A charcoal drawing of a woman that demonstrates the Gestalt Principle grouping mode, closure.

After reviewing the Gestalt Principles, I remembered a charcoal drawing that I had done last year (pictured left). This is an example of closure grouping. I used broken lines on the left side to give the illusion of hair, and simple shapes and lines to create the facial features. This is especially seen in the lips; Even though the lips are perceived as pressed together, the actual lines that create the upper and lower lip do not actually touch. Our brains do a good job filling in these gaps so that we can better make sense of what we’re seeing.