SCIENCE IN PAINTINGS

Abstract

This research is a qualitative research. The purposes of this how the artists adopt Science into Paintings. Five artists who are specialist in different kinds of painting  including drawing animal figure, illustration, portrait, landscape and still life were invited to participate this research. Structure interview and open-ended form were arranged to collect the correlation between scientific knowledge with each type of paintings, source of scientific knowledge and the relationship with the knowledge of materials equipment used in painting.  Analyze data from the interview and then present the descriptive results.

The results:

1) Paintings used in the analysis consisted of animal figure with oil painting on canvas, illustration with acrylic painting, portrait with color pencils on canvas, landscape with watercolors on paper and still life with chalk colors on paper.

2) Scientific knowledge used in Paintings  are

          2.1 Apply scientific knowledge directly so that the proportions and structure are correct and realistic.

          2.2) Observation and collecting data are used to follow the change of real objects.

          2.3) Using scientific knowledge to semi  abstract paintings to generate works that distort from real objects.  

          2.4) Using  scientific knowledge in the sense of the arts, ignoring the underlying scientific knowledge.

3) Three sources of scientific knowledge come from studying in university, self-study via books, magazines, internet and experts and study from real or real places.