Keylee Church

Path in the Wheat Fields at Pourville  By Claude Monet 1882      Path in the Wheat Fields at Pourville by Claude Monet is an oil painting. Monet painted Path in the Wheat Fields at Pourville in 1882 and it is currently on display at the Denver Art Museum (1). The painting shows a path that starts at the right of the painting and ends in the middle with some red, yellow, and green wheat on either side of it. The path winds down toward a beach. The path rests on a hill and as the viewer, you are able to see the cliff opposite of you that drops off to the ocean and beach. You can also see a little sailboat in the water in between the beach and the cliff. In the bottom right corner is Monet’s signature as well as 82 for the year 1882.      Monet painted with mostly cool colors aside from the wheat stocks which are red, yellow, and orange for the most part. This leads to your eyes focusing on them and following the path with your eyes to the horizon. The...

Jim Howard is the artist of the collection  Drawn to Glamour: Fashion Illustrations  of which the charcoal pencil and paper drawing above is a part of (1). The drawing was made about 1975. Centered on the page is a woman. She is wearing a fur coat. She looks over her shoulder and right at the viewer. The pose feels very much like something a model would do during a photoshoot. Being made of charcoal the picture is grayscale, there are no other colors only white, gray, and black. The background starts with a darker gray at the top and goes lighter as it goes down the page ending in a gray that is almost white. Howard drew a woman wearing darker gray gloves and black pants which contrast with the background and her fur coat. Howard used his pencil to give a realistic feel to his drawing. The fur coat that the woman is wearing looks fluffy, it makes you want to reach out and touch it. The shading on her face shows that the light source is behind and to the left of the wo...