Drawing - A Contemporary Approach - Assignment Example

Louis- Francois Bertin the elder, ca 1808The drawing was done by Anne- Louis Girodet-Trioson who lived in French, Montargis, in 1767-1824. The drawing was done in 1808 and is found in Musee de Louvre in Paris. The drawing is done in black chalk on off white wove paper.ComparisonBoth drawings have used space differently, but both are successful in their compositions. Space in drawing implies the negative and positive use of space in a drawing (Sale, Teel & Betti, 89). Positive space is the space that the object covers while negative space is the background of the picture.

In Napoletano's picture, the artist has used a lot of negative space in his work, while, in Bertin’s drawing, the artist has used a lot of positive space. At times, use of a lot of negative space makes the drawing look vulnerable and aloof (Sale, Teel & Betti, 89).Perspective in the drawing is the image as seen by the eye as per the distance and on a flat surface. Napoletano’s drawing lacks proper perspective as the drawing shortens with an increase in the distance, and foreshortens along the line of sight as compared to Bertin’s drawing whose focal point gets better with an increase in distance.

A contour in the drawing is the outline depicting a change in-plane (Sale, Teel & Betti, 90). In Napoletano’s drawing the artist used modified contour drawing unlike in Bert’s drawing the artist used blind contours. Napoletano’s drawing was done using gesture drawing because the picture looks hastily done. On the other hand, Bert’s looks as if it had taken time to draw. Finally, tone usages in both pictures are similar. The effects of light in the pictures show balance.

ConclusionThe pictures are alike and diverse in a variety of ways, but they are successful in their own light. Napolitano's drawing might be small, but it is well structured just like Bert’s picture, which is large, and well balanced.