Color theory

lines with different scales. The lines widen and close throughout the canvas to create the illusion that the lines are weaving. The opposite hues puts off a glow in the painting, yet the surface is matte. Riley uses a warm color (red) in the middle of the painting; this warm color is…

Lines are usually used in every art work and in Mostaert’s painting you can see the use of lines in various ways. The clouds in the background of the painting have many different lines fading away. The cross in which Jesus is hung on is also an example of how actual lines are being used vertically and horizontally. The author of gateways of art, states there are two types of lines ( DeWitte 54). There are the actual lines and the implied lines. The actual lines are lines we are able to see in…

the landscape that brings our eye back is the colors that Wyeth…

the watercolors and discrete stroke of the brush gives each element a diverse connotation. “Parade” by Abraham Rattner, painted in 1969, illustrates the protests of the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. This artwork exhibits the warm colors on the crowd and the fiery blazes shaded across the skies, emphasizing the widespread conflicts the nation fostered against this horrendous battle. The crowd in the foreground expresses human emotions and their diversity assembled to protest.…

My inspiration for my art piece was “Minoan Queens”, better know as the “Ladies in Blue. “Ladies in Blue” is a Minoan fresco painting that was discovered in fragments during the excavation of the Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece. To be more specific, it was Buon fresco, or “true fresco”. It was 61½ inches by 40 inches and it is thought to have been created around 1525-1450 B.C. As we have learned in class, this Cretan palace was full of murals and fresco paintings. Like many Minoan paintings,…

A View Of The City This composition stands out among other works by Robert Birdwell of this period in its fiery colors and absence of recognizable elements. This piece have bright colors that grab the attention of the viewers eye. It looks like it could be many different things all inside of one painting like one big galaxy universe. For Example, it has blue looking buildings sitting next to a lake house depending on what angle you look at the picture by. The painting is based off the city…

but he has a pale blue jacket on. This outfit he wears is a contrast to the mostly-brightly colored cityscape behind him. There is an array of many different colors from somewhat pastel to bright. This huge spectrum of colors is used to enhance the quality and tone of the portrait. Also, in addition to that, there are many different colors that have three or more different…

reaching their hand through an opening on the wall. I think this painting means that no matter how bad of a situation or place you are in life there will always be some sort of hope or light at the end of the tunnel. Diana 's Her Choice uses shapes, colors, and figures, which make this painting about religion. Diana Moses uses a shape which is one of the most recognizable shapes in religion which is the cross. Her Choice uses a cross as the most predominant shape in the painting. This can…

For colors in the painting, the artist utilizes a variety of colors to make the lady look life-like, kind-hearted and powerful, and viewers tend to be attracted by this lady because the use of colors. The black color of the background put the spotlight on the main subject which consists of high-saturated colors like the red and the blue with high chroma as well as high value colors like the skin tone of the sitter and the white color of the ermine. Moreover, how the light affects the colors…

with animal fat to produce light for the artists! (Maybe even bull fat!) The paint colors, or pigments, used to paint Lascaux and other caves were made from commonly found minerals. When ground they would create colors such as red, yellow, black, brown, and violet. No brushes have been found. This means that the broad black outlines were probably created using pieces of moss or hair, or even with chunks of raw color and fingers. The surfaces are covered by paint that seems to have been blown…