Any inspiration is inspiration of beauty. Anything, any object or phenomenon can inspire a person to be creative, provided that they have harmony, symmetry and proportion.
A ray of sunlight breaks through the foliage of a tree standing by the window and, entering the room, pierces a glass of hot tea and everything suddenly becomes magical: the steam from the tea, the glass of the glass and the ray of sun that refracts and paints a rainbow on the table. It's simple, beautiful picture. But what could be more beautiful? nature, natural, simple things?
You need to more often switch your thoughts from eternal thoughts about daily matters and notice the beauty around you! How a cobweb on a tree trembles and glows golden, how a yellow leaf slowly falls from it, how still green leaves rustle - any little thing can give birth in the mind to what is called inspiration.
Beautiful too human creations, but not all kinds, but those that were created for the benefit of people, that is, belonging to the category of art, craft and science. A plate, a children's toy, a bottle of perfume, and also a painting, a novel, can be beautiful. musical opera, a discovery or technical invention made.
Several factors distinguish the beautiful from the ugly:
- beauty gives rise to a lot of positive emotions and a feeling of pleasure,
- it represents limitless space and completeness creativity man or nature,
- embodies the idea of perfection, ideal and good.
Beauty is not only something beautiful, but also Kind. Therefore, despite the fact that the words “beauty” and “beautiful” have the same root, beautiful does not yet mean wonderful. The explosion of a nuclear bomb is impressive and looks beautiful, but it is not beautiful, but terrible.
Beautiful– the highest aesthetic value and the main positive form of being, which has its own laws:
- harmony,
- symmetry,
- measures.
What is beautiful is what is harmonious, correct, what is not too much and not too little, what is pleasing to the eye and heart.
However, the idea of beauty may vary depending on:
- conditions, image, lifestyle of a person, his aesthetic preferences;
- features national culture and the level of individual culture of the individual.
Inspiration- this is a rise in mental strength and mental energy observed in the process of creative work. Not only representatives of creative professions (writers, artists, musicians, actors, singers and others), but also scientists, ordinary workers, and housewives cannot do without it.
Why is everyone looking for inspiration? Why sometimes even exercise and cleaning cannot be done without inspiration? The whole point is that it seems to charge you energetically and speed up the time it takes to complete a task. The state of inspiration is to some extent similar to trance, hypnosis, it can be called an altered state of consciousness.
Inspiration is characterized:
- full concentration on the creative process;
- persistently high concentration of attention;
- the vividness of the images of memory and imagination;
- increased interest, enthusiasm,
- self-confidence and successful results,
- activation of cognitive and creative abilities, skills, knowledge.
Inspiration makes any work productive: - new plans, ideas, plans, goals are born;
- a solution to the problem is found or at least its essence is clarified;
- arise general models, basic images, “framework” for the upcoming work;
- new or completely unique creative products appear.
At what point or time period in the creative process does inspiration appear? Many geniuses did not hide from the public the fact that their discoveries were the result of sudden insight. It was as if someone had put words or pictures into their minds, which all they had to do was write them down on paper.
The mystery and incomprehensibility of insight was associated (and in our time this point of view also exists) with the presence of a higher, divine source of inspiration until the American psychologist G. Wallace nor developed a diagram of the creative process.
Wallace drew conclusions about creativity based on the analysis of data obtained from introspection diaries famous geniuses and scientists.
So, according to Wallace creative process consists of four stages:
Thus, it becomes clear that inspiration and insight are not simple luck, but the result of work, trial and error, and persistence in solving a problem.
Inspiration does not come to those who do nothing, it loves active people. Sometimes, in order to be inspired by an activity, it is enough just to start doing it, to take the first step.
Where to look for beautiful inspiration
To be inspired by beauty, you need to be able to notice it, and sources there are many beautiful things:
Nature. Any manifestation of it is wonderful! The earth's landscapes and elements fascinate and inspire. Modern man has the opportunity to be inspired by the beauty of nature without even leaving home. Photographers around the world capture and post online photos and videos of thunderstorms, volcanic eruptions, high waves, mountains, mighty snow, oceans, northern lights and much more. Of course, direct contact with nature is also important: walking, relaxing, just observing it.- Traveling and being on the road. Of course, while traveling you can see and learn a lot of new and beautiful things, but not everyone has the opportunity to travel as far as often as they would like, but every person moves around the area where he lives during the day. If you look out the window of a tram for a reason, but with the goal of observing the world around you, you can see beauty in the familiar.
- Children. All little children are open, sincere, spontaneous, active and, in the end, just very beautiful, sweet, pure. Looking at how a child enjoys life and listening to what he says, you can find a lot of ideas for creativity.
- Wonderful people. Man is also a part of nature. A person who is beautiful in body and soul, successful, wise, experienced, or simply loving and loved can inspire you to conquer any, even unrealistic, peaks.
- Poetry. There is harmony, harmony of thoughts and melodiousness in it.
- Books. They not only inspire, but also motivate, stimulate imaginative thinking, develop intelligence and imagination.
- Dancing. A way to find inspiration in the beauty of the body and its freedom, lightness, expressiveness, instinctivity, which are as natural as any other natural phenomenon.
- Music and sounds. Music can change your mood, set you in the right mood, “switch” to feelings and intuition.
- Movies. Good movie able to inspire as well as a book, teach, suggest, guide, give self-confidence.
- Theater. The influence of live acting on the audience was well known back in the Ancient Greece. The very word “catharsis”, denoting the cleansing, ennobling effect of a work of art, appeared in Ancient Greece to designate the audience’s experience of the highest harmony of theatrical tragedy.
Painting. The brightness of the colors and the play of the artist’s imagination delight and make you look at the world differently.- Humor. You can be inspired by someone else's positivity and ability to take life lightly.
- Overcoming difficulties. By overcoming difficulties, you can discover the harmony, beauty and perfection of your own soul! Any victory, achievement, work on yourself inspires you to develop further and become better. It is important to notice and celebrate your own achievements and how they improve your life.
- Target. When there is something to strive for, meaning, motive, desire, love for what you need to achieve excellence in, inspiration will not keep you waiting.
- Love(in the broad sense of the word). Perhaps the most beautiful of the inspiring and the most inspiring of the beautiful that can be found in the external and one’s own, inner world! Love inspires and is itself a creative process.
For information on where else you can find inspiration and how to keep it, read the article
It's no secret that fashion designers find inspiration for their collections by turning to works artistic arts. The images created by artists on canvas carry a special meaning for the designer. Painting can prompt an attempt to recreate in reality an incredible shape, color or image. Particularly popular among fashion designers are creations created at the beginning of the 20th century, which are distinguished by their special aesthetics, risk and brightness; creations created during a riot of many directions. But, nevertheless, classical painting also attracts attention.
Alexander McQueen was probably a fan of the Russian historical painting. The designer especially liked it, apparently. romantic story an impostor who pretended to be the daughter of Elizaveta Petrovna. That’s why I took the painting “Princess Tarakanova” by Konstantin Dmitrievich Flavitsky as the basis for my collection. The costumes convey the contrast of scarlet and white, the volume and mood characteristic of the picture.
John Galliano is obviously also inspired by Russian fine art. Only, unlike McQueen, he prefers fairy-tale motifs in the style of impressionism. Painting by M.A. Vrubel’s “The Swan Princess” inspired John Galliano to create the a-la Rus collection; Artificial snow fell during the show, adding to the unique magical flavor of the collection.
One of the most interesting works John Galliano - his 2008 collection for Christian Dior, for which the main idea was the work of Gustav Klimt. Incredible drawings and the colors of Dior dresses are very reminiscent of Klimt’s paintings, but at the same time it cannot be said that Galliano copied the prints or decorative elements. His collection is similar to the artist’s works general perception. The Balenciaga brand also takes the works of Gustav Klimt as a source of inspiration.
Marco Zanini was also known as a fan of impressionist artists. creative director Rochas brand. Apparently, he is closer to French art and Claude Monet, one of the founders of the artistic movement of impressionism. Zanini copied “Water Lilies in the Reflection of a Willow Tree” almost exactly as a fabric print used for one of his collections.
The work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo also served as a source of inspiration. Interestingly, the costume of the heroine Milla Jovovich from the film “The Fifth Element”, created by Jean-Paul Gaultier, almost completely repeats the costume from the film “The Broken Column”.
The experiment of the Louis Vuitton brand looks interesting. The brand released a collection based on the works of Richard Prince from the “Nurses” series.
Speaking about painting as a source of inspiration, one cannot help but recall Yves Saint Laurent. The maestro drew inspiration for his collections from the works of Picasso, Van Gogh, Warhol; and the collection, created based on the works of the Dutch abstract artist Piet Mondrian, had at one time resounding success, and to this day the dress from this collection, which graced the cover of Vogue magazine, is one of the most famous works couturier.
In the 60s of the XX century. both in fashion and in art, the search for new ideas continued... Yves Saint Laurent designed an evening wool jersey dress in a style inspired by the works of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. This simple one-color dress has long, wrist-length sleeves. And on this dark monochromatic background, an appliqué made in the style of cubism stretches from shoulders to hips.
Continuing the theme of cubism in the work of fashion designers, it is worth noting the Belgian designer Dries van Noten, who likes to use motifs from paintings by Kazimir Malevich in his works, as well as the conservative brand Chanel. And the Etro brand prefers to draw inspiration from the works of Mark Rothko.
Dasha Gauser in her new collection for the spring-summer 2012 season, held as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, touched upon one of the most striking periods in the history of Russian fine arts- Russian avant-garde - and in particular paintings by adherents of Cubism and Suprematism. The collection includes combinations of pink and orange; beige with Klein blue; orange and purple on a white "primed canvas".
As a tangible example, I would like to cite the diploma collection of a student from the INK MSU. N.P. Ogarev Irina Gorelova, created based on the French artist Georges Braque. The motifs of the artist’s paintings were transferred to fabric using the “cold batik” technique.
Pop art style has been one of the most popular creative sources among designers for many decades. Cult person This movement is the American artist and designer Andy Warhol, whose works still continue to inspire fashion designers.
In 1964, Warhol created his legendary Marilyn Diptych. Today it is difficult to imagine a more exploited and recognizable image of pop art in modern culture. An example is the work of the famous hatter Philip Treacy, who created a hat based on this silk-screened canvas.
Pepe Jeans licensed Andy Warhol's imagery in 2007 and has been creating seasonally exclusive clothing and accessories under its brand ever since.
Pepe Jeans is the only textile company in Europe that creates full collections with Andy Warhol prints, from clothing to small accessories. This makes it possible to create your own original and unique bright image, using the entire line of the collection.
In the fall/winter 2011-2012 season, the youth brand D&G presented a collection in the pop art style, clearly inspired by the work of Roy Lichtenstein. The success of the collection can be explained largely due to the fact that the designers did not completely transfer Lichtenstein’s ideas, but left room for imagination.
8 famous tips from psychologists who know where each of us can find inspiration. Let's save it for ourselves!
So, what do you mean by the word: “Inspiration?”
Here is a Russian language dictionary explaining the meaning of the word inspiration, as “a state of creative exaltation.”
Indeed, not a single artist, writer, director or other person with creative profession cannot create a masterpiece without inspiration.
And not only their monetary earnings, but also their state of mind depends on how high-quality works they produce.
But to think that inspiration is the exclusive prerogative of creative people, wrong!
Just remember your most successful financial transactions, sewn dresses, baked pies, or any other business. Remember what you felt then?!
Do you remember?
This is called inspiration.
Where to get inspiration so that every completed task is a small masterpiece, that’s what we’ll talk about today.
Remember, in the article: “about the daily routine successful person“Did I tell you about my friend the artist Oksana?
So, there are quite a lot of people who can draw, but those who manage to make money from it and have recognition in a specific creative environment, where everyone considers themselves a genius, can be counted on one hand.
But my friend succeeded.
Naturally, she has more or less successful works, but she never fails.
Oksana claims that - never start working without inspiration!
If she really can’t bear to create, then the artist simply takes a day off or does some household chores: cleaning, laundry, putting things in order in the kitchen or wardrobes.
But if the situation is not so hopeless, then she tries to call the muse to visit.
“Year after year, month after month, day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute and even second after second - time flies without stopping for a moment. No force can interrupt this run; it is not in our power. All we can do is spend time usefully, constructively, or waste it in a harmful way. This choice is ours; the decision is in our hands. So spend your time productively: in my opinion, this is very important.”
Dalai Lama XIV
Three crown recipes, where to find inspiration, she shared with me, and I happily give them to you!
We admire the beautiful.
First, think about what is truly beautiful to you: objects of art, natural wonders, cute animals, musical or literary works etc.
Forget about everything and immerse yourself in the contemplation of beauty for 1-2 hours!
Let's go for a walk.
If the weather permits, get dressed and go for a walk through the streets of the city.
Go to your favorite cafe, visit the park, go to the river.
Firstly, your brain will receive a lot of oxygen, which means it will begin to function intensively.
And secondly, during your walk you will probably see something surprisingly inspiring.
P.S. If outside the window there is rain coupled with a hurricane, virtual walk will also work, although the effect will be worse.
If the muse refuses to visit Oksana, then she tries to appease her with something incredibly tasty.
Think about what you want most in at the moment: an exquisite dessert, an original soup, a magical salad, the freshest fish or tender meat?
Head to the kitchen.
Turn on your favorite music and start creating a culinary masterpiece.
Cooking is quite a creative process, so the muse will not remain indifferent, and you’ll also have a little celebration for yourself.
Where to get inspiration: if you still don't know
The above recipes are suitable for Oksana, but since each person is an individual, you must have a large area for maneuver.
Before starting to write this article, I read many recommendations from famous people, where to find inspiration, sorted them and this is what happened.
Dream.
You must have cherished dream and not even alone.
I hope you already have one or will make one soon.
And when the muse has run away from you, look at him and say to yourself: “I must/should finish writing an article/finishing a dress/plastering a wall, etc., in order to make this or that dream come true.”
True literature is created by geniuses and the most talented people who through the work share their experiences and feelings.
If you read a lot, then in any difficult situation you will be able to recall a similar example from literature.
In addition, reading promotes mental development and imagination.
Become a music lover.
Sometimes, in order for inspiration to appear, it is enough to put on the right melody.
Start your own playlist.
It is better if all the songs in it are sorted into folders.
For example, “Drive music”, “Philosophical music”, “Romantic ballads”, etc.
Travel.
A visit to a neighboring regional center is already an opportunity to learn something new.
And holidays in other countries are an invaluable experience that broadens your horizons and gives you the ability to do many things!
Spend at least a week of your annual leave away from home.
Believe me, you will have enough impressions for the whole year.
And if inspiration disappears, you can always look at the photos.
Watch.
Make it a habit not to move around the streets, going deep into yourself, but to study the world around you.
Believe me, even the route to work that you have taken a million times can bring pleasant surprises.
Look what a wonderful coat this girl has, and there are cute kittens frolicking in the grass, and the trees have already changed their clothes to golden ones...
And why haven't you seen all this before?
I suggest you watch an incredibly inspiring video about
where to look for your source of inspiration?
I believe that the only correct answer to the question " Where to get inspiration?", - EVERYWHERE!
There is magic hidden in every little thing, the main thing is to see it.
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"Inspiration -
1. A state of creative exhilaration.
2. A state of elation, strong passion; inspiration.
Inspire - encourage to take some action or action; inspire"
(Dictionary Russian language)
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Nomination "Fine Arts"
"INSPIRATION OF AN ARTIST"
student of class 10A
Municipal educational institution "Secondary school No. 47, Cheboksary"
Scientific supervisor:
Litvinenko Galina Anatolevna,
Fine Arts teacher MBOU "Secondary School No. 47"
Cheboksary
- Explanatory note
- Working on the composition
- Search sketches
- Design stages
- Tools, equipment, cost of the project product.
- Literature used
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Target: explore possibilities decorative composition and painting technique in creating artistic image.
Tasks:
- Consider and analyze ways and techniques of revealing the theme of inspiration in plastic types art.
- Learn to use various composition techniques when creating a painting.
- Master the ability to create color harmony in a composition.
"Inspiration -
1. A state of creative exhilaration.
2. A state of elation, strong passion; inspiration.
Inspire - encourage to take some action or action; inspire"
(Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language)
What does inspiration mean, where does it come from and where does it go? Scientists start numerous debates on this topic, breaking spears in an attempt to explain something intangible that gives the paintings of artists, novels of writers, odes of poets something that makes them recognizable and recognized throughout the world. Let's try to understand what the greats themselves think about inspiration, what they say about it.
The strength of a magnet is transmitted from iron to iron, just as the inspiration of a muse is transmitted through a poet to the reader and listener. - Plato
Inspiration is a state of obsession with truth. - F. Iskander
Inspiration is not a herring that can be pickled for many years. - Goethe
Inspiration is a lightning bolt that does not strike for everyone. - P. Decourcel
Not work, but only pleasure,
Love and tenderness for everything -
This is what inspiration is
And everything corresponds to him!
Nina Kartasheva
Radiant inspiration! Which of the real creators has not experienced its incomprehensible, miraculous power! It, like a mighty stream, carries away the oppressive burden of doubts, uncertainty, congestion of previous failures, and brings new, fresh ideas, unexpected solutions. Everything suddenly clarifies, makes it understandable, achievable, and the impossible becomes possible. It is no coincidence that poets call him divine.
A moment of inspiration, an exceptional rise in creative power, sometimes reaches such intensity that it is not fully realized by the author himself, is not controlled by his cold reason, and therefore the fruitful results of such inspiration are sometimes unexpected for the artist or scientist himself. In such cases, some of them admitted, paradoxically, that one or another of their works seemed to them “above” their capabilities or they could not explain its appearance themselves. A. Blok said about “The Twelve”: “It is bigger than me and bigger than itself. It is real.”
Inspiration is the state when all the creative possibilities of an individual are revealed with utmost power; all energy sources flow in full flow; reason, will, imagination, fantasy seem to rush in one direction, spurring and stimulating each other.
Inspiration is familiar to any person, including people who work physically. In this sense, the words of I.F. are true. Stravinsky: “The layman imagines that to create one must wait for inspiration. This is a deep misconception. I am far from completely denying inspiration. On the contrary, inspiration driving force, which is present in any human activity... But this force is driven by effort, and effort is labor.” And P.I. Tchaikovsky said: “Inspiration is a guest who does not like to visit the lazy.” Whoever works more often experiences a surge of strength called inspiration, and in this sense the great creative personalities are in the best position, like all true workers.
Inspiration is the joy, the crazy joy of the artist putting the last strokes on the picture; the euphoria of a poet painfully selecting the right words for the right rhyme; the unbridled joy of a designer drawing out in detail the still unclear configurations of a machine that does not yet exist; the discovery of a scientist who combined the incompatible in his strict calculations of intricate formulas and received for no apparent reason an unexpected, even frightening result...
Inspiration is novelty, the most original, unexpected and most certainly modern.
Inspiration is a gust of wind, or a gentle touch of flying coolness, or a squall blow of a typhoon, sweeping away everything and everyone in its path...
Inspiration is everything and inspiration is nothing...
At all times, painters and sculptors, as well as photographers closer to us in time, sought to show in their works their own sense of inspiration.
The 17th century French painter Nicolas Poussin managed to
expressively capture the moment of birth of inspiration. The poet, crowned with a laurel wreath, holds a lyre in his hands. His face is calm with a look and a restless soul, and even, if I may put it this way, “softened.” (the era of romanticism, when the creator was endowed with a burning gaze and a restless soul, is still far away).
More modern French artist, a prominent representative of salon academicism Adolphe William Bouguereau
depicted in the picture the work of creative thought, when the idea is about to be embodied in material outlines.
Polish artist Jacek Malczewski, representative of modernism and symbolism. avoiding questions, he depicted his inspiration on canvas. His painting "The Artist's Inspiration" opens special world creative madness.
Malchevsky argued that inspiration cannot be artificially evoked, it cannot be controlled, and showed what the artist’s passion for obedience leads to, the desire to catch a fragile muse in a net and not let go. In thick colors and gloomy tones it is told about the despair of the creator, his powerlessness. The artist himself experienced such moments more than once.
Masters of the brush, describing their inspiration, see it as sublime, while others talk about a woman as a muse, without which creativity is impossible. Modern creators bring new symbols and images into their works.
Fattah Galla. " Inspiration"
Annette Loginova “Snow inspiration”
Abzhinov Eduard. "Stolen Inspiration"
Michael Parkes "Inspiration"
Alan Lee. " Inspiration"
Sabirov Zakir.
“The flight of a bird is inspiration”
Josephine Wall. " Inspiration"
Danila Lupanov. " Inspiration"
Working on the composition
The choice of composition of the painting was determined by the objectives, its content, nature and purpose.
Composition (from Latin compositio) means composition, connection, combination various parts into a single whole in accordance with some idea
Composition in design is associated with the need to convey the main concept, the idea of the work as clearly and convincingly as possible. The main thing in composition is the creation of an artistic image. Paintings painted in different eras, absolutely different styles, amaze our imagination and are remembered for a long time, largely due to the clear compositional construction. And indeed, if you try to change anything in classical paintings, for example, the size of the canvas, the ratio of dark and light spots, the number of figures, the height of the horizon line, the integrity of the composition is immediately destroyed, the balance of the parts is lost
The composition challenges the artist every time difficult questions, the answers to which must be accurate, original, unique.
Everything is important in a composition - the mass of objects, their visual “weight”, their placement on a plane, the expressiveness of silhouettes, rhythmic alternations of lines and spots, methods of conveying space and the point of view of what is depicted, the distribution of light and shade, the color and coloring of the picture, the poses and gestures of the characters, format and size of the work and much more.
The presented work “Inspiration” is made in a decorative manner of writing.
Decorative thematic composition - special art world with its own conventional order, and sometimes with specific, easily recognizable characters, who relate to each other in a completely different way than in reality.
Main distinctive feature The difference between a decorative image and a realistic one is that the color of an object can be given without taking into account light and shadow; even a complete rejection of the real color is possible. It is important that it creates an artistic image.
The property of a decorative composition is the decorative transformation of any nature, highlighting the elegance, beauty, ornamentation of the surrounding world, observing a certain measure of conventionality of the image. Skillful generalization of form does not harm expressiveness at all. Refusal of minor details makes the main thing more noticeable. Positive results are achieved not only by a strict selection of the main thing, but also by some understatement and associativity in the emotional and figurative solution to the topic.
Various composition techniques were used in the work: conveying rhythm, asymmetry, balancing the parts of the composition and highlighting the plot and compositional center.
Rhythm is one of the “magic wands” with which you can convey movement on a plane. It can be defined by lines, spots of light and shadow, spots of color. The gaze, moving from one pictorial element to another, similar to it, itself, as it were, participates in the movement. For example, when we look at waves, moving our gaze from one wave to another, the illusion of their movement is created.
When creating this composition, the following rules for transferring motion were used:
- wing flapping direction diagonal line Gives the image a sense of dynamism.
- the effect of movement is also created due to the free space in front of the moving object.
- To convey the movement, a certain moment of readiness for creative creation was chosen, which most clearly reflects the nature of the movement and is its culmination.
- the female figure in the picture is turned to face to the right - this is due to the peculiarity of our vision, which is that we read the text from left to right, and movement from left to right is easier to perceive, it seems faster.
The sense of movement is also emphasized by the neutral, blurred background.
To convey the feeling of the flight of creative inspiration, painting techniques were used: lines, strokes, brightness of the color spot. The choice of colors is also not accidental.
Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Roerich says this about color: “Harmony in color is like harmony in music. It has the same effect; it causes the same reactions, determined by whether we like this reaction or not. Take black and white drawing. There is never such a living element in it that gives color. Because color, even without association and form, still carries the vibrations of life. After all, color is very close to music, poetry, sound and smell, which are interconnected. In general, my thesis in painting is this: it is color that primarily influences us.”
Each color has a different effect on a person: orange and red excite energy, cause an upsurge of feelings; green calms, blue and purple put you to sleep
In the composition of a painting, the location of the color and the direction of the color stroke are also important. The blue color in a composition produces a different impression depending on whether it is located at the top or bottom of the picture, to the left or to the right. At the bottom of the composition blue heavy, but at the top it seems light. The dark red color in the upper part of the picture gives the impression of something heavy, inevitable and menacing, while in the lower part it seems calm and self-evident. Yellow in the upper part of the work gives the impression of lightness and weightlessness, while in the lower part it rebels as if in captivity. One of the most essential tasks of composition is to ensure balance of color masses.
Search sketches of various compositional and coloristic nature
Design stages:
1. Select the theme of the composition.
- Consider and analyze ways and techniques of revealing the theme of inspiration in paintings, sculpture and photography.
- Perform a series of search sketches of various compositional and coloristic nature.
- Transferring the sketch to a large format.
- Performing a composition.
Tools, equipment.
Cost of the project product.
1. paper for sketches – 3 rubles.
2.pencil (simple) – 5 rubles.
3. eraser – 3 rub.
4. Whatman paper, A-2 format – 4 rubles.
5. gouache – 120 rub.
7. tassels (squirrel)
No. 1 – 16 rub.
No. 3 – 25 rub.
No. 5 – 40 rub. - composition in the picture
It turns out that artists often turn to science for inspiration. We present to you a selection of the most interesting stories creating artistic masterpieces.
Edvard Munch. "Scream"
"The Scream" by Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist Edvard Munch painted The Scream in 1893. In his diary, he said that he was inspired by the blood-red sky he saw while walking with friends. The amazing atmosphere of the picture gave rise to a lot of controversy about what exactly Munch saw in the sky. One of the most popular hypotheses suggests that the artist may have observed the ash of the Krakatoa volcano after its eruption in 1883.
About the latest guesses from researchers, Popular Mechanics has already: a meteorologist from the University of Oslo suggested that Edvard Munch could have been inspired by seeing a rare phenomenon in the sky - mother-of-pearl clouds, the appearance of which is caused by low temperatures and high levels of illumination.
Maria Sibylla Merian. Watercolor drawing of a guava tree (Psidium guajava), tarantula spider (Avicularia avicularia), cross spider (Avicularia gen. spec.), wolf spider (Rhoicinus spec.), American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), leafcutter ant (Atta cephalotes ), tailor ant (Oecophylla spec.), hummingbird (Trochilidae gen. spec.).
Scientific sketches as art, Maria Sibylla Merian
German artist Maria Sibylla Merian saw beauty where others did not notice it. As an entomologist, she often depicted insects in her paintings. In 1705, the artist made a sketch of a tarantula eating a hummingbird. Her work eventually gave its name to an entire family of spiders (tarantulas). Despite the fact that her engraving was initially criticized and called “pure fiction,” it was later proven that tarantulas do sometimes feed on poultry meat.
Much of Maria Sibylla Merian's most striking work came from her two-year scientific expedition to Suriname (South America) from 1699 to 1701. She depicted in detail the metamorphoses of insects that no one had ever seen before, and researchers around the world are still looking for some of the representatives she captured.
William Turner. "The Decline of Carthage"
Volcanic Sunsets by William Turner
British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (better known as William Turner) was famous for his paintings of spectacular sunsets, stormy seas and lunar scenes. According to a 2014 study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Turner painted his famous sunsets in 1816, inspired by the volcanic emissions in the atmosphere that were caused by the Tambora volcano eruption in 1815 (it was the largest volcanic eruption in human history). As a result, global climate anomalies emerged in the world, giving rise to the Year Without Summer.
Mehmet Berkmen and Maria Penil."Neurons"
Masterpieces from microbes
At the American Society of Microbiology's annual art competition, bacteria and yeast become paint and agar agar becomes canvas. Microbiologists create masterpieces inside petri dishes, such as the work of Mehmet Berkman and Maria Penil called “Neurons”. She won first prize in 2015, beating out a map of New York City made from microbes and an image of a farm in harvest season made from yeast.
Vincent Van Gogh. " Starry night»
"Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night" may seem whimsical and unrealistic, but it also has a connection to science. In 2006, physicists from the National Autonomous University in Mexico devoted an entire study to this masterpiece. They found out that Van Gogh actually depicted turbulence. Interestingly, the artist depicted this physical phenomenon in other paintings that he worked on while struggling with mental problems. These are, for example, “Road with a Cypress and a Star” and “Wheat Field with Crows.”
