Hi ! Emily: Turner Painting Technique

Joseph Hirsch’s painting Daniel was painted in 1976-1977. In 1978 during the153rd Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design, it won the First Benjamin Altman (Figure) prize. It measures 38 inches by 45 inches with a five-inch gold wood frame surrounding it. The medium is oil on stretch canvas. Everything within the painting centers on the king 's turned head and Daniel 's pointing finger. According to the placard next to the painting, the artwork depicts a modern day version of the biblical story of Belshazzar’s Feast following the sacking of Jesualism from the Book of Daniel. The painting portrays a seated king, a dozing courtesan and Daniel. The three figures exist as the focal point of the composition. Hirsch applies a strong

The work is very smooth and fluid making it appear much like a photograph. The oil is not built up on top of itself keeping it very two dimensional. The colors vary between dark and light throughout the painting. In the top right corner, the sun, outside the painting, shining down, aluminates the castle and also the lone tree at the bottom left corner. Besides the back cliff, the rest of the painting is in shadow and displayed in a much more melancholy tone. The colors that Cole focuses on, to display the sharp contrast between rock and nature, are mostly dark greens and gold. The striking blue of the river stands out dramatically from the rest of the colors and draws the eye after the initial citing. The grey in the cloud is the only place where I can find that shade of gray in the work, and it sets itself apart from the snow white clouds in the background. The color helps draw the eye immediately to the castle on the hill. My eyes then fallow the flow of the river down to the tree, which is illuminated by a beam of sunlight.

For this experience, I decided to talk about the sculpture of “Lady Baltimore”. Lady Baltimore was sculptured by Antonio Capellano with the monument designed by a Baltimore architect Maximilian Godefroy a French-American. The statue was first placed on the monument on September.12, 1822. The Battle Monument represents the Battle of Baltimore with the British Fleets and the bombardment of Fort McHenry, the Battle of North Point, which happened in the southeast of the city in Baltimore County on the Patapsco Neck peninsula and the stand-off on Loudenschlager’s Hill and later Hampstead Hill in what is now Patterson Park east of town. Lady Baltimore was located on North Calvert Street between East Fayette and East Lexington in Baltimore, MD, she has been there for 200 years.

As famous post-impressionists of their time, both Olley and Van Gogh have executed their artworks in a stylistic manner. Their use of the impressionistic characteristics such as relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes most evident on the flowers and throughout the backgrounds in both of their paintings. Another example of a distinguishing impressionistic characteristic is their emphasis on the accurate depiction of light. Olley has effectively used this technique throughout the painting, mostly seen on the front poppies petals, the wine canter and the vase. Van Gogh has also used this

The third painting from the Impressionist era is that of artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851). Turner’s “The Lake of Zug”, 1843 is a beautiful portrait painted in watercolor over graphite that were sketched based from Turner’s trip to the Swiss Alps. The color contrast is beautiful, the sight of the sun setting behind the mountains signifying the end of one day and the encouragement of another. The sun shines on the lake, with basking glows that illuminate the people and the surrounding mountings. This portrait fits the company image, because it shows that there is a beacon of light that still shines and brighten things around them. The

The death of her mother in 1931 impacted her artwork therefore contributing to the paintings: Poinsettias and Hippeastrums growing which were painted in the same year as her mother’s death. The death of her sister Charlotte (Diddy) greatly impacted Cossington smith. As Cossington Smith was left alone in the Cossington household her paintings depicted the memories, affections and possessions that were the subject matter of many paintings. Cossington Smith had submitted many paintings to the annual exhibitions of the royal Art Society of new south wales from 1915, the society of artists from 1919 and the contemporary group from 1927. In 1932 she had her first solo exhibition at the Macquarie Galleries, which would then continue every three or

Jacob Lawrence was an African American painter, who was known for his portraits of the African American life. He was best known for his series titled, the Migration. Lawrence was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7th of 1917. After his parents separated, Lawrence and his younger siblings were put into the foster care system until his mother could support her children in New York. His education into the world of art was not only formal, but informal as well. It was formal because he learned from after-school community workshops at Utopia House and later at the Harlem Art Workshop. However, it was informal because he could observe the rhythms and activity of the streets of Harlem. Not only was he a painter but he was active as a teacher, in contrast Lawrence was active as both a painter and art educator. In 1946, he began teaching at Black Mountain College in North Carolina and would go on to teach at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and the New School for Social Research in New York. In 1971, Lawrence became a professor of painting at the University of Washington in Seattle. “Later on in his career, he was also known for his serigraphs (silkscreens), many of them versions of series of paintings completed in earlier years, as well as for his book illustrations. Lawrence was still drawing and painting in preparation for still another series of works when he died in Seattle in 2000.” (Capozzola)

Acclaimed artist Helen Frankenthaler created a work of art that was influenced by abstract expressionism. His, Snow Pines (2004), predominately utilizes woodblock printing technique . This artwork is considered a Woodblock prints--a block of wood on whose surface a design for printing is engraved along the grain. Frankenthaler doesn't utilizes any form of shapes in her artwork however, she does uses pigments mixed with water that are then lightly brushed onto a piece of wood. While observing this up close (seen in the smaller picture), you notice scratches of wood lines in the background of the artwork. This was achieved by the technique of woodcutting-- make a woodcut without a press by placing the inked block against a sheet of paper and applying pressure by hand.These lines help illustrates the wood texture of the artwork. From glimpsing for the first time, I noticed the translucence of the color illustrating the light, vibrant tone .The colors used in Frankenthaler’s art are mostly comprised of warm colors--yellow, red, orange and pink-- and cool colors: green and blue.The artwork flows from warm colors to cool colors.The color scheme is analogous as the piece include variations in color between hues adjacent to one another on the color wheel, such as yellow-green, green, and blue-green. Due to the bright

During the 19th century, the en plein-air paintings were introduced to many artists. Since that，natural light became particular important to the Hudson River School. Also, art and literature were constantly entwined, such as American Romanticism. Significant individuals became familiar with one another’s work, resulting in inspiration that led to creative works that pay homage to another artists’ work. For instance, Asher Brown Durand’s Landscape-Scene From “Thanatopsis” was inspired by the romantic poet William Cullen Bryant, whose work was influenced by the multifaceted cultural creations. Both Bryant and Durand investigated the themes of men, nature, individualism, and the inner and after lives. Through detailing natural elements that emphasized the life cycle, Durand created literary art by paying tributed to Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”.

Edward Hopper's style of painting is realistic, and often hyper-realistic in their near-photographic imagery. However, his early career was also influenced by Impressionism. Most of Hopper's canon of work consists of oil paintings, but he has also produced a substantial number of watercolors and prints. In his paintings, Hopper generally covers the theme of modern American life.

We can also see the use of black shades to create a hole at the bottom part of the rock. With his excellent use of colors, we can identify the good, healthy and green grass from the bad, unhealthy, brown grasses. Looking beyond the main focus of the painting, he uses colors to separate the sky from the land in the background creating a solid form of perspective on the painting. He also uses colors to create water forms as seen behind the young character. Now, for the sky, he uses shades of white to magnificently differentiate the thick clouds from the light ones. He also uses this to create a source to light to the whole area. All these put together creates a splendid, realistic and familiar atmosphere for the viewers to relate with.

As much as the similarities between Currier & Ives’ painting and these three painting, I tend to see the differences between them. First, I see that the people in the three paintings are not so fortunate such as what is illustrated in Currier & Ives’ and it is clear from how their dress. In Currier & Ives’, the man and the woman in the central of this painting dress in a more “typical American” way than these three painting. What I mean by that is the man and the woman in Currier & Ives’ dress in what people normally would see in high social status. Another reason why these three painting illustrates people who are not fortunate as Currier and Ives’ is that the home that each painting depicted. The house in Currier & Ives’ look more pleasant

The use of light and color by Friedrich contributed to the calm and peaceful mood which is created. The main source of light in this painting comes from below the man and the rocks he is standing on. There is no visible sun in the sky and it is most likely behind the clouds. The light from below the rock illuminates the air around the man, directing your focus to him and his calm stance. The fact that the main light source from the painting is below him could represent the man's past and how he is reflecting on it while he is standing here looking out at the landscape. There is very little darkness in the painting, and this contributes to the peace of the painting because everything has the same level of light. It shows a sense of evenness and calmness in the landscape. This evenness is also displayed through the colors

The art of painting dates back to pre-historic times, the finger used as a paintbrush on the canvas of cave walls. When it comes to painting, artists have many mediums to choose from: acrylics, oils, gouache, fresco, and watercolors. Watercolors is one of the toughest mediums to achieve, its transparent streaks almost impossible to cover up and its various techniques prestigous and precise, but satisfying when accomplished. The incentive a watercolor artist has to get a taste of perfecting their talents is impecable; therefore, striving for perfection can only be accomplished with the understanding of the watercolor history, the use of the tools of the trade, the practice of techniques, and observation of former artists’ approaches.

"A picture can paint a thousand words." I found the one picture in my mind that does paint a thousand words and more. It was a couple of weeks ago when I saw this picture in the writing center; the writing center is part of State College. The beautiful colors caught my eye. I was so enchanted by the painting, I lost the group I was with. When I heard about the observation essay, where we have to write about a person or thing in the city that catches your eye. I knew right away that I wanted to write about the painting. I don’t know why, but I felt that the painting was describing the way I felt at that moment.