Fatima Freeman ART 106 July 5, 2012 1 Sketching of an Artist Artwork Before an artist perceives in the human being

mind of what they consider to be a painting, drawing, sculpture or an animated movie it is generally drawn in the artist sketchbook like a writer will have several copies of his rough drafts of his novel before the final novel is edited for the book stores to sell for the customer to purchase the book to be read. For example the Sistine Chapel was painted by a sculptor by the name of Michelangelo Buonarotti, better known to the world as Michelangelo, in the Spring of 1509 (Katz 2009). However, Michelangelo was known for been a sculptor, but after much procession, Michelangelo decided to paint the Sistine Chapel that which holds a central place in Christendom as the private chapel of the pope and the site of the papal enclave, where the College of Cardinals gathers to elect new popes and the Sistine Chapel still continues to inspire millions of pilgrims as well as tourists in the Vatican City each year (2009). Thanks to Michelangelo thinking not to just take paint in throw it on the ceiling and he thought to sketch his Sistine Chapel on a sheet of paper in a sketchbook or possible on the ceiling of where he created the very famous painting that many people travel to the Vatican City in Italy using a variety of material then his work would not have been possible. Therefore, the Sistine Chapel deals with the many elements that an artist might start with in a drawing to give him the idea of where certain objects may sit or how the depth as

2 well as the range of the paint that was used to display how far the object is from the other objects that lie in the painting before the drawing is transferred to a final format of art for what Michelangelo was really implying for the general public to view from his perspective..

(Michelangelo Spring 1509 Sistine Chapel, www.visitingdc.com) Especially, with a large scale of space that Michelangelo had to use to implement his painting of the Sistine Chapel that really consist of very little negative space, linear perspective, descriptive marks and the great usage in contour lines. Therefore, Michelangelo used the space that he used to imply his perspective of his painting from way above the eyes of any human being eyes and he was very secretive about his painting of the Sistine Chapel. Whereas, the information on how

3 Michelangelo created the scene of Adam on the ceiling as well as the creation of what in my mind resembles God touching Adams finger that is also probably the most famous scene in the Sistine Chapel. However, the definition of linear perspective is not in the mind of the way that many artist would put the perception of how it is supposed to be viewed by the viewer that is admiring a piece of art work that an artist has created, but the fact that in Michelangelos painting of the Sistine Chapel where the shape of the ceiling where his painting lies puts the perspective of the painting in another form of the general public mind because the viewer has to look up in order to see the painting. Therefore, the general public does not see the painting as the way that Michelangelo may have wanted the audience to perceive the art work that he created in the Sistine Chapel as the way that we would aspect us to. Also, the shape of the ceiling is in a circular motion where for the audience is to look up in order to see the painting that Michelangelo has put on display in the Sistine Chapel. Whereas, the concept puts the mind in the effect of a heavenly perspective of the painting since the painting is in the Sistine Chapel which is known as one of the most Holy Place of where the Cardinal of College gather to select the next Pope. Furthermore, with the painting been on the ceiling the thought is to look up to view his work, but with the circular motion of the ceiling is to perceive the idea of universal peace on Earth for all of mankind. Therefore, before creating an imaginary forest of a drawing that I call Tree of Life I started with just using a drawing pencil to draw several scenes in the degree of 2H in my sketchbook to give myself a detail example of how I want the audience to view my final drawing

4 that would implement how a tree can represent our everyday lives that will just sit in a forest can have an affect our daily lives. Plus, in my drawing of the Tree of Life where I use negative space and I made the great use as well as drew many lines to project where the trees lay in the form of how in my mind the sun hits a many variety of spots of where the trees are lined up in different position in the imaginary forest that I have created in my mind in an attempt to perceive to my general audience of what a forest may look like. Therefore, by using charcoal and several of my drawing pencils that range from 2H to 8B to define the shading of the trees that will display the sun not hitting certain parts of the trees. Plus, by using a felt point pen with a fine tip in black to show the many different points of where the sun is hitting the trees and where the sun does not hit the trees. Now to touch base of a more modern artist known as Charles Avery who also uses linear perspective in a very extraordinary way as well as negative space and this is where the drawing that I am chosen to display to the general public to understand the reason that I have chosen to make up a forest of trees because in life we all are not the same shape.

(Charles Avery, www.greatexposition.com) Meaning that if a person were to stand next to another person the concept is that they are the same shape, but in the eyes of the viewer at a closer view in much closer range of motion that the

5 person on the right is a little heavier in the hips then the person on the left. Plus, the person on the left is darker then the person on the right. Therefore, we all are shaped different and our eyes can at the same time deceive us and our mind can play tricks on us as well. Where the definition of linear perspective is always given in straight lines that can be defined as horizontal, vertical and/or a circular motion to where is one was viewing from a distance the thought of the general public is that the form that is been displayed in a form of art work to be viewed from up top, from the bottom, from the side or from the front of an object. However, how many of Charles Avery drawings are viewed is not with the concept of linear perspective by not looking for the use of lines, but with the thought of the lines being in the form that the general public is looking at a line in by using pencil to display many lines of the area of the distance from which the objects are sitting on the paper that he drew his final drawing as well as using charcoal to display some shading with some blending techniques. Therefore, Charles Avery is displaying the thought of a linear perspective by using different motions on his finalized drawing using his drawing material in a different motion to display linear perspective. As for another great artist by the name of Leonardo da Vinci who made great use with the form and motion of a pencil using the descriptive mark and contour lines especially in his drawing of himself where he used charcoal of his self-portrait where he drew himself on a sheet of paper where no color was used. Also, when he uses the descriptive marks to display where his long facial hair was nicely groomed and where his long hair was put in display under a hat that he was wearing at the time when he drew his picture of himself to indicate what he looked like to the general public

(www.hchamberlain.net). Furthermore, in the drawing that Leonardo da Vinci has drawn of himself where the implication of shading and blending was use to indicate that he was sitting or standing against something that would display where the light was shining to give in detail where the sun was at the time of the day that he drew his picture to put up on display for the general public to understand what type of frame Leonardo da Vinci body displays. Whereas he also makes great use of contour line where he displays himself in a great frame of not just sitting or standing, but as to how far as well as how close his body is from the object of which the sun is shining to display a type of light on the object as well as on himself.

http://thegreatexposition.com http://thegreatexposition.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/GMA-4999.jpg www.hchamberlain.net http://www.hchamberlain.net/kant/leonardo.jpg Katz, Jaimie 2009 The Measure of Genius: Michelangelos Sistine Chapel at 500: Smithsonian.com, April 10, 2009. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culturs/The-Measure-of-GeniusMichelangelos-Sistine-Chapel-at-500.html