Paintings and influence on my own work
I eventually found the art gallery after asking a few people for directions! I loved the atmosphere of the paintings and the detail depicted in some of them, the one below uses negative space of dark colour which I found very interesting in helping to weigh out the detail and colour. As I enjoy including detail in my own work, the use of shape or larger areas of colour might help me to balance things out in a frame. Rather than having areas appear too busy.
Detail and shape
Following my train of thought in regards to shape and detail in the paintings, this really caught my eye - the way the detail is very sparingly composed in the circular frame of a stained glass window with the majority of the space being clear glass is very effective in drawing your attention to particular areas. I loved this area and spent a long time looking at it, deliberating over compositions.
One of my favourite parts of the gallery were the statues. I am always fascinated by the craftsmanship and wonder how much time it took to make each one. They are also a bit eerie to me, but I think I feel that way because sometimes they look a bit too lifelike for me. The lion made me jump when I came round the corner, purely at the sheer size of it!
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