Artists Use This Technique to Direct the Viewer's Eye
Tap card to see definition. One might argue that all worthy works of art employ emphasis. Painting On Grounds Inventive Uses Of Media For Painting Students Part 2 Painting Portrait Art Student Art In this activity students will investigate the use of sight lines to direct the viewers eye. . Like storytellers artists can use similar tricks to help them produce more compelling artwork. The viewers eye usually goes first to the area of greatest contrast in a painting. The figures are deliberately placed to direct the viewers eye from the front right of the picture to the buildings front edge on the left which like a ships bow acts as a cleaver to plunge both sides toward the horizon. Balance and symmetry in a shot can be very effective. Helpful 0 Not Helpful. Lets take a look. On the contrary its the painters responsibility to direct the eye to orchestrate its movement within the painting through the usage of...