Lesson 2 Spark Your Creativity
Art That Makes Us Smile
How do we open ourselves up to ____ possibilities?
One of the ways to do this ____ to connect things that look separate.
This can be incredibly pleasing as it helps us ____ see the world in a different light and gain a greater appreciation for the interrelation of all things.
Here are three artists who are willing to experiment ____ this approach.
____ the Scene
Meet Robin Yayla, a visual storyteller living in Milan, Italy, who has been delighting his viewers with his unique artworks on social ____
He draws illustrations on top of ____ of landmarks or buildings and offers whole new ways to see them.
To breathe life into well-known structures around the world, ____ often uses iconic pop culture characters.
His unique twists sometimes turn what we ____ dull and boring into something delightful.
To him, a bridge is a net, and ____ road is a bowling lane.
After ____ whatever is common in two unrelated things, he connects them smoothly in his digital drawing.
His work combines his passion ____ traveling and drawing.
____ new places and learning about new cultures inspire his artistic mind to come up with new ideas for his art.
Many of his digital illustrations transform the most historic buildings of the world into new objects that you would like to see ____
For example, ____ added images of ice cream cones onto the scenic photo of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, the capital of Russia.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, one of the most remarkable ____ structures in Italy, appeared to be a camera lens to him.
Surprising Connection
Paintings of Rob Gonsalves, a Canadian magic realist artist, ____ two different points of view.
They give the viewer the visual illusion that they are looking ____ two unrelated realities flawlessly fused in one painting.
They usually depict landscapes ____ objects that seem to change from one thing to another.
When you look at the top right corner of the painting above, you can see a kid jumping on his ____
However, as you move your eyes across, the bedcovers change into fields, which a girl now appears ____ be flying over.
This is how the visual illusion is created: an object ____ gradually changed through a series of similar shapes into something entirely different in a single scene.
At the same time, two different parts of the ____ scene are constructed at different scales.
____ result is an unexpected and seemingly impossible whole.
This kind of illusion has a fun way of twisting your ____
It ____ you question what is real.
Most of his incredible paintings have an unclear boundary between the multiple stories they ____ which forces the viewer to jump back and forth between them.
Tracing the transitions, you get that delightful ____ feeling as you try to decide exactly where one world transforms into another.
Fun Shadows
When we look at ____ of objects in real life, most of us think nothing of them.
Belgian artist and film-maker Vincent Bal, however, turns ____ into art forms.
He ____ his creativity flow to make beautiful and meaningful scenes with shadows.
His ____ shadow art illustrations are made by adding his own doodles to shadows cast from everyday objects, like a flower or a glass.
In one image, the shadow from a key is reinterpreted as ____ DJ wearing headphones.
____ another, a potato peeler creates the perfectly shaped frame for a piano.
In his art, the shadow from a glass ____ a pool.
____ uses a very simple process to draw his pictures.
To start the process, all he needs to do is prepare a plain object, a ____ of paper, and a light.
Then he puts the object on the paper and turns ____ the light.
He just starts moving the light around and ____ the object in different positions.
He ____ a very open mind and tries not to have an idea in advance about what the result should be.
“If I ____ to shape a shadow into a certain form, it always feels a bit forced.
If nothing comes, I take another object, and then I just start playing around with ____ until suddenly I see something.
In this way, I can create ____ I want,” he says.
His free artistic interpretation of shadows means that the possibilities for creating new doodles are ____
In fact, it was by accident that he ____ making his art pieces.
While he was working on a new script, he suddenly noticed how the shadow of a cup on his desk looked like ____ little elephant.
He completed the image with ____ few lines, took a picture and shared it on the Internet.
The reactions were so positive that ____ challenged himself to make one shadow image every day.
Art can inspire you to see the world from a ____ angle.
Connecting ideas that at first glance appear unrelated is a powerful tool for exploring the beauty of ____ world around us.
To make such connections, all you need is your ____ power.