How should an artist be able to effectively convey his or her message, emotions and ideas during a performance?
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How should an artist be able to effectively convey his or her message, emotions and ideas during a performance?
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tilize lighting. High-contrast lighting helps build the tension in this image by Kamil Murzyn.
Use real life.
Introduce symbolism.
Prepare with words as well as images.
Keep the story in mind.
Convey sensory disruption.
Use narrative that others can associate with.
Consider your composition carefully.
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Convey Emotion with Lighting
As you already know, lighting plays a significant role in mood creation. The way you direct the light, also significantly affects the overall atmosphere in your artwork. For example, high contrast lighting will create a suspenseful atmosphere and lead the entire story.
In both of our examples, lighting has a symbolic note that, in this case, convey sadness.
Use Personal Experience
Sometimes, it may be very hard to depict a complex emotion such as sadness. If you are struggling with the representation of complex emotional states, you should think about your own experience. That is how great artists do it.
Both artworks depict sadness but in entirely different ways. The painting by David Alfaro Siqueiros conveys deep sadness without even showing the person's face. If you take a look at the figure's body posture, especially the placement of the hands and the lines defining the knuckles, they clearly tells us that this person is sobbing uncontrollably. Relating to this body posture can only come from personal experience.