An excerpt from David Hockney's book: 'Secret Knowledge'. On the left 2 photo montages or 'joiners' of the same contemporary man showing 'real' and extended proportions by shifting the collage pieces.
On the right a figure from a Frans Hals painting 'Meagre Company' - 1633-37, showing same use of lengthening. My demo' drawings on far right show how much taller the painted man has become.
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From a 'Literary Artist' class I taught @artistinresidence.co looking at David Hockney's 'Secret Knowledge' - distortion of proportion in historic paintings. Some of my demo' drawings on right.
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