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The City of Colour  

Optical Mixing  

Before and After  

Artist name: Qudsia Hussain 

Dimensions: 5x7 "

Media: acrylic paint 

Title: The City of Colour 

 

Artist Statement :This painting is first impressionist. It is a glimpse of downtown Toronto. To achieve the impressionist look i used daps of paint to add dept and texture , also i overlapped colours for the gradinate look. Impressionism deals optical mixing, it is when you place 2 complementary or primary colours side by side-this can be in forms of dots or even daps of paint. As you move away from your canvas the 2 colours would mix in your head.For example: when you put yellow and blue beside eachother, as ypu move away the 2 colours would mix and turn into green 

I am choosing this piece because it challenged me as an artist-i have never done Impressionism before. The techniques , form of style and concept was new to me. I had to adapt to a new style of panting and the transition was  difficult. Due to those difficulties , my experience as an artist has improved, I am ready to take on bigger challenges 

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