Oil paint

Ledum Essential Oil – (648 words) The aroma of Ledum essential oil reminds me of the forest after a summer shower. Its strongly woody, a little wild and herbal, and just a bit astringent. This aromatic herb originates in North America and is historically known as "Labrador tea." For centuries this plant was used in folk medicine as a tonic and early treatment for colds, scurvey, and kidney issues. Selecting the Best Ledum Essential Oil Ledum Essential Oil is steam distilled from the leaves…

The Green Bridge II The Green Bridge II, by Lyonel Feininger, in 1916. It is an asymmetrical abstract piece made from oil paint on a canvas. Within the painting, there are three-dimensional objects, which would appear to tell a story. What appears a very busy street loitered with many people, walking to or from somewhere. The appearance of the buildings, surroundings, and the people are not normal, they have a really blocky or distorted appearance. There are many lines and almost textures…

Jan Van Eyck, one of the most famous painters from the Renaissance era, is a man of mystery; no one knows anything about his childhood, birth, or family. The documents from his time were most likely lost, didn’t survive, or were never documented. He is known for his paintings in the courts, religious art works, portraits of famous figures, and himself. There aren’t many records of his early life. It is unknown about his birth because it was never documented by his mother and father or lost.…

The most unique type of art in this collection would have to be the painting titled Exotic History by Harry Widman. The craft is an oil on canvas that can be seen at the PCC campus of Rock Creek at building seven on the left side. The painting shows of three shadow figures of women painted in an abstract way makes it unique which is how all art is. Exotic History has a distinct visual style that work with one another to captivate the viewer, and get them to contemplate the meaning behind the…

The Isenheim Altarpiece is perhaps one of the greatest Renaissance paintings of the 1500s. Sculpted and painted by Niclaus of Haguneau and Matthias Grünewald, respectively, between 1512 and 1516, the altarpiece is currently located at the Unterlinden Museum in France. It is comprised of two sets of wings, which depict three different arrangements or views. You can view it at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN2VvXtjkjI, which shows each distinctive panel of the triptych.…

though It shows this joyous occasion from the standpoint of a poor, poverty ridden peasant that does not have as much as others. Even though they are poor, they all look extremely happy with what they have. The original painting is done with oil paint on a wooden panel, which became popular about one hundred sixty years earlier. The artist worked very hard to make this painting look like a feast, even though you can tell upon closer inspection that there is a great deal of poor foods such as…

Hans Hofmann, Rue Ravignan, Paris by Maximilien Luce, and lastly Rainy Midnight by Childe Hassam. All three of these painting have something different from each other which caught my attention. The first artwork I chose is by Hans Hofmann, it is a oil on canvas painting called Sparks made in the year 1957.The image is trying to show sparks and the explosion of them.The painting is abstract because instead of actually painting in detail he decided to just use other shapes mainly consisting of…

The artwork The Parc Monceau made in 1878 by Claude Monet is an oil on canvas painting. The painting is 28 5/8 inches horizontally by 21 3/8 inches vertically. I discovered this piece of art online through the Metropolitan Museum of Art website located in New York, New York, along with many other of his art pieces, but this one I appreciated the most. The Parc Monceau is a representational and figurative painting because it depicts scenery we see in real life as well as people just slightly…

The size of the painting is 33 x 43 ⅛ inches, done on canvas with oil paints. The overall mood of this painting is defeat. Some of the things that are being discussed, I have observed; there is an object within the waves that is not very clear, but it appears to be a very small boat with a civilian raising their hands to…

The oil painting Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market created in 1614 by Frans Snyder depicts a large size, naturalistic scene of a shopkeeper and his game in a Flemish marketplace. The painting is 83 ½ by 121 ¼ inches, which gives it an imposing scale. Snyder’s depiction of a scene from the everyday life of a Belgium in the 1600s is made realistic through a close attention to small details that would typically go unnoticed, as if to bring the viewer into the painting.…