Journal Entry 18: Character In Painting

            By observing the painting in my textbook pg. 104-105, I can identify many things from the painting. First of all, the subjects of the painting are the people in it. They are the biggest of all the things in the painting and also closest to the audience in the painting. One of them is a woman and one of them is a man. They are both focusing on different things. The woman has her eyes set on the man, so she is focusing on the man. It seems lime she is trying to communicate, comfort, or accompany him. While the man's eyes are set on his hands which is doing nothing. It seems like the man is thinking something very serious or he is sad or annoyed or frustrated. The foreground of the picture is the people in it and especially the man and his clothes and hands. While on the other hand, the background is the wall and the lights. The details are mostly on the man, especially on his jeans and his hands. We can even see the crease on his jeans and the traces on his hands. The meaning associate with the color is that it is a bright day. But the man is sad. The color of this painting sets the mood of it, which is happy and bright like the girl. The relationship between the man and the woman is boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. I think the painter use light and bright colors to show that the girl is like sunshine, really happy and bright and cheerful, and lighten up the man's life.