Integration of Sciences in a Drawing
While finishing this drawing I mused on what goes into it.
I am having a tremendous amount of fun drawing this study for my next space painting. It is going effortlessly easy, yet it is extraordinarily difficult and complex. And I wondered how to convey the enormity of the problem. In that vein I am including some definitions of the sciences that go into making excellent figurative drawing/painting:
Geometry: the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties of space.
Trigonometric functions: are used in obtaining unknown angles and distances from known or measured angles in geometric figures.
Triangulation: a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base, or base line ) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
Proportion: the correct, attractive, or ideal relationship in size or shape between one thing and another or between the parts of a whole.
Anatomy: the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.
physiology: the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
Psychophysiology: is the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes.
Form: three-dimensional quality or volume, as of a represented object or anatomical part.
Cheers,
Michael, Idyllwild, September 2, 2022