"A Wheatfield with Cypresses" Van Gogh 1889

In 1889 Van Gogh painted this while he was in the St-Rémy mental asylum. 

This painting is considered as one of his most famous pieces.

Van Gogh loved the countryside and he searched for the beauty in the simplest of things.

In this painting Van Gogh is using wavy lines / brush strokes and organic shapes. The directional movement is very vague as I see it as it doesn't lead you to any specific points but it shows movement all throughout and your eyes don't only stop on one part. It is also quite balanced. I think the center of interest in this painting is the sky because of it being abit abstract compared to the rest of the painting. Colors used are basically primary colors

                 (n.d.). Retrieved November 19, 2012, from wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bmrbarre/A_Wheatfield_with_Cypresses

google art project. (n.d.). Retrieved november 19, 2012, from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Wheat_Field_with_Cypresses_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

Autumn Harmony by Leonard Holland

autumn harmony. (n.d.). Retrieved November 19, 2012, from fine art america: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-harmony-leonard-holland.html

This is a very harmonious piece of art. When you look at it you can almost hear the water flowing and birds chirping. The colors used are a very essential part in making it harmonious. Although there is a mixture of warm and cold colors it is not conflicting as the way both of them blend in together makes it whole.

The technique used is also very important. The red "leaves" falling down from the tress if looked at closely one can see that they aren't detailed painted leaves but they seem to be random splodges or very short brush strokes.

Organic Camera

I find this design very interesting as it's very creative and also it is very detailed. 

I do not know whether to classify this as harmonious or conflicting because the way I see it, it has a bit of both. The colors used are very harmonious as they are different tones and hues of two complimentary colors, blue and orange. This design could also classify as conflicting because organic materials are being transformed to re create man made inorganic designs.

I found this blog very interesting as it shows immense creativity of how things can be re-created with different materials.

Other works : 

dancretu. (n.d.). Retrieved october 2, 2012, from tumblr: http://dancretu.tumblr.com/