Vincent van Gogh's
Starry Night is by far my favorite painting. The way he used the colors throughout his painting is very interesting and complex. The thing that I like the most about his painting is that he discovers the true humility of the human race by the dominant characteristics of the sky. It shows how minute humans are compared to mother nature. It also reveals how beautiful mother nature can be and how we take it for granted from time to time. It also induces a little confusion for the viewer because the sun is clearly shinning in the sky, however darkness still prevails throughout the painting. One can also infer that the bright objects in the sky are stars with sun like features or a series of suns. It is interesting how he illustrates the moon inside the largest sun-like object in the painting. The features of mother nature are exaggerated which gives the viewer a fictitious view of a normal night sky. I discovered this painting in the fourth grade when I had to draw it for our end of the year project. Although we didn't have to be accurate with our paintings, we had to be creative and as neat as possible. I loved the painting because it was a simulacrum of a fairy-tail that we read about in school. I have not seen the actual painting in person, but I have seen copies of it throughout grade school. The colors in the painting are used very effectively. It is evident that Vincent van Gogh mixed his colors to created the image that is portrayed in his painting. The colors truly work together better, than stand individually alone; the mixture of colors paints a better picture. The colors in the painting definitely complement the light throughout Van Gogh's painting. Although there are bright stars at the top of the painting, it still gives off a dim and dark lighting throughout the middle and bottom parts of the painting. Even certain parts that surround the stars give off a dark and gloomy light. The lines in the painting are very abstract. There isn't much form in the painting, as far as line is concerned. The lines are very free and curved. The lines are also circular at the top of the page. The lines in the sky of the painting are more evident than anywhere else in the painting.
