Their paintings reflected every day scenes and landscapes, often painting on location and in plein-air (the open air). Nature was the main focus of the Impressionists, as was light. They aimed to represent the sensation of light. The brush stroke technique adopted by impressionist was that of short brush strokes of pure colour (they avoided black and brown), also known as the broken colour technique. The paint was often thick and lumpy,
When he felt he had the right image he would then project the slide onto a canvas and pencil in both lines and details. The reason why Goings was so amazingly talented is because he could paint the photograph with such profound detail that the audience would be able to see detail that they would typically not be able to see in reality. "My paintings are about light, about the way things look in their environment and especially about how things look painted. Form, color and space are at the whim of reality, their discovery and organization is the assignment of the realist painter." The painting called Ralphs Diner (1982) is a great example of the vivid detail he used with light color and texture.
You start to realize that they are not exactly as they seem. You start to see their strengths and their flaws, their reds, their blues, their fears and what the love and cherish. Only then can you truly see who they are as a person and an individual. To me, everyone’s life is like a painting, a beautiful, unique piece of art. The more you get to know someone, the more intricacy and detail you start to see upon their canvas.
However, it is incomplete and waiting to be drawn, as I continue to look forward with great aspiration and joy to excel. In the mural of history, our lives are portrayed as art. Our families’ memories are embedded in paintings, which are interconnected through experiences and differences. Within the grand mural of America is where my painting lies, adding diversity to the entire artwork of African American and Latino culture. Although my life began as a simple white streak of paint, several colors have swirled and smeared with me.
We are the earth, and our dream is the sun; it warms our skin, it shines through our dusty windows, it lets us see beauty that gleams in its golden rays. But unfortunately, many of us don’t have the courage to step outside the dark house with the dusty windows, and live the dream we only see in our surreal minds. Some of us let the dream fade into a small light in the back of our minds. Humans are so conformed
Courage gives people the push when things go wrong. To sum up courage when it comes to persistence and enthusiasm, courage give people the push they need to get things done, to strive not only for excellence, but to become number one. The video I picked was Tom Shannon’s, The Painter and The Pendulum. This short interview was about Tom Shannon who uses an elaborate, but easy set up to paint his masterpieces. Tom created a machine using a pendulum which he referred to as the point between the earth and the sun, a few paint sprayers connected to toy plane motors, and a remote control with sliding dials to paint his pictures.
The answer, he’s not really sending one at all. Kehinde only paints the pictures. The message or hidden meaning as it may be called weather it is in the title or in the background is picked by the sitter in every painting not by Kehinde himself. By being completely non objective in his work Kehinde allows the viewers to explore new possibilities with the meaning of his art, and he seems to always be a step ahead of those investigating his methods. It’s one of the many reasons why people believe Kehinde’s art will remain popular and will not be lost in history as time passes us
This style was originally controversial and opposing artists thought of impressionists as not skilled with incomplete works. However, the pursuance of being in the exact moment, light was skillfully placed to give radiance from the sun and reflections were realistic enough to give you the time of day the scenery took place. This can explain why it was more effective for artists to capture their subjects in the great outdoors. The incompleteness was rather helpful in achieving an instant vision and was done by using primary colors without blending. In order for this style to be clarified artists used short brush strokes, dotting and smearing techniques.
Instead, they placed more emphasis on the “structure, content, and formal order” ("Impressionism & post-impressionism,"). They liked to use unnatural colors and use geometric shapes, unlike the Impressionist’s use of soft lines and natural colors. Also, instead of painting outdoors to capture the moment, Post-Impressionist painted in a studio, and their paintings were based on the emotion and concept of the artist (Emelda, 2011). Like the Impressionists, however, they believed the originality of the painting was important. Like many artists of the 1880’s, the Post-Impressionist wanted to portray “emotion and intellect as well as the visual imagery” ("Post impressionist,").
I am unique; I don’t fit into the crowd and why spend my time trying to when I could have fun standing out? So what if people didn’t like the real me, it would be their loss anyway. That night I wrote a poem about what I had learned, “If I was a color right now I would be white, a powerful unique perfection, reflecting off of everything around me; Creating new bright light. Then everyone would see the vibrancy that is inside of me. Let it pour out of my soul; make pain never again take its toll.