable in the halls of museums, where such compositions, of course, cannot deceive the viewer, but invariably arouse his sincere admiration.

The history of trompe l'oeil paintings dates back to Ancient Greece. Legend says that in the 6th century BC there lived two outstanding artist Zeuxis from Heraclea and Parrhasius from Ephesus, who once argued who would paint a better picture.

People gathered, rivals came out, each holding a painting under a blanket.

Zeuxis pulled back the cover - in the picture there was a bunch of grapes, so similar that birds flocked to peck at it. The people applauded. “Now you pull back the covers!” - Zeuxis said to Parrhasius.

“I can’t,” replied Parrasius, “because the veil is painted.” Zeuxis bowed his head and said, “You win! I deceived the eyes of the birds, and you deceived the eyes of the painter.”

Masters of trompe l'oeil used many techniques to make the viewer want to touch the objects presented in the painting.

They painted half-drawn curtains, folded corners of sheets of paper, created the illusion of a sheet of paper attached to the wall, a nail driven in, and so on.

Fragments of objects and inscriptions hidden from view encouraged a person to reach out to pull back the illusory curtain and see the object or read the entire phrase.

In Russia the most famous master trompe l'oeil was an artist early XIX century Count Fyodor Tolstoy. He was an honorary member of many European Academies of Arts.

It’s even difficult to say which works first come to mind for an art lover when his name is mentioned, but the artist was “fed” by the fake paintings that he often made to order, including for Empresses Maria Feodorovna and Elizaveta Alekseevna.

And in this art it is difficult for Fyodor Tolstoy to find equals.

My famous watercolor He repeated “Berries of red and white currants” (1818) so many times that the artist himself said: “... one can seriously say that my family ate only currants.”

The genre of deception itself contains, as M. Bulgakov would say, “the exposure of all kinds of magic”; the picture itself shows us how art deceives us.

In this case, this is the most ironic and at the same time the most virtuoso of the genres of European fine art.

This is a kind of attempt to answer the painful question in the eternal dispute-dialogue between the artist and the viewer about where is the line separating the painted world, that is, the world of art, from what we have agreed to call the world of reality. As a matter of fact, the main content of decoy paintings is this very line.

These are the difficult thoughts that seemingly simple pictures called “fake” evoke, although, in fact, we're talking about perhaps about the most truthful of all genres of painting.

Used trompe l'oeil paintings

Tolstoy Fedor Petrovich

1783-1873

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