What changes has Monet made in the color palette between the different paintings?

Monet’s Grainstack (Sunset) exemplifies “plein air painting”, or painting outside in the open air. Monet has provided clues throughout the work that inform us of the time of day. Compare this work to four of the other Grainstack paintings at the WebMuseum in Paris ( “Grainstack Sunset” is also there under its French title). Each of these Grainstack is descriptive of a different time of day.

For the 1st part of this discussion board answer these questions: (total of 20 points)

1)What changes has Monet made in the color palette between the different paintings? Be specific! 5 points

2)How do you think Monet was able to effectively capture a light condition that only existed for a few minutes each day? 5 points…For an even more startling example of time of day change, look at Monet’s paintings of the Rouen Cathedral.

3)What effect does relative light or the time of day have on light quality? 10 points. Be specific and utilize your art terminology as in: LINES, SHAPES, COLORS, TEXTURES, VALUES, BALANCE, FOCAL POINT, EYE MOVEMENT, HARMONY, VARIETY, etc..

For the 2nd part of this discussion board: (30 points)
Make one of your OWN observations this week about something that you see outside everyday perhaps as you are traveling to and from work or school.

1)How does the relative color change on that object at different times of the day. 5 points

2) Take at least 2 photographs of the EXACT SAME SUBJECT MATTER at different times during the day. Post both of your photographs and explain the differences you observed using your new formal artterminology Do not send me two different subjects. You need to observe the changes of light on the same subject. It could be a tree in the front yard, but it must be the same subject at different times of day under the same or similar lighting conditions, ( not sunny one day and completely cloudy the next). 15 total points
Title your photographs, 5 points

3) How do the reflected colors look in the morning as opposed to during sunset? What about when it is cloudy vs. sunny? Describe your findings using your new terminology. 5 points
Be specific in your writings. For full points….I expect you to outline in detail the colors, values, textures, lines, shapes, and kind of space such as atmospheric perspective or linear perspective or shallow space. If there is a color scheme happening such as monochromatic or complementary colors, please reference that as well.

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