Matte painting

An old portrait catches the person but not the story or life they had what did they do where they lived. Chunky oak frame nothing extravagant but the person must have been important to warrant such a picture. The face neutral and impassive, no smile but deep in their eyes lies the secret to who they were and the life they lead. Dark coloured paint no background to give me clues just a darkness that reflects the darkness in the persons eyes. What year was it when they lived, simple dress in dark…

In this exceedingly powerful painting, “Figures in a Landscape” painted in 1972 by Sidney Goodman, a child, woman, and man are in what looks to be a park because of the sandbox and blue and red swing set. In the background the mountains are bright and happy with houses surrounded by many tall green trees. On the right side of the painting is a huge dark gloomy cloud like when a murder is about to occur in a horror movie. The figures look like something is going on in their mind, maybe they are…

The art of Michelangelo has a three-dimensional form to his two-dimensional drawings and paintings. It is easy to see that Michelangelo is more naturally a sculptor than anything else because his pictures, as well as his paintings, are somewhat exaggerated as if they are sculptures themselves only two-dimensional. His subjects in his art defined with their chiseled features with one colored chalk with the creamy tone of the page with some white added for the highlights of the flesh. During…

Guan, The Chinese God of War. Brooks uses these works of art to examine globalization, through the close examination of each of these works. Reading this book is somewhat like walking through an art museum, taking your time to carefully look at each painting, not just the big picture but the fine details that tell a story about the past. Chapter two of the…

The family of Saltimbanques is a large oil on canvas painting, 6’ 11 ¾” x 7’ 6 ⅜”. There is a tight group of five figures to the left of the painting and a women seperated in the right bottom corner. A male Harlequin stands furthest to the left with his back to the viewer, left arm behind his back, and holding the hand of a young girl. His head is turned to the right as if looking toward the women. A pounchy jester stands to the right of him wearing facing the viewer, wearing a tight red suit…

Ever since I picked up my first marker as a child, I would draw until my countless markers ran dry. By the time I picked up my first sketching pencil, I started to feel more serious about creating artwork. It was an April afternoon, with my cup of tea that I realized being a professional artist is my path in life. Decisions came easily to me in grade nine, before most of my peers would even have the slightest clue about their futures. During my high school years, I had my full life planned ahead…

My passion for art has followed me since I was five years old, when I was inspired by my kindergarten art teacher, who told us we could paint grapes whatever color we wanted. Being given that freedom made me feel ecstatic. That freedom I was able to have with art gave me a sense of purpose, even at a young age. However, when I moved to a different elementary school, the art teacher stripped us of that freedom. She was very cold and made people dread going to art class, including me. That…

Imagine. Imagine a painting. Think of the colors flowing together and the meaning behind it. Does it have an impact on you? For Dorothy Allison a sweaty painting of Jesus at the Jordan River from her childhood left an impact on her. In This Is Our World, Allison lives her life because of the past. She views art in a different way. She believes that art should “surprise and astonish and hopefully make you think something you had not thought until you saw it" (589). Allison goes on to write that,…

Viewing Burtynsky’s work was an unusual experience that made me question my role as a human being on the planet. Most of Burtynsky’s work especially that related to oil brought to the forefront problems that most of us choose to neglect, the deterioration of our environment. My first reaction to his work was disbelief at the unfortunate predicament that faces our civilization. His unique photographs that capture the industrial and modern landscape moved me with the clarity that captures color as…

The Laundress painting appears to be an oil painting depicting the usage, of a laundry room. Interestingly enough most of the people (including the laundress), have their backs turned, stopping the viewers from seeing their faces. The artist choice to complement this by making each character with very soft forms, and blurred faces. You immediately get the sense that the area is very foggy. Most of the paint the artist chose to use gives off a Taupe color which puts most of the people in the…