Monkey

Ever thought of replacing Monday with Monkey---it seems so appropriate! Going out to all my fellow primates, have an awesome Monkey and a fabulous rest of the week.

Charcoal copyright (c) Trevi Bennett 2012

Three-dimensional Space

The understanding of three-dimensional space in humans is thought to be learned during infancy using unconscious inference, and is closely related to hand-eye coordination. The visual ability to perceive the world in three dimensions is called depth perception. 3-dimensional shapes on a 2-dimensional surface embedded in 4-dimensional space-time.

Charcoal on paper copyright (c) Trevi Bennett 2012

Chiaroscuro

In art chiaroscuro is an Italian term which literally means ‘light-dark’. Drawings with a dark medium such as charcoal accompanied by white highlighting exemplify this technique. The description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modeling of the subjects depicted.

Charcoal on paper copyright (c) Trevi Bennett 2012

Africa

My high school art teacher handed me this image from a magazine, a woman and her two children walking in an endless desert. The contrast of her heavy robes and their tiny nude frames teeter on shadows of the African sizzle. Tragically, starvation is a harsh reality on a global scale.

Charcoal on paper copyright (c) Trevi Bennett