William Huggins was born in May of 1820 and died February 25 1884 at the age of 63. He is known for painting birds and other animals. He received his first drawing instructions at Liverpool Mechanics' Institution. He won a prize for "Adam's Vision of the Death of Abel." He drew for his life by taking classes at the Academy of Arts or by going to the zoo and drawing the animals there. One of his paintings is called Bengal Tiger and it is a very good painting. It is a painting of a basic tiger but it didn't look very happy. I noticed that he added lots of details! And that is what I like!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
About Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh was a wonderful artist. He made the Starry Night and other great paintings. He tried to sell his paintings but only one was sold in his life. Then he got a bad disorder that made him crazy. And you might of heard that he cut off his whole ear but he didn't! He only cut off part of his ear lobe. After that he shot himself. He didn't immediately die though. He died 2 days later. After his death he became famous from his mother. She decided to continue his business in selling his paintings.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Have you ever heard of Alex Janvier?
Alex Janvier is a Canadian artist. He paints abstract and he likes to paint indian pictures. His pictures are so bright and colorful. One of his paintings is named Morning Star and it is so beautiful! It has almost every color you can think of! And I like how on the sides it has abstract! This would have to be my favorite painting from him!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Starry Night Over the Rhone
This picture is a beautiful masterpiece made by the one and only Vincent van Gogh. It is a painting of a beautiful Starry Night over a place called Rhone. Rhone is a river in Lyon, France. The river is under the Boucle's Bridge. The painting looks very similar to the real river. In this painting, Vincent uses only 4 base colors, yellow, blue, brown, and black. I think all of those colors are perfect in the painting!!
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