Besides simply using the catch-all phrase surrealism?
Many years back I got the idea to work in this 'style' from looking at photograph negatives. With negatives the colors seem to be inverse and I thought 'why not reverse and/or alter the normal colors most artists use?' After a lot of trail and error (it ain't easy to sketch out figures to paint on a black canvas) I've come up with what I think are cool effects. It's not exactly photonegative art now but it was born from the concept.
The problem is I'm clueless when asked to 'label' this style. Would you like to take a shot at doing so?
http://pics.livejournal.com/unmired/pic/00033bc9/g11
Thank you in advance for your serious and thoughtful replies.
2006-12-07 03:37:21 · 8 answers · asked by Doc Watson 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Zoltar, this is a fully painted canvas. Every line is hand-painted. So it certainly isn't a drawing.
2006-12-07 13:23:00 · update #1
Reversal Imagery
2006-12-07 04:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by Victor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very Cool! We used to do something like this in school, where you painted a light colored board black and then scratched a picture into it. I dont remember what it was called.
I imagine the style label you could use would depend more on what style the actual image was in rather than the method (the black scratchboard) used. Your pictures look almost art-deco in some ways.
2006-12-07 04:59:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i imagine they're stylish both way. i go with to positioned on them yet my mom is hostile to them ( I in elementary words do it even as i'm at some camp with a ton of youngsters who comprehend whats in). i ought to perhaps tutor those haters what your made from. Black is a common colour, that seems large on absolutely everyone. Very stylish. Now, perhaps you adult males can shake it up slightly and use shades (ya, it must be diverse), like pink and white and army blue and darkish eco-friendly. i'm not affirming ambitious shades although, gotta save the image. or you could tell each and anybody that you're literally not emo, you're yourselves.
2016-11-30 06:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is reminesent of the early scratch board neo-realist styles of the late 50's early 60's. Not quite as psycadelic as the Max work, or as surreal as Dali. But it does have the eye appeal of both.
2006-12-07 03:44:19 · answer #4 · answered by Tom H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Doc, it's just called a drawing. Not bad though.
2006-12-07 07:25:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Definitely Not surrealisn. Neo-realism or futurism maybe.
2006-12-07 04:10:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a drawing not a painting
2006-12-07 13:37:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I can't say but it's different well done
2006-12-08 01:09:19 · answer #8 · answered by cheers 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋