image taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Suicide_of_Dorothy_Hale.jpg
Time for some surrealism courtesy of of Frida Kahlo. The surrealist movement was a unique blend of the known and unknown of the tangible and imaginative. If any movement could explain how an artist could make the impossible seem plausible it was this movement and because of that it provides a wealth of information on what things make a composition feel real regardless of its absurdity. The Suicide of Dorothy Hale is a wonderful example of surrealist creativity as its use of light and shadow make the this two dimensional painting appear to take up a three dimensional space. Look at how the shadow of the body seems to propel the Hale's foot off the page by simply jutting away from the body. See how the combination of white light and changing details of the building create a foreground and background out of relatively flat space. Notice that the slightest change from gray to pure white clouds and placement of shadows near the body create the illusion of a light source.
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