Art Education

Trompe L'oiel Newspaper

Direct Observation

  • Draw a cast shadow to give it a three dimensional quality.
  • Make the tone of the "newsprint" different from the white of your page.
  • Try to avoid real letters except on the larger captions.
  • Include little "rivers of white" running through the text so that they resemble word spacing.
  • You may want to include a device that pins down the newspaper such as one or two tacks or pins.

Remember, you are following in the great tradition of William Harnett.