![]() Ĭharles Bell, Circus Act, Silkscreen on Paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1995Įarly 21st century hyperrealism was founded on the aesthetic principles of photorealism. Among contemporary European hyperrealist painters we find Gottfried Helnwein, Willem van Veldhuizen and Tjalf Sparnaay, Roger Wittevrongel, as well as the French Pierre Barraya, Jacques Bodin, Ronald Bowen, François Bricq, Gérard Schlosser, Jacques Monory, Bernard Rancillac, Gilles Aillaud and Gérard Fromanger. Since then, hyperealisme has been used by European artists and dealers to apply to painters influenced by the photorealists. The exhibition was dominated by such American photorealists as Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Don Eddy, Robert Bechtle and Richard McLean but it included such influential European artists as Domenico Gnoli, Gerhard Richter, Konrad Klapheck, and Roland Delcol. The art dealer Isy Brachot coined the French word hyperréalisme, meaning hyperrealism, as the title of a major exhibition and catalogue at his gallery in Brussels in 1973. Carole Feuerman is the forerunner in the hyperrealism movement along with Duane Hanson and John De Andrea. The term is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the United States and Europe that has developed since the early 1970s. Hyperrealism is considered an advancement of photorealism by the methods used to create the resulting paintings or sculptures. Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution photograph. In addition, you can compose anything, including a combination of drawing from imagination and observation, like the following self-portrait.Duane Hanson, Woman Eating, polyester resin, fiberglass, polychromed in oil paint with clothes, table, chair and accessories, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1971 ![]() Read my still life composition-drawing tutorial to see how to plan your composition. While it is convenient to draw from images, I recommend practicing drawing from direct observation. To understand and add depth when drawing, visit my guide for creating the illusion of depth in art, it includes 15 ways to draw depth, with many examples! That said, in art, it is possible to create realistic looking drawings, using only lines, by creating the illusion of transitions, brightness values and edges.įor an in-depth article about drawing and painting realism, visit The 8 Key Factors for Painting Realism. When drawing with pencils, it is all about transitions in brightness values and different types of edges. Light travels as a wave therefore, shadows are not completely sharp.įor these reasons, there are no lines in nature! Since all materials are made of molecules, they can never be one hundred percent smooth. Start by marking the drawing paper, so you can always put your hand back at the same place. When both eyes are partly closed, you can focus on brightness values, and disregard other distractions. To solve this problem, squint while observing, in order to lose focus. Sometimes when looking at a complex object, especially with colors (or texture), it is hard to see how dark or light each area is. In other words, there should be enough contrast between dark and bright parts of the drawing in order for it to look rich and intense. When the range between dark and bright areas is large, the drawing is noticeable, and has volume and depth. ![]() If the range or difference between dark and light areas is small, the drawing may appear flat.In addition, it is important to pay attention to the range and variety between the darkest areas and the brightest: Observation is the key to identifying the brightness values of any object or image.Įxamine each part of the drawing, to see if it is darker or lighter than the object you are trying to draw, and then correct it accordingly.
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