"Spokewheeling" is one such fundamental drawing composition principle. The term was coined by James Gurney in his book Imaginative Realism, How to Paint What Doesn't Exist in 2009, though the principle has been used by artists for centuries. Gurney explains that "lines that converge to a single point of a picture are like spokes around the hub of a wheel. They pull the eye toward the center point."
Here's a watercolor drawing I completed in 2007 for a project called Hudson that I helped design with Dover, Kohl and Partners in Montgomery, Alabama. The drawing makes use of Spokewheeling. The eave lines of the houses on the right, the curb lines, and even the landscape forms on the left all form lines leading the viewer's eye to the little red chapel. Spokewheeling of composition lines helps to give this modest little structure a feeling of increased stature and civic importance in the neighborhood.
I was honored to receive an Award of Excellence for this image from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators in their 24th annual juried Architecture in Perspective exhibition. The entire exhibition catalog can be viewed online here.
Amazon: Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (James Gurney Art)
No comments:
Post a Comment