Some famous paintings

I think the most interesting painting is "The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali. One reason that I like it is because it is on a beach, and I love painting beaches so that really stood out to me. But what makes the painting interesting is that the objects look like they are melting. The artist does a very good job with the shadows. Even though this is an abnormal concept to have melting clocks on a beach it looks very lifelike. 

Salvador Dali was born May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. His painting are important because realistic and filled with religious and scientific imagery. "The Persistence of Memory" epitomizes Dalis theory of softness and hardness.  

Creating the illusion of surface and texture

Jean Simeon Chardin uses a much lighter shade of the objects color almost a white to show highlights.  Willem Claesz Heda uses placement for showing the size of his objects. His paintings are also very detailed and he uses many different shades for each object to make them look life like. Vincent Van Gogh uses outlines for some of his objects to make them stand out. Jan Davidsz de Heem uses whites in almost every flower to give them highlights. Paul Cezanne uses a lot of shades to show depth and to show different types of textures. It looks like he uses different kinds of brushes to show different textures, like regular paintbrushes and sponge brushes. 

Reflection on Studies in Smallness

It was hard getting to colors to match the paper and apple because I have never worked with oil paint before. I felt successful about the colors on my leave painting, because they were more realistic.

Studies in Smallness Paintings

Color Mixing Chart

Composition

I think that this painting is the most interesting because of the placement of all of the objects. The objects spread out starting from the bottom right and going to the upper left all of the object separate more and more. The objects are all relatively the same size. The colors in here are all really pretty none of them are to bold which gives a sense on calmness. I really like the pattern on the tablecloth because it is subtle and the color is really pretty.

Still Life With Three Puppies, by Paul Gaughin, 1888

Morandi vs. Van Gogh: Color

Morandi chooses to use more simple colors like greys, whites and brownish tints. Van Gogh uses cool colors such as blues, greens, and he also uses yellows. Morandi paints vases and man made things. Van Gogh's paintings are flowers so more nature. The colors in Morandi's are more dull and not very lively. Van Gogh's pictures are more lively and happy.

What I know now

The primary colors are red blue and yellow
the secondary colors are orange green and purple
you create secondary colors by mixing the primary colors together
complimentary colors are colors that are across from each other on the color wheel
two ways you could emphasize something in a painting is by the color and the placement
if i were trying to creat a shadow on an object in a painting i would mix a complimentary color with the color that i am using
if i were painting an object and i wanted to create the illusion of a highlight on it i would make the color of the object lighter than it is
if i were trying to make an object look lies it's far away i would make it smaller
these are the steps i would take to build a painting are making a small sketch, pick out the colors, get all my material, run it rhought miss roberts, and start

A painting I remember

A painting that I remember is a sailboat at my cousins house. The picture is small itself but the colors are amazing they are cool colors and they all go together. The picture is very realistic I fell that i could reach in and touch the sailboat.

My skills as an artist

My strengths as an artist is that I am good with using colors. I can concentrate will when need be. I am good at painting beaches, they are my favorite to paint! I struggle when there is a lot of things going on that i need to paint espicially if there are things at weird angles.

Why I'm taking oil painting

I am talking oil paint to further my artistic skills and to learn more about color mixing. I also joined to be with my favorite art teacher ever Miss Roberts!!!!!!