Color and Value Research Planning

The Long Leg painting 

By, Edward Hopper 

http://www.oilpaintings-sales.com/oil-paintings/edward-hopper-the-long-leg-83840.html

Dawn Orange

By, JMW Turner 

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/after-jmw-turner-dawn-orange.html

Comparison: 

In The Long Leg painting, by Edward Hopper, the colors used make the scenery in the painting calm. By using the bright blue paint for the water, the water looks clean and fresh. When looking at this painting I begin to think about the summer time and a new beginning. The light in the painting shows that the scenery is during the day time. The main color in the painting is blue, but white and sand are used to show the beach, the lighthouse, and the sail boat. 

Dawn Orange, by JMW Turner, there are many shades of blue, yellow, pink, purple, and orange. The colors used set the mood for the painting. While looking at this painting I get the feel of a sunset in the sky. The way JMW Turner brushed the paint in the sky makes it look like the colors are moving in the clouds.  The reflection of the sky in the water brings all the colors together.

Both paintings are set with a sail boat on the water, but both are set at different times and express different ideas. I like both of the paintings but feel like they both show the differences between colors and artists.

 At the Concert Européen

By, Georges Seurat

http://twi-ny.com/twiny.12.19.07.html

 

Hunger 

By,  Kathe Kollwitz

http://www.leninimports.com/kathe_kollwitz_gallery.html

Comparison: 

 In At the Concert Européen, by Georges Seurat, the way Seurat is using the pencil to show light and dark helps focus the drawing on the women in the middle. Georges Seurat is famous for his use of pointillism in his paintings. In this drawing the way the pencil is used gives a feeling a pointillism. By having different shades with the pencil I feel like the drawing comes alive and makes the drawing look real.

 Hunger, by Kathe Kollwitz, is a drawing that primarily uses the color black. I think that by having the majority of the drawing black, the white parts pop off the page. Kollwitz uses the darkness to her advantage and makes it look as though she has carved the people out of the paper. 

Both drawings use different techniques to show the people in the work. While Seurat uses more detail in his work, he always doesn't use as much dark. Kathe Kollwitz uses a lot of dark to show the way the people look. Seurat and Kollwitz have different styles, but they both know how the color they use in there pictures matters.