Category: Research & Reflection

The parent category for research and reflection posts.

Portraits that convey mood or atmosphere

Go on the internet and find some portraits that convey a distinctive mood or atmosphere rather than simply a physical likeness. Look at Picasso’s blue paintings with their mood of surreal sadness or the dark earth colours of van Gogh’s early paintings of peasants seated around a fire in their poor, meager surroundings. Look at the strong … Continue reading Portraits that convey mood or atmosphere

Researching for Assignment 3

I still am developing my style and methods when creating art. I follow art news, watch sky arts and use social media to explore the huge amount of art created in the world. I wanted to do some research on symbols in artwork I started by reading articles https://www.zenartsupplies.co/2021/02/12/5-symbols-of-love-to-add-to-your-next-painting/love-symbols This article explores the ways throughout … Continue reading Researching for Assignment 3

Artists’ self-portraits

A self-portrait is an artists' representation of themselves. These can be created in any media and according to the art critic Galina Vasilyeva-Shlyapina, there are two forms of self-portraits, professional and personal. Professional portraits are characterised by showing the artist at work while personal portraits are characterised by having a deeper meaning such as a symbolism … Continue reading Artists’ self-portraits

Dutch Realist Genre Paintings

The Milkmaid, Johannes Vermeer, c. 1660oil on canvas, h 45.5cm × w 41cm A Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, known as ‘The Music Lesson. Johannes Vermeer Pieter de Hooch A Woman Drinking with Two Men probably 1658 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 64.6 cm Bought, 1871 NG834 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/NG834 Interiors painted by various artists … Continue reading Dutch Realist Genre Paintings

17th Century Dutch Still-life and Flower Painters

During the 17th Century for the Netherlands, is best known as The Dutch Golden Age. "..a unique era of political, economic, and cultyral greatness during which the little nation on the North Sea rank among the most powerful and influential in Europe and the world." (Herbert, H. Roweil - 2020) Still-Life (or stilleven) paintings was … Continue reading 17th Century Dutch Still-life and Flower Painters

Optical Effects

The Impressionists sought to capture the optical effects of light, to depict the everchanging natural world on their canvases, seen in Impressionist artists work like Gustave Caillebotte and Claude Monet. Post-Impressionists rejected interest in depicting the observed world, they instead looked to their memories and emotions in order to connect with the viewer. Structure, order, and colour are what … Continue reading Optical Effects

Linear Perspective

In basic linear perspective, there are 4 major types of perspective defined by the number of primary Vanishing Points lying on the Horizon Line. Creating a image with perspective principles allows to creator to explore realistic illusion of 3 dimensional space. References Invaluable. 2019. Understanding Linear Perspective in Art. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.invaluable.com/blog/understanding-linear-perspective-in-art/. [Accessed 5 August 2020]. … Continue reading Linear Perspective

Michel-Eugene Chevreul

Michel-Eugene Chevreul is the author of 'The Principles of harmony and contrast of colours' a text published in 1839, its content was soon know as the laws of simultaneous colour contrast. This book is one of the first systematic studies of colour perception, contrast of colours and colour mixtures. In 'The principles of harmony and … Continue reading Michel-Eugene Chevreul