Analysis Of A Wall, Nassau, By Winslow Homer

The painting: A Wall, Nassau, was done by Winslow Homer. Homer painted this in 1898. It is a watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper. The paper is 14 ¾ by 21 ½ in. The painting now stays at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. The watercolor in the painting are made by applying pigments suspended in a solution of water and gum. Graphite is a form of carbon. In the painting I see the ocean with a sail boat, blue sky, a grey, off white wall, red leaves on a bush, and other bushes on the side of the wall toward the ocean. The wall separates the ocean from the sidewalk. The subject matter of this painting is a wall that divides land from sea. This painting is representational because you can see these things in everyday life. This painting has both primary and secondary colors in it. This painting can be said to be portrayed realistically. In this painting you see many lines. There is no main line in the painting. This painting shows many different shapes some of the shapes are the same but they are painted differently. Most of the colors in the painting are very bright.

The drawing was drawn by Mary Cassatt in 1913. It is pastel on paper and is 43 ¼ by 33 ¼ in. This drawing is the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. The pastel is a chalk medium with colored pigment and a non-greasy binder. This is a drawing of a mother and her two children. This drawing is representational. This drawing has all three types of colors. Primary colors, Secondary colors and Intermediate colors are all used in this drawing. In this drawing there is no main line. The shapes in the drawing vary. Some of the colors in the drawing are bright and some are dark and