Van Gogh!!!?
i have been trying to find out of my own, but all the books i have just tell me about his life could you help me with these.
SELF-PORTAIT (MAY 1890)
- how has the paint been used?
-how has the brush been used?
-what types of colours dose he use?
-what dose his mood look like/
-What do you think he i trying to say about himself?
thanks 
just so tou know this is not h/w
SELF-PORTAIT (MAY 1890)
- how has the paint been used?
“To exaggerate the fairness of hair, I come even to orange tones, chromes and pale yellow … I make a plain background of the richest, intensest blue that I can contrive, and by this simple combination of the bright head against the rich blue background, I get a mysterious effect, like a star in the depths of an azure sky.”
-how has the brush been used?
Looked at closely, individual brush strokes and colors are clearly seen. The brush strokes are purposeful; run in one direction within each section (such as his beard) made with pure colours placed side by side. From a short distance away the colours blend visually.
-what types of colours dose he use?
He used complementary colors side by side to make each seem brighter – yellows and oranges with blues and reds with greens.
-what dose his mood look like
That’s a subjective asessment – he seems pensive to me, but you can elaborate on that in any way the picture affects you.
-What do you think he i trying to say about himself?
Hard to say; I doubt we can really know any artist’s intentions just from viewing a work of art. His letters might offer more insights.
He said he loved nature. He painted with passion (laying the paint on quickly – which to me transmits a sense of urgency or vibrancy, at least). I am not sure his intention was to say anything about himself; nevertheless his paintings and writings together give us some idea of the emotions and values that motivated him.
“Painted portraits have a life of their own, something that comes from the roots of the painter’s soul, which a machine cannot touch. The more often people look at photos, the more they will feel this, it seems to me.”
(Letter from Vincent van Gogh to his brother, Theo van Gogh, from Antwerp, c.15 December 1885.)
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Van Gogh – Painting European Landscapes
Vincent van Gogh Dutch Painter, 1853-1890, painted magical European landscapes and sea-scapes.
THE ARTIST
Vincent van Gogh, the name does not require any detailed introduction. Van Gogh is one of the most popular artists of all time; so far as the field of painting is concerned. It was a matter of pity, for the artist like him, that his famous paintings were hardly recognized as master pieces during his life time. He went to Paris in 1886 where he became part of the avant-garde art community. He came into contacts of master painters like as Camille Pissarro, Georges Seurat, Edgar Degas, and Paul Gauguin.
THE ART
Painting the ‘European Landscapes’, Van Gogh had added magic into the art of painting. Van Gogh’s palette had expressive and emotive colours on it. Van Gogh used these colours as a master impressionist, painting his canvases in the style of the impressionist who were used to paint outside their studios. He used mostly brilliant colour to produce the striking light in his paintings. The energetic application of the hot colours produced a rich impasto surface conveying the ever-present vibrancy. Van Gogh painting had one special feature, too: the feature that made him an artist painting obvious and contrary to the prevailing standard, acting like a revolutionary painter.
For an impressionist painter, the controlling of effects of light is an issue demanding artistic skill. While painting out of the doors, it is difficult to choose colours; especially when the artists has to work with his or her eyes half shut due to the presence of blazing sunlight. When an artist paint out of the doors, the same set of principles of painting applies; but it is hard to sort out the chaos of colours and keep their tonal values in tact, especially in the impressionist style of painting.
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