Katie Tran
Paper #1
In Grandview Boulevard, completed in 1974 CE, the artist utilizes painterly brushstrokes. The shadows of the trees that are painted dark purple appear to have more painterly aspects than the rest of the composition. From far away, the painting seems smooth and sleek, but up close, the individual thick brushstrokes can be seen. The implied texture of the leaves in the painting is sturdy and prickly, and the texture of the yellowed grass appears to be dry and coarse, however, the actual texture of the painting itself is smooth. The artist also uses both curvilinear and geometric lines. In looking at the trees in the painting, they are composed of primarily geometric lines (excluding the leafy top) that run in a vertical direction. The curvilinear lines appear on the road, as the road dividers have a curvy edge. The composition contains warm colors, such as yellow, orange, (which are primary colors) and orange-red (a tertiary color.) It also includes cool colors, such as green, blue and purple, which are all secondary colors. Secondary colors are the result of mixing the primary colors together. Some of the colors are analogous on the color wheel, which means they belong on the same side. These colors include the orange and yellow hues, and the green and blue hues. Many of the colors are complimentary as well. Complimentary colors are colors on the opposite side of the color wheel in relation to each other. The baby blue of the sky compliments the offset orange of the hills. The pale yellow of the outer hills compliments the shadows that appear purple in the picture. The artist also plays around with value, which is the adding of either white or black to a color to make it appear lighter or darker on the painting. For example, the green of the grass to the far left of the painting is much more saturated (intense) than the grass in the middle