Drawing Hands And Ramon Bruin's The Twins
Introduction:
The Oxford dictionary states a drawing as 'the formation of a line by drawing some tracing instrument from point to point of a surface; representation by lines; delineation as distinguished from painting...the arrangement of lines which determine form.' So, by following this rule I have selected two drawings, one contemporary and one historical to compare. I will be looking at how the time such developments in technology has influenced the artists and how we now draw or produce drawings. I have chosen to look at M.C. Escher’s piece ‘drawings hands’ (as my 20th century drawing) and Ramon Bruin’s work ‘The Twins’ (as my 21st century drawing). They both enjoy playing with perspective and creating illusions to manipulate the viewer’s eye. …show more content…
Escher is globally well-known graphic artist, born in Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands but spent most of his adult life, living and travelling in Italy, which has said to have influenced a lot of his work. ‘Drawing hands’ is a lithograph, first printed in January 1948. This was produced by drawing with either oil, fat or wax on a smooth surface such as a limestone plate. Esher’s black and white piece, is a drawing of a drawing, drawing. He has drawn a piece of paper with two raised hands drawings each other.
Ramon Bruin was born in 1981 and graduated in 2010 from the Airbrush Academie in Lelystad, The Netherlands. He produced the 2013 piece ‘The Twins’ in Prisma colour premier pencils on 300 gsm paper. This drawing is of two young boys drawing each other, the focus is on one boy’s face in full concentration while drawing the shoe and remaining leg of the other.
The Oxford dictionary states a drawing as 'the formation of a line by drawing some tracing instrument from point to point of a surface; representation by lines; delineation as distinguished from painting...the arrangement of lines which determine form.' So, by following this rule I have selected two drawings, one contemporary and one historical to compare. I will be looking at how the time such developments in technology has influenced the artists and how we now draw or produce drawings. I have chosen to look at M.C. Escher’s piece ‘drawings hands’ (as my 20th century drawing) and Ramon Bruin’s work ‘The Twins’ (as my 21st century drawing). They both enjoy playing with perspective and creating illusions to manipulate the viewer’s eye. …show more content…
Escher is globally well-known graphic artist, born in Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands but spent most of his adult life, living and travelling in Italy, which has said to have influenced a lot of his work. ‘Drawing hands’ is a lithograph, first printed in January 1948. This was produced by drawing with either oil, fat or wax on a smooth surface such as a limestone plate. Esher’s black and white piece, is a drawing of a drawing, drawing. He has drawn a piece of paper with two raised hands drawings each other.
Ramon Bruin was born in 1981 and graduated in 2010 from the Airbrush Academie in Lelystad, The Netherlands. He produced the 2013 piece ‘The Twins’ in Prisma colour premier pencils on 300 gsm paper. This drawing is of two young boys drawing each other, the focus is on one boy’s face in full concentration while drawing the shoe and remaining leg of the other.