Assignment about van Gogh
About his life, one of his paintings and my opinion about it.
5-5-2012
ZSC HCL Art
Bas de Feijter
Assignment about van Gogh
In class we had to ’’copy’’ a drawing of Van Gogh. I have chosen for this one because I like the happy, yellow colours that were used in the painting.
General.
Off course my painting is made my van Gogh, it is called: ’’willows at sunset’’. It was made in 1888 two years before he died. Van Gogh was one of the greatest painters that lived in the 19th century. He was born on 30 march 1853 and died at 29 July 1890. He only lived for 37 years, this was because he probably shot himself and died from the wound. He made many paintings but he was not popular when he was alive. People started liking his paintings when he died.
The painting.
This is a picture of the original painting:
If you look at you can’t look around the 3 trees in the centre of the painting. There a bit blue/brown coloured. Before it you see a kind grass which probably had this colour because of the sun and also because it was made in Autumn. In the back there is a light blue river were some more trees are standing at the bank of the river. In the back of the painting there is a yellow sun which turns most of the painting in a yellow coloured scene. In the front there is a small green strip. It’s like the title says: ’’willows at sunset’’. It is really a sunset scene.
Elements and principles.
Off course van Gogh used paint to make this painting, it was oil paint. The painting was made on cloth. He used a realistic way of painting because it is realistic, but he also painted a bit abstract. He used aerial perspective because there are now lines leading to a certain point in the painting, however in the sky there is linear perspective because all the lines lead to the sun! There is not really a move direction. Everything is quiet and the trees are straight as well as the reed. It’s just a place where nothing happens.
my opinion about the painting.
I think this is a nice painting, but what is so good about it? it is quiet, there is a beautiful sunset and it is nature without people creating it. But there are also some things that are not so good about this painting, for example that the is not painted very clear (my personal view). I think van Gogh did a great job painting this, the minus points of it are all just a matter of opinions. If I were rich, I would buy it. I think that I’m not the only one that likes this painting, I asked in class and many people liked it. so if you summarise this and you had to give him a mark for it I would give him a 8. Because I like it together with many people and there are two ways of painting in the painting.
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