Monet: Impressionism’s Leading Light” Charles F. Stuckey refers to a quote Monet had made of how he approached his artwork. It reads, “When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a field or whatever. Merely think here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives you your own naïve impression of the scene before you.” Monet’s explanation of how
Raccoon Faunascape is an acrylic-water color combination painting of a raccoon with a scene derived from nature on the inside. The eyes of the raccoon and marks of fur are still included. However, the body of the animal is majorly comprised of the nature scene. My love for animals, raccoons being my favorite, as well as nature inspired this idea, causing it to be representational. The colors are very natural and realistic. Primarily including, greens, browns, and blues. The raccoon’s head is primarily
Dawn Mcclendon Professor Mcfarland ArtHIST 1 April 2015 “Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose “ John Singer Sargent can paint both real life paintings as well as scenery. Overall he can do multiple styles of works. But his greatest success was showcased in London 1885 the painting Carnation Lily, Lily Rose at the Royal Academy. A mixture of Impressionism, Asthetisicism and the Oriental. His style is both realistic and unrealistic. This piece showcases that style of his best with its both real and yet distorted
Living in a society we all are pushed, pulled, and shaped by our experiences, our culture, and our environment. Through some form or the other unknowingly we are transformed according to our surrounding. One expresses oneself, by writing or through any form of art like painting, drawing etc. A description of a person’s life written or narrated by that person itself is termed as Autobiography. In this essay I will be talking about how Autobiography became a subject of art for the artists and how they
Josie couldn’t think of how she ended up at the dim playground she once roamed some years ago. Her lips parch and throat sore, she walked amongst the equipment feeling nostalgic. Before she found herself here, she was sleeping next to her long-time friend, Mark. Since she could remember, Josie was a victim to numerous sleeping illnesses, such as the terrifying sleep paralysis, the common sleep walking, and these all caused her insomnia. Mark took it upon himself to ease Josie’s nerves that came around