To prepare for an original work based on The Sower, I have completed a study. It's a small piece - just 7x5 inches (18x13cm).
The Sower is a common theme of Vincent's, one that he returns to again and again in his life. This is a very iconic painting that takes this famous religious parable to a new level, as The Sower is painted almost "walking on water".
While I have little time for religious obsession, I admire the the painting greatly. Not only for it's impressionist, and very Pointillist technique but also it's colour scheme. Yellows and Oranges in contrast with their direct opposites: Violet and Blues; juxaposed as ordinarily one would expect the cooler colours to recede into the background, while the warm colours take the foreground (in conventional painting).
Anyway, i feel satisfied with my attempt.
It's difficult to know exactly the colours Van Gogh used as there are many variations found online!
The Sower is a common theme of Vincent's, one that he returns to again and again in his life. This is a very iconic painting that takes this famous religious parable to a new level, as The Sower is painted almost "walking on water".
While I have little time for religious obsession, I admire the the painting greatly. Not only for it's impressionist, and very Pointillist technique but also it's colour scheme. Yellows and Oranges in contrast with their direct opposites: Violet and Blues; juxaposed as ordinarily one would expect the cooler colours to recede into the background, while the warm colours take the foreground (in conventional painting).
Anyway, i feel satisfied with my attempt.
It's difficult to know exactly the colours Van Gogh used as there are many variations found online!
| 
|
RSS Feed
