Matte painting

succeed as a digital artist, through “the art, the tools and technique” (Wright, 1). This can be applied to a varying range of visual narrative effects, one of them including matte painting. Matte painting, one of the longest standing forms of visual effects, is a traditionally 2D scene created to enhance or further extend a visual image or composite. The art form itself has been seen since the early 1800’s. Examples such as George Melies, “1898 film Un Homme de Têtes – Four Heads Are Better Than One” (Rocketstock). It has critical importance in western cinema, especially today. Through various categories of focus this paper will provide an all-encompassing understanding of the art form to enhance one’s…

George Stubbs “White Poodle in a Punt”, was one of his creative paintings of animals. During his lifetime, George Stubbs was famous for his paintings of domestic and exotic animals, and have produced the most anatomically precise images of horses. The dog is the point of interest in the painting. The use of dark colors makes the fur stand out and the use of lines used to make the fur look as it was moving in the wind, which adds to the value of the entire painting. Also in the painting, it shows…

We are looking at Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, this work was started in and 1495 finished in 1498. Leonardos Last Supper was commissioned by Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan to be a done as mural (15x28Ft) for Santa Maria delle Grazie, is still housed on the facility, although the paining is still on the wall at Santa Maria delle Grazie its far for original, when Leonardo was hired to paint this work he was experimenting with new painting styles. Most people think this work is a Fresco but…

Flat/Matte Wraps Flat matte wraps are well-known to give your vehicle a unique look. Instead of doing a painting job on your vehicle, it makes your vehicle appear as if a paint job is done on it and it will stay for a very long time. When thinking on making a change on your vehicle, there’s no better way than a flat matte wraps. It will make your vehicle completely different color than what it is now, the matte wrap looks awesome and eye catchy. If you’re not into the full flat matte appearance…

emotions they were feeling during World War II. As a Zionist Jew, he turned to stories found within his faith for inspiration. This is shown on the painting from 1945 on the left, which is of the creation story. He then began to use more and more blocks of color in his paintings, as shown in the painting from 1947 on the right, while still alluding to his faith. Many believe this specific picture represents Mary and Jesus. In the late 1940s, Rothko began to develop his signature style of using…

playing a piano. The name of his painting is The Sound of Tiny Fingers. In the middle of the painting sits a little girl. She looks to me no more than five years old. She has blonde, curly hair that shimmers in the light. Her eyes are looking down at her little hands as she pays. The light seems to surround the fly aways from her curls. The artwork was done in watercolor meaning that the fine details are not easily pointed out. The artist however did a good job of keeping his colors from…

Cataract 3 Bridget Riley’s painting Cataract 3 plays with the viewers vision. Cataract 3 is a 88.5 x 87.5 inches which is approximately the size of a double glass sliding door. Riley was widely know for painting in black and white until 1967, the year Cataract 3 was created. This piece is considered Op Art because it creates an optical sensation of movement through the manipulation and reposition of lines. Riley uses both horizontal and diagonal curved lines with different scales. The…

Customs and Traditions Painting Painting in the feudal japan period was influenced by the Chinese styles of writing. To make the paint people would ground up minerals and this would make a different coloured paint. Many of the things that they would paint would be for Shinto or Buddhism theme wise. Buddhists often made the paintings be about a saint a demon or a sinner. The pictures warned people that they had to live a good life. By middle of the Heian period there were two special Japanese…

(Canaletto): Analysis on 2 of Canaletto’s paintings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Canal_and_the_Church_of_the_Salute This painting is called “The Grand Canal at the Church of Salute.” I can see that this painting looks like it has been drawn with different sizes of brushes. The painting looks really realistic because Canaletto must have used a lot of different strokes to get the three dimensional look. The tone and shadow of the buildings are very precise, nothing…

In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, two paintings are exhibited taking place in the 1800s. These artists have similarities and differences viewpoints of the environment in their painting and it helps people get a glance of what the 1800s were like. The first painting was by a man named George Caleb Bingham. Bingham was born March 20, 1811, Augusta County, Virginia to Mary Amend and Henry Vest Bingham and died July 7, 1879, in Kansas City, Missouri. Bingham was a self taught artist. He’s…