Post # 4"The Passion Of Music"

Leonid Afremov immediately captured my attention with this breath taking painting of a woman playing the cello. I liked the creativity he used with oil and palette knife because of the different elements and principles he used. There are among plenty of elements and principals that can be applied here but there are a couple that really pop out to me.  Color is one of the elements that really got my attention because there are so many colors shown in this picture that my eyes couldn't grasp what I was looking at. Her background is like a rainbow rain whereas her face expression makes a statement about no matter what the weather is she will only concentrate on playing. The artist also used different shades of color to make her skin the right texture.  If you look at her elbow and her face it shows towards the hand and right side of her face facing the front that it is lighter in exposure, whereas at the elbow tip and left side it gets darker to show its in the shade. This is also a way to show contrast because of the way he make different colors come together as one. The background makes the picture of the girl pop out but the background its self also catches people attention. The last principle that is applied is movement. The way her fingers are pulling the strings of the cello and the way she is holding the stick proves that she is moving because of the separation and placement of her fingers.