26.06.2012
TAOP
Part Five. Narrative and Illustration.
Project: Illustration.
Exercise: Rain.
Rain has many effects on the environment, some constructive and useful and others destructive and harmful, some soothing and some frightening. The sudden flash floods of recent years were the result of too much rain while the fearful dustbowl droughts of the American Mid West in the 1930s were the effect of too little rain.
To illustrate the beneficial effect of rain I have taken a picture of a local linseed oil field. The rich, if seemingly unreal, colours tell of water being delivered at the right time and in the right place. The fact that this is a man made scene is confirmed by the presence of the farm buildings.
The picture as taken had far more sky but as it was featureless above the top cloud I cut it off. The change of aspect has given the image a pleasing width that the original did not have. The slope of the field makes the image read from left to right and the expanding triangle of the patchwork of fields holds the viewer's interest. In addition there is the cool colour of the foreground and the sky which allow the warmer centre ground to give added depth to the picture.
TAOP
Part Five. Narrative and Illustration.
Project: Illustration.
Exercise: Rain.
Rain has many effects on the environment, some constructive and useful and others destructive and harmful, some soothing and some frightening. The sudden flash floods of recent years were the result of too much rain while the fearful dustbowl droughts of the American Mid West in the 1930s were the effect of too little rain.
To illustrate the beneficial effect of rain I have taken a picture of a local linseed oil field. The rich, if seemingly unreal, colours tell of water being delivered at the right time and in the right place. The fact that this is a man made scene is confirmed by the presence of the farm buildings.
The picture as taken had far more sky but as it was featureless above the top cloud I cut it off. The change of aspect has given the image a pleasing width that the original did not have. The slope of the field makes the image read from left to right and the expanding triangle of the patchwork of fields holds the viewer's interest. In addition there is the cool colour of the foreground and the sky which allow the warmer centre ground to give added depth to the picture.
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