dessin par creux / dessin par contour
English translation: (A sense of 3 D) where shade is low relief or hollows/contouring the "white" space as high relief
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| 08:25 Dec 3, 2019 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Drawing / Painting techniques | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Yvonne Gallagher Ireland Local time: 19:16 | ||||||
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relief shading drawing/ contour drawing Explanation: Two starting points that may be okay as they are. See references (one for each) Reference: http://www.reliefshading.com/techniques/drawing/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contour_drawing |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1drawing using negative space / outline drawing Explanation: https://www.artinstructionblog.com/an-introduction-to-negati... https://drawpaintacademy.com/positive-and-negative-space/ -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs (2019-12-03 17:42:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- However, I prefer the way it is expressed in the source text, to your header term; i.e. "les définitions par creux ou par contour", which I would translate as defining your subject by negative space or by outline. Of course, when you draw concentrating on the negative space, you actually are drawing outlines, but only indirectly drawing the outline of the object(s). https://www.blog-le-dessin.com/les-espaces-negatifs-en-dessi... "Prenons un exemple avec une chaise, comme sur l’illustration ci-dessus. Imaginez donc découper une silhouette de chaise dans du papier. Vous obtenez ainsi une feuille blanche avec un creux qui forme les contours de l’objet. Ensuite, vous découpez les parties qui se trouvent sous les accoudoirs pour les faire apparaître. La silhouette de la chaise est maintenant complète, vous pouvez observer les pleins et les creux. Cette technique vous aide à visualiser plus concrètement les espaces négatifs, en les découpant vous-même." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2019-12-04 10:18:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Note that this is absolutely not all about hatching. That is only the first term in the list ("les hachures, les ombres portées, les définitions par creux ou par contour"). The cast shadows and use of negative space and outline are aspects of painting or drawing that define object/bodies being painted or drawn and give them the appearance of solidity and existing in space. Compare that with work by young children, where the objects drawn or painted are effectively symbolic rather than depictions of actual things having substance and existing in space. Figurative drawing and painting is about illusion and requires an understanding of how such illusions are created. So,"hatching" is a drawing (and sometimes painting too) technique and doesn't exist in the real world, while cast shadows do exist in the real world and are used in drawing and painting to define shape and dimensionality. Negative space and outline are more problematic, particularly in painting as they are more conceptual, while colour is an amazing illusion created in our brains by processing information, from the receptors in our retinas, about the wavelengths of light. |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
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