PAINTING - TRANSCRIPT OF EDWARD HOPPER'S "SUN IN AN EMPTY ROOM"

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DATE: NOVEMBER 2018

MEDIUM: ACRYLIC PAINT

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I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN ART OF EMPTY ROOMS RECENTLY, BECAUSE THE EMPTINESS OF ROOMS, WITH NOTHING BUT A WINDOW HAS A MINIMALISTIC FEEL TO IT, AS WELL AS THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF LIGHTING THAT EACH PIECE OF WORK HAS. I HAVE SEEN MANY PIECES OF WORK OF THIS IMAGE, USING MANY TYPES OF MEDIUM, FOR EXAMPLE, PAINTING, COLLAGING, PHOTOGRAPHY, ETC. 

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EDWARD HOPPER IS AN ARTIST THAT HAS WORK WITH A RECCURING THEME OF LONELINESS AND ISOLATION, WITH HIS PAINTINGS SHOWING PEOPLE, ALONE, IN A ISOLATED ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS CAFES, ROOMS, AND MORE. ALTHOUGH HE USES OIL PAINTING REGULARLY, I DECIDED THAT USING ACRYLIC PAINT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO MAKING A TRANSCRIPT OF HIS WORK, WHICH TURNED OUT VERY WELL.

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THIS PAINTING WAS MY CHOICE TO PUT UP AS I ENJOYED PLAYING AROUND WITH THE LIGHTING OF THE IMAGE, BLENDING DIFFERENT COLOURS TOGETHER AND MAKING THE PAINTING IN GENERAL. THIS IS A DIFFERENT STYLE OF WORK TO WHAT I WOULD USUALLY DO, SO INTRODUCING LANDSCAPE-STYLE PAINTING IS EFFECTIVE FOR ME.