Blog Post #6

The artwork I chose is from the MOMA called "Landscape, Provence” by André Derain in 1925. The medium of this piece is oil on a canvas. This artwork shows the three areas that determine proximity and space, which is the foreground, middle ground, and the background. The foreground is the yellow that looks like it is in the beginning of the artwork as if you are about to walk through it. The foreground was the first area I noticed because the yellow ground looks like it is the brightest spot in the piece. The middle ground is the trees, the grass, and the hills that are further back from the foreground. Lastly, the background is the sky, mountains, and the trees that are way back in the distance. The small mountains and trees make the artwork look almost realistic, by having the colors and shadows of each shape. There is overlapping in this piece from the foreground all the way to the background. The trees are all overlapping each other making it look as if there might be a small forest in the background. I believe that the artist used two-point perspective to start with the foreground then made his way to the background and adding each detail. Looking at his artwork I see that this can be relative size, in which if I were to go where he drew and painted this I would see how big everything is and relate it to his artwork. After class, I realized how important foreground, middle ground, and background, is to make a painting or drawing look more realistic and give it that 3D effect.

 This is by drawers that is directly in front of my bed and I used the two point perspective to draw the drawer then added the smaller drawers as well as everything on top.