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Micro vs. Macro
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Micro / Macro
Micro/ Macro in Art
Macro normally means (in photography) an image on the film that is bigger than the original object - extreme closeup
- while micro means showing something that can't be seen with the naked eye.
Therefore, a micro/macro drawing of an organic form would be a drawing of the surface of a leaf or animal part that was considerably larger than the original object.
Macro -
Using the eye, this might mean drawing the details of the inside of a flower or the texture of bark where an 8x10 drawing showed about an inch square of the the object.
For micro, you would either have to have a microscope or you would have to pull up microscopic images on the Internet and draw from them.
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Final Project
Micro/ Macro Artwork
Theme
- Must be a Micro/ Macro theme.
- The image may be from the internet, book, magazine, etc.
- You may choose a realistic representation of the subject matter, or a more abstract representation.
Medium
- Your medium of choice!
- Select a medium that will be conducive to your image/ project.
- Don't go too large for this project since we only have a couple weeks left...
Examples of Micro/ Macro Artworks
Lea Anderson's Micro/ Macro Artworks
RENEE ROBBINS'S MACRO-BIOTIC BREEDS
By exploring both the macro and micro, she creates hybrid environments not found in the world or known cosmos.
"I am really interested in the natural world and science—from the micro to the macro."
http://www.reneerobbins.com
When I was in college and learning to draw through the figure, I would start to draw the veins and cells. Even as a young artist I had that interest in the micro. When I was first allowed to start creating my own ideas, I did this diagram of a plant cell with the mitochondria and then animal cells. I entered into painting by looking through a lot of scientific images through biology books.