Saturday, January 31, 2009

Street Painting

Hey Guys! Well today I have the chance to introduce you to one of the coolest way of drawing that's been developing since the 16th century way back in Europe. It's called -Street Painting- or -anamorphism-
Street painters in Italy are called madonnari, because they often created pictures representing the Madonna (one of the most common icons represented in the Roman Catholic Church). In England they are called screevers. They created images in public squares and in front of the local church using some of broken roof tiles, charcoal, and white chalk. Nowadays this painting is more common. One of the most recognized and outstanding artist is Kurt Webber. He bagan street paintng in Rome, inspired by anarmophisim (a technique to paint illusion of height in the surface of the floor) sooner became a worldwide phenomenom. Here are some examples of Kurt Webber drawings:





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