Lesson 2 Spark Your Creativity
Art That Makes Us Smile
How do we open ourselves up ____ new possibilities?
One of ____ ways to do this is to connect things that look separate.
This can ____ 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 who are ____ to experiment with this approach.
Beyond the ____
Meet Robin Yayla, a visual ____ living in Milan, 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 ____ the world, he often uses iconic pop culture characters.
____ unique twists sometimes turn what we consider dull and boring into something delightful.
To him, ____ bridge is a net, and a road is a bowling lane.
After finding whatever is common in two unrelated things, he connects them smoothly ____ his digital drawing.
His work ____ his passion for traveling and drawing.
Exploring new places and learning about new cultures inspire his artistic mind to come up with new ideas for ____ art.
Many of his digital illustrations transform the most historic buildings of the world into new objects that you would ____ to see again.
For example, he ____ 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 ____ remarkable architectural structures in Italy, appeared to be a camera lens to him.
Surprising Connection
Paintings ____ Rob Gonsalves, a Canadian magic realist artist, combine two different points of view.
They give the viewer the visual illusion ____ they are looking at two unrelated realities flawlessly fused in one painting.
They usually ____ landscapes and 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 ____ jumping on his bed.
However, as you move your eyes across, the bedcovers change into fields, which ____ girl now appears to be flying over.
This is how the visual illusion is created: an object is gradually changed through a series of similar ____ into something entirely different in a single scene.
At the same time, two ____ parts of the same scene are constructed at different scales.
The ____ is an unexpected and seemingly impossible whole.
This kind ____ illusion has a fun way of twisting your perception.
It ____ you question what is real.
Most of his incredible paintings have an unclear ____ between the multiple stories they tell, which forces the viewer to jump back and forth between them.
Tracing the transitions, you get that delightful “Ah-ha!” feeling as you try to decide exactly where ____ world transforms into another.
Fun Shadows
When we look at shadows of objects in real life, most of us ____ nothing of them.
Belgian artist and film-maker Vincent Bal, ____ turns them into art forms.
He lets his creativity flow ____ make beautiful and meaningful scenes with shadows.
His playful shadow art illustrations are made by adding his own doodles to shadows cast from ____ objects, like a flower or a glass.
In one image, the shadow from a key is reinterpreted ____ a DJ wearing headphones.
In another, a potato peeler creates ____ perfectly shaped frame for a piano.
In his art, the shadow from a ____ becomes a pool.
He uses ____ very simple process to draw his pictures.
To start the process, all he needs to do is prepare a plain object, a piece ____ paper, and a light.
Then ____ puts the object on the paper and turns on the light.
He just ____ moving the light around and places the object in different positions.
He keeps a very open mind ____ tries not to have an idea in advance 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, ____ take 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 accident that he started ____ his art pieces.
While he was working on a new script, he suddenly noticed how the shadow of a cup ____ his desk looked like a little elephant.
He completed the image with a few lines, took a picture and shared it on ____ Internet.
The reactions were so positive that he challenged himself to make ____ shadow image every day.
____ can inspire you to see the world from a new angle.
Connecting ideas that at ____ glance appear unrelated is a powerful tool for exploring the beauty of the world around us.
To ____ such connections, all you need is your imaginative power.