New Pictures

Where I'm At

What has been the most challenging aspect of the course so far?
The most challenging aspect of this course so far for me would have to be leaving my perfectionist ways and trying to finish paintings in a timely manner. Also what has been challenging to me in the actual act of painting would have to be getting the right color for certain objects.

In what areas have you progressed the most and how have you progressed?
I've progressed with the color mixing part of painting and this has happened with experience because at the beginning of this course i knew nothing about oil paintings and now i feel like i have acclimated myself with a lot of the aspects of painting including color mixing

How does looking at examples of painting from throughout history affect us as painters today?
It gives the painters of today new ways to look at certain objects or subjects and maybe gives them new ideas for how to paint objects or subjects

Sence of Palce

Edward Hopper

The mood this painting gives is like an open mood. I use that word because out of the door there is a vast amount of water we assume is surrounding the house. Usually when ones house is surrounded by water there might be people panicking but this just looks like a calm setting where it almost seems normal. The way the Artist created this mood was by having no one in the composition and using a bright palliate.

Andrew Wyeth



The mood this painting gives off is like a dreary boring and bland view on the room. The artist creates this mood by mixing bland and neutral colors together to paint with. He also made the dog a neutral shade of yellow and made him sleeping so it made the whole seen look just still and slow.

Famous Paintings

I think Nighthawks by Edward Hopper is the most interesting painting out of the ones given. One of the reasons i think this is because of the composition. There is nothing outside and it is very dark but inside this store with these huge windows there are people still awake and enjoying coffee and what not. I think that there is so much mystery behind this painting like with the man with his back turned and head down. It raises so many questions. Also the fact that there are these people that look like they might be planing something this late in a diner. Since this was in the 1942 this painting was encapsulating it also might be these people in the diner thinking about the war and what was going on. This painting just brings an interesting view of a diner during this time and that is why I think it is the most interesting

Surface and Texture

Artist can create many different types of textures in many different ways. With painting it could bee the brushstrokes that he or she uses, also the type of brush or whatever tool they use. Also the amount of detail they put in color and place. for example in the chair painting she color of the chair is a greenish beige but with the brownish color used shadow on the chair it made it seem like it was a rough texture. In the painting Banquet With Mince Pie the highlights on the big metal cup made it seem as if it was shiny and a hard object. Also in that very same piece the see through glass pitcher was made by painting the reflective parts and the shadows of it.