I did observe that some of the other colors were still bright, that led me to believe that he had painted the picture with darker shades of color in order to give the painting its form. It seemed to be an interesting method of shading the characters, now that I reflect on it, that method did give the painting depth in such a way that the entire scene is laid out in front of the observer. I imagined that I could walk the entire beachfront and see exactly what Seurat displayed in his painting.
Another unique circumstance that I discovered concerning this particular painting, was that Georges had painted a border around the painting itself, again using the pointillistic method.
As I stepped back from the painting, I realized that such an act accomplish exactly what it was supposed to accomplish, and that is to give the entire scene a depth that would have been much less noticeable if painted in any other manner.
A noticed that Georges had used both light and dark paints in order to facilitate...
I read that Seurat had spent over two years completing this painting, and as I observed his work, I marveled over the intricate design and character so evident in his work. I'm still amazed at how he made the characters look as if they were three dimensional.
With Seurat's meticulous attention to detail, his three dimensional characters, his use of dots of paint and his border also created of dots, and the method he used to paint the exquisite landscape, I realized that what I was viewing was a masterpiece, and such a feeling made my skin get goosebumps. Knowing, and viewing, a piece of artwork like the one I was observing is a seldom experienced event in my life, and I was extremely happy that I had garnered the opportunity to do so.
Works Cited
Kramer, H. (2004) Seurat's Sunday Painting, New Criterion, Vol.23 Issue 1, pp 46 -47
