Analyze That

This is a calming painting. Not only does it expresses emotion but motion. This paining is a abstract painting that is very close to reflective. The composition of this painting has many expressive lines that communicates a sense of serenity. She give of the feeling that she is taking a stroll on the beach reviewing her thoughts.

Most of the lines are contoured easy flowing from one object to the next. There is also implies lines with her arm straight down at her side, the scarf flowing downward and her sight of vision looking down at the reflection in the water. There are other line, like the multiple diagonal lines of the ocean that are evoking motion. Other diagonal lines that evoke motion are the lines in the girls dress and the run-off from the waves. These line make is look as though it is a windy day.

The space of this painting reveals a lot of mass from the ocean, mountains to the body of the girl. The mass of the girl is also overlapping the skyline to make her look closer to the viewer. This also gives the painting a linear perspective, 3-d. When you look off into the distance close to the mountains you can tell the colors start to get fuzzy and blend, another sign of a 3-d painting.

Within this painting the intense value of the red draws my attention fist especially against the intense bright hue of white dress that contracts it. The painting is fully saturated with mostly intense values of hues. If you look at the ocean there is an incline in value. It starts off will a lighter value of blue then increases as the color get further away from the viewer. This smoothing of colors is Chiarascuro. The shadow of the girl also indicated the sun is over head giving the girl height but is also gives the painting an atmosphere. I can feel the vast air that surrounds her while she strolls on the beach.