Watercolor painting

bright colors, let's say it was a sensual experience when she had no concept of what that was. As a teenager her first art champion was her father when he gave her a small box of oil pastels. From then on Raquel experimented with pencils, charcoal, watercolors on any kind of paper or art surface. That is when "being an artist" first became a conscious thought. That is when she entered the active phase of reading about and looking at art; and all artists were Picasso and Van Gogh and big museums…

artists have portrayed their feelings through their art by creating a theme for the piece. Art has been around for ages, therefore many pieces of art, regardless of their medium, can share a theme. The pieces chosen for this project are First Abstract Watercolor by Wassily Kandinsky, “Yes You Can” by Donnie McClurkin, “Climb ‘Til Your Dreams Come True” by Helen Steiner Rice, and The Secret Life of an American Teenager. All four of these pieces of art share the common theme that when you focus on…

colored and bold narrative cubist style paintings. He was also recognized internationally. Keywords: Great Indian Personalities, artists, paintings, M F Husain, M F Hussain, kids, kids world fun Text: M F Husain , or popularly known as MF, was one of the most gifted and celebrated Indian modernist painter of the 20th century M.F Husain’s art was prolific in both technique and theme and he was widely known for his vibrant colored, bold, and narrative paintings in a Cubist style. He was…

Even though Georges de Feure, initially Georges Joseph Van Sluijters, can be considered as an artist who had played a major role in the development of French art between 1980 and 1905, a relatively large piece of information about both private life and his career remain unknown. He was born on 6th of November, 1969 in Paris, and had a more or less artistic background: a son of a Dutch architect, Jan Hendrick van Sluijters, and a Belgian mother, whose name is not stated in any of the source.…

Painting is a very universal art form. Paintings are created in civilizations all over the world from all different time periods. The flexibility of paintings is wonderful, all that is needed is a pigment, which is the color, and a binder, such as egg or milk which allows the pigment to turn into a paste and be applied to a variety of surfaces including paper, wood, stone, and canvas. The purpose of paintings also vary greatly, paintings are used to tell stories or illustrate religious…

Starry Night was painted by a post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh in the late 19th century. It is one of Van Gogh’s best known paintings and it is hanged in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Van Gogh completed more than 2,100 works and he was notable for his beautiful and delicate paintings. The use of color, vehement brushwork and the silhouetted form of his work greatly influenced Expressionism in modern art. One of his greatest artwork, The Starry Night brought him to an opening of…

in sorrow for the rest of their lives he worked hard to continue to fulfill his greatest passion in life. It wasn’t easy and there for sure were many challenges, but that did not stop him. He is famous for his large scale photorealistic portrait paintings. When a blood clot in his spine left him paralyzed from the neck down,he thought he would never paint again. Chuck close was born on July 5th 1940 in Monroe, Washington. His family is made up of his Mother Mildred wagner Close, Father Leslie…

Written Response Questions -- Explain how your personal values and taste influence your response to the painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso (Martin and Jacobus, pg. 8). How could knowledge about the artist, his Cubist style, and the painting’s historical context influence that response? I personally have never been a huge fan of Picasso because he draws crap that confuses people. He gained fame and then his work continues to be looked at with so much joy and fame because it’s him. This influenced…

I personally liked the artworks “Mikhail,” and “Kamikaze” by Randy Kirskey. The paintings were a self portrait of Mikhail Baryshnikov and a Japanese kamikaze painted in oil on canvas. Both of their expressions of the figures were realistic. The background and the face of “Mikhail” was painted in teal while his body was painted in black to get the viewers focus on his face. The painting “Kamikaze” has a rising sun bandana on his forehead and a gun to tell the viewers that he is a Japanese…

Claudia thought of human form and placed it all in painting. In the picture, there is the woman lying down. From a one-time look, it looks as if the woman is just relaxing, but from a closer look, it is not clear what she is thinking of or what has happened to her going by her facial impression. However, the colors used in the painting are bright and vibrant. The Color of the background is yellow, and yellow is a very bright color, it makes the painting lively. The horizon is blue, which is also…