the concept of breathing is hard when it comes to actually drawing, photographing, or painting it... what would you draw to subtly depict "breathe"?
2006-10-21 04:36:18 · 14 answers · asked by ickity 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
Hmmm...that's hard! How do you paint breath or breathing? Unless you were to draw a person's face sucking in or blowing out. Maybe that's too literal. A candle flame being blown out? Or something more abstract: white & blue, very light brush strokes, swirling patterns like wind only softer & smaller. Or you could lightly brush the word breathe onto a canvas with a light ethereal type script...I think you've got your work cut out for you! Good luck!
2006-10-21 04:40:04 · answer #1 · answered by amp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From a photography perspective, I'd have my model facing the camera with a pane of glass between the camera and the model. It'd be b&w, and the lower facial features of the model would be obscured by their breath on the glass. You'd see eyes, probably either downcast or looking sideways, and breath on glass.
From a painting/drawing perspective... you could have someone blowing bubbles or blowing up a balloon, I suppose. Or lips blowing out a candle, blowing on hot tea, etc. I think the winter thing is overdone a bit, because most people assume that the only way to portray breath is to make it visible. I think it's more how the invisible interacts with the visible.
2006-10-23 11:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by Kat L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't focus on painting the breath, the mouth, the lips, the subject will provide what is needed. The breath is inferred.(sp)
If you painted a profile with lips pursed, next to a candle with the flame at a sharp angle away from the mouth you know the person was blowing on the candle. etc.
Unless of course it is a winter subject and you can handle that with some diluted white/grey/yellow
2006-10-23 21:56:30 · answer #3 · answered by 47 year old father of two 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just make sure to use plenty of movement in your piece. Since breathing or breath is so hard to draw, you might just show how it affects objects around it. Use lines that are fluid-like or roundish. Or, if you're totally lost, I'd recommend seeing an art teacher or some other art savvy person.
2006-10-21 11:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Draw a man swimming to the surface of water trying to cut through the water to reach the light that is distant from him. the light depicts the air that he needs to breathe and the water depicts the dire situation he is in. - he needs to breathe to live -
2006-10-21 11:44:27 · answer #5 · answered by lolavitala 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try body language to communicate breathing, your body moves when you take in a deep breath, your back straightens and your lips open. To photograph wait until its cold
2006-10-22 20:00:47 · answer #6 · answered by scal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
draw someone in a really cold area..
There breath is like smoke
2006-10-21 11:39:19 · answer #7 · answered by USMCstingray 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about the steamy exhale of a person on a cold, frosty morning with snow on the ground or ice hanging from the eaves of the house?
2006-10-21 11:44:25 · answer #8 · answered by dmspartan2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first, you would have to put your subject in a winter scene. Then it would be easy to show "breath" by the condensation from our mouths when we exhale, especially using painting as a medium.
2006-10-21 12:03:38 · answer #9 · answered by axis mentis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i did one in water-color all black and shuwed an emotion of movement across a desert scene ,and the face of a navajo-indian looking towards a sunset ,along with the animals at his side ! look around ,feel around ,maybe you'll see a breath in the city or ?????
2006-10-21 12:11:48 · answer #10 · answered by luke m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋