Color & Value Research

Paintings:

Edward Hopper, “Cape Cod Afternoon,” 1978

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/landscapes/hopper.cape-cod-afternoon.jpg

Edward Hopper, “Cape Cod Morning” 1978

http://www.americansuburbx.com/wp-content/gallery/edward-hopper/cape-cod-morning.jpg

Philip Guston, “Painting on Floor,” 1978

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The first and second picture seems to have an emphasis on green and landscape and has an almost older feel to them (time period). The last picture seems almost creepy with the red and the crooked flore boards.

Drawings:

Georges Seurat, “Puffers Pond”

http://evolvematter.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/img_38941.jpg

Vincent Van Gogh, “Wheat Field with Cypresses at the Haude Galline near Eygalieres”

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The first picture looks more gloomy because overall it's darker. The second picture looks more positive because there are more ligher colors than darker ones.