Nighthawks By Edward Hopper: Painting Analysis

Edward Hopper’s dark oil painting, Nighthawks inspired me. Nighthawks is something I never want the world to look like. His art inspired me to be the change. The dark colors used made New York City feel like a sad and lonely place. I wanted to change this. The city is bright, loud, and filled with energy and this art goes against what the city is known for. This is related to me because I am not a sad and lonely person. I deviated from the original to show my bright attitude. I used color to make the image bright and happy. I used lined to open the space to tell the audience I am an open person. I added happy people to represent the people in my life. I used colored pencils to draw my self-portrait. I choose to use colored pencils to show that …show more content…
I used lines to make a door in my diner to show that I am an open person. I felt trapped in Hopper’s painting. The diner had no doors and was surrounded by windows. I am a very open person and wanted to show that in my work. I decided to keep the window to show I am a very see through person, I always tell the truth. I kept the building Hopper painted because it represents the city well. I love architecture and really like the building Hopper was able to paint because they are like buildings I have never seen before. I have never seen a building with a curved window like the window for the diner. I decided not to add the counter from the original painting because the curve made the customers and worker seem trapped so I decided to draw normal square tables in the diner. I do not want people trapped so I had to get rid of the large counter that was filling the space. The new square tables I added to replace the counter lets you look at the person you are with making it easier to talk to the person you are with this shows that I am a very talkative person. The long counter separated people but the square tables are encouraging conversation. I kept the long road from the original painting to demonstrate that I am an adventurous person that likes to travel and doesn’t like to stay in one place for too long. I used lines in my drawing to separate it from Hopper’s original …show more content…
In the original painting the dark colors show that it is night, but because I used bright colors it looks like the day. To show that it is night time in my drawing I added a clock. I wanted it to be night like the original drawing because New York is known as the city that never sleeps and I wanted to encourage that. I also added letters on the sign. I wrote “New York City” because I am not a mysterious person so I wanted to let the viewer know where the location of the diner is so they did not have to guess. I also added happy people to represent some of the people in my life and to show I am not lonely like the original painting. All the people in the painting are interacting with others to show that I enjoy being social and I do not want anyone to be lonely. I added objects throughout my drawing to put my own touch on Hopper’s