Friday 7 November 2008

Our Trompe L'oiel workshops

One afternoon this week we took part in a variety of workshops about Trompe L'oiel. There were four workshops looking at different ways of using perspective when drawing. Have a look at our photos of the work in progress. I think you'll agree that we are great artists!







Tuesday 4 November 2008

Trompe L'oiel

We have been looking at how artists use perspective and illusions to create their artwork. This is called Trompe L'oiel. Here are some websites to look at to see this style of artwork:


http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/sun.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Escaping_criticism_by_Caso.jpg
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2002/slideshow/slide-176-7.shtm