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Creating Depth

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:33 pm
by All Fired Up
Does anyone know how to achieve depth from simple shapes when fusing? Here are some examples:

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Thanks,
Bartman

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 11:10 am
by Phil Hoppes
In art, that is called change in value. I would recommend practicing in an art medium first such as pencil drawing, pastels (my favorite), oils or acrylics. When you feel you have a handle on how to achieve the effect you are looking for in drawing then you should try working with powders in glass. They do not work like your drawing counterparts but it is as close as you can get. Be warned to be sure and always use a respirators when working with frits, especially powders as they are very bad for your lungs.

Good luck, happy drawing.

Phil

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 11:16 am
by Bert Weiss
read "The Art of Painting on Glass" by Albinus Elskus. This book shows how traditional glass painters create the effects you desire.

Re: Creating Depth

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:41 pm
by Don Burt
All Fired Up wrote:Does anyone know how to achieve depth from simple shapes when fusing? Here are some examples:

Image

Image

Thanks,
Bartman
I'm probably stating the obvious but in addition to value gradation like Phil was describing, depth is also acheived with linear perspective, variation in size of 2D shapes and density of texture, the illusion of pieces overlaying one another (theres a better phrase/word for that....darn) particularly with transparent class, and by actual physical depth itself. Different colors recede or approach too. You could get Rudolph Arnheim's big book from the library while you're waiting on Elskus's.

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 6:52 am
by All Fired Up
Don,

Which one of Rudolph's books are you talking about?

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 9:27 am
by Don Burt
All Fired Up wrote:Don,

Which one of Rudolph's books are you talking about?
Sorry. He wrote a famous textbook in the '60s: Art and Visual Perception, A Psychology of the Creative Eye'.