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