Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: Vincent Willem van Gogh; March 30, 1853, Grote-Zundert, Netherlands - July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France) was a Dutch post-impressionist artist whose work had a timeless influence on 20th-century painting. In just over ten years, he created more than 2,100 works, including about 860 oil paintings. Among them are portraits, self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes, depicting olive trees, cypress trees, wheat fields and sunflowers. Van Gogh was overlooked by most critics until his suicide at the age of 37, which was preceded by years of anxiety, poverty and mental disorders.
Born on March 30, 1853 in the village of Groot Zundert (Dutch. Groot Zundert) in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, near the Belgian border. Vincent's father was Theodore Van Gogh (born 02/08/1822), a Protestant pastor, and his mother was Anna Cornelia Carbenthus, the daughter of a venerable bookbinder and bookseller from The Hague. Vincent was the second of seven children of Theodore and Anna Cornelia. He received his name in honor of his paternal grandfather, who also devoted his entire life to the Protestant church. This name was intended for Theodore and Anna's first child, who was born a year earlier than Vincent and died on the first day. So Vincent, although born second, became the eldest of the children.
Four years after Vincent's birth, on May 1, 1857, his brother Theodorus van Gogh (Theo) was born. In addition to him, Vincent had a brother Cor (Cornelis Vincent, May 17, 1867) and three sisters - Anna Cornelia (February 17, 1855), Liz (Elizabeth Guberta, May 16, 1859) and Wil (Willemina Jacoba, March 16, 1862). Family members remember Vincent as a willful, difficult and boring child with “strange manners”, which was the reason for his frequent punishments. According to the governess, there was something strange about him that distinguished him from the others: of all the children, Vincent was the least pleasant to her, and she did not believe that anything worthwhile could come of him. Outside the family, on the contrary, Vincent showed the other side of his character - he was quiet, serious and thoughtful. He hardly played with other children. In the eyes of his fellow villagers, he was a good-natured, friendly, helpful, compassionate, sweet and modest child. When he was 7 years old, he went to a village school, but a year later he was taken away from there, and together with his sister Anna he studied at home, with a governess. On October 1, 1864, he went to boarding school in Zevenbergen, located 20 km from his home. Leaving home caused Vincent a lot of suffering; he could not forget it, even as an adult. On September 15, 1866, he began studying at another boarding school - Willem II College in Tilburg. Vincent is good at languages - French, English, German. There he received drawing lessons. In March 1868, in the middle of the school year, Vincent suddenly left school and returned to his father's house. This ends his formal education. He recalled his childhood like this: “My childhood was dark, cold and empty...”.
In July 1869, Vincent got a job in the Hague branch of the large art and trading company Goupil & Cie, owned by his uncle Vincent (“Uncle Saint”). There he received the necessary training as a dealer. Initially, the future artist set to work with great zeal, achieved good results, and in June 1873 he was transferred to the London branch of Goupil & Cie. Through daily contact with works of art, Vincent began to understand and appreciate painting. In addition, he visited the city's museums and galleries, admiring the works of Jean-François Millet and Jules Breton. At the end of August, Vincent moved to 87 Hackford Road and rented a room in the house of Ursula Loyer and her daughter Eugenie. There is a version that he was in love with Eugenia, although many early biographers mistakenly call her by the name of her mother, Ursula. In addition to this naming confusion that has been going on for decades, recent research suggests that Vincent was not in love with Eugenie at all, but with a German woman named Caroline Haanebeek. What actually happened remains unknown. The lover's refusal shocked and disappointed the future artist; he gradually lost interest in his work and began to turn to the Bible. In 1874, Vincent was transferred to the Paris branch of the company, but after three months of work he again left for London. Things were getting worse for him, and in May 1875 he was again transferred to Paris, where he attended exhibitions at the Salon and Louvre and eventually began to try his hand at painting. Gradually, this activity began to take up more of his time, and Vincent finally lost interest in work, deciding for himself that “art has no worse enemies than art dealers.” As a result, at the end of March 1876 he was fired from Goupil & Cie due to poor performance, despite the patronage of his relatives who were co-owners of the company.
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“I really like the saying: “As things get worse, things will get better.” At times I ask myself whether things really haven’t gotten any worse for us, because I really wish that everything would finally “get better” - Van Gogh.
Today you can’t just get into the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. There are always a lot of tourists who want to see the masterpieces of the Dutch artist, but especially this year. If three years ago you could buy a ticket at the museum box office on the day of your visit, today they are sold out three days in advance, reports a MIR 24 correspondent from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
But ticket prices are very reasonable - a standard adult ticket costs 15 euros, a visit with a guide costs 23 euros, and children under 17 years old are completely free. Photographing paintings is strictly prohibited; the museum itself does not display photos of Van Gogh’s paintings on its official website, nor does it display the interiors of the museum. The Dutch strictly monitor visitors: a guard is assigned to almost every Van Gogh work, and video surveillance is carried out in the halls. The three-story museum consists of a permanent exhibition and temporary exhibitions, which are often updated, for example, on the artist’s anniversary, the exhibition “Inspiration from Japan” was opened. It presents paintings that Van Gogh was inspired by Japanese culture. Today Van Gogh is a pride not only for the Netherlands, but also for the whole of Europe, but once upon a time for them he was just a crazy artist with an obnoxious character, whose paintings no one wanted to buy. 
Photo: Degtereva
A POPULAR LOSER FROM A GOOD FAMILY: WHY THEY DID NOT LOVE VAN GOGH
“There was a phrase in your letter that struck me: “I would like to get away from everything, I myself am the cause of everything and only cause trouble for others, I alone brought this trouble on myself and others.” These words struck me so much because I experience exactly the same feeling, exactly the same thing, no more and no less, in my soul. When I think about the past, when I think about the future - about almost insurmountable difficulties, about great and hard work for which I have no soul and which I, or rather my bad self, would willingly avoid; when I think of the many people whose eyes are watching me, I foresee that if I fail, they will understand what the matter is, and will not shower me with petty reproaches, but, being more experienced and experienced in everything that is good , honestly and fairly, with all their appearance they will say: “We helped you and were a light for you; we did everything we could for you. Have you worked to the fullest of your abilities? Where are the fruits of our labor and the reward for it?” - from a letter to his brother on May 30, 1877.
There is a common belief that Van Gogh lived in poverty, but this is not true. He was born into an average Dutch family. His father was a pastor, and his mother was the daughter of a respectable bookbinder and bookseller from The Hague. In addition, the family had many very influential relatives close to the field of art. Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in the village of Grot-Zundert, in the province of North Brabant. It is interesting that from birth the future artist bore the name of his late brother. Winstent was first named the boy who was the first born in the family, however, he died immediately on his birthday. Van Gogh had a beloved younger brother, Theo, as well as another younger brother, Cor, and three sisters. But besides Theo, the artist did not actually communicate with any of them.
At the very beginning of his journey, Van Gogh worked for relatives in the Hague branch of the art and trading company Goupil & Cie. Things went well at first, the young man was even transferred to England. It was at this workplace that he began to better understand art. But as a result, Van Gogh’s career was largely ruined by unsuccessful love. It was during those years that he was rejected for the first time. He lost his motivation, and with it his position in the company. To cope with depression, Van Gogh painted. In the last years of Van Gogh's life, the artist's acquaintances called him an atheist. But this was not always the case. After his dismissal, he became seriously interested in pastoring and thought about following in his father’s footsteps. Vincent did a lot of preaching work, studied, communicated with the poor and tried to achieve greater rights for them. Actually, this was one of the reasons that the “elite” rejected Van Gogh’s pastoral activities. The quarrelsome character of the young man, who often got excited and made scandals, did not contribute to success. After Van Gogh was removed from the parish, he began to paint more often and seriously thought about a career as an artist.
With the support of his brother and his full financial support, in 1880 Van Gogh went to study in Brussels at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. But after a year he dropped out of school and returned to his parents. Van Gogh decided that studying for an artist was useless, and it was much more important to work hard and hard. It is interesting that one of the most valuable artists today, who passionately loved his work, did not recognize such measures as “talent”.
“When you think about the people from whose hearts such words pour out, all the chatter about “natural talent” that you so often hear from art dealers seems to me like a vile croak. “I have patience” - how restrained and dignified it sounds! Can you consider yourself so dead as to admit that you will never grow again? I say all this to explain why talking about whether you are gifted or not seems so stupid to me,” wrote Van Gogh.
Van Gogh painted his first known paintings in 1882. Then he worked a lot and practiced mixing techniques on one canvas - chalk, pen, sepia, and also took lessons from his distant relative, the artist Anton Mauve. In 1888 he painted the painting "Red Vineyards". For a long time it was considered the only painting by the artist sold. Actually this is not true. They just bought it for good money, which helped Van Gogh pay off all his debts at that time. In total, about 14 works were sold during the artist’s lifetime. But, of course, for a person who painted 2100 works, this is the same as almost nothing.
Van Gogh was constantly troubled by his lack of public recognition. Although it is wrong to say that no one knew about him during his lifetime. The fact is that at that time his brother Theo already owned his own gallery in the center of Paris, which, of course, all the artists knew about. Despite his material well-being, Theo was jealous of his brother's talent and freedom. But at the same time, the artist’s brother ardently sought to glorify Van Gogh. That is why he exhibited all the works in his gallery and brought famous artists, critics and buyers for inspection.
As for the rumors of Van Gogh's poverty, they are highly exaggerated. Van Gogh made almost no money himself. And it is true. But he never lived in poverty. Theo paid all expenses: materials, food and rent. His brother sent Van Gogh 200 francs every month. And with 100 francs people then supported a family of four. Critics often talk about the simple and unsightly interiors in which the artist lived and worked; for example, this was once again recalled in the recently released British painting “Van Gogh. With love, Vincent." In fact, the minimalism of the Dutch cannot be discounted. Just a couple of centuries ago, the inhabitants of Holland were sure that houses were protection from the wind, and not a luxury item. So it was not poverty that bothered Van Gogh, but the lack of love from the public. Even Van Gogh’s mother, to whom the artist gave at least 200 works, left them in the old house when she moved. After which they were lost forever.
The artist's fruitful period began in 1886, when Van Gogh moved to live with his brother in Paris. It was at this time that blue and yellow colors, red tones and dynamic brushstrokes appeared in Van Gogh's works, which later made Vincent's paintings unique. The work contains calm and peaceful motifs caused by the influence of the impressionists. The meaning of the person in the paintings also changes; he is no longer the central character. Often the person is either absent or plays a secondary role. 
Photo: Degtereva
HOW AND WHY VAN GOGH WENT CRAZY
“Sadness will last forever,” Van Gogh said before his death.
Van Gogh's work began to dawn, but this did not attract critics to his side. Buyers considered the artist's paintings disgusting. The artist perceived this fact very painfully. He went to the south of France and decided that he would create a workshop for the creators of “future generations.” He gave the main place in it to his friend, the French painter Paul Gauguin. The time has come when Van Gogh left the impressionists and his further works belong to post-impressionism.
“Instead of trying to accurately depict what is in front of my eyes, I use color more freely, so that I can express myself more fully,” explained the artist.
The relationship between Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh went through all stages in just 9 weeks, from friendship to attempted murder. One day Gauguin came to Van Gogh to discuss the workshop. But the conversation quickly turned into an argument. Gauguin believed that Van Gogh had a careless approach to painting, and he, in turn, accused Gauguin of being weak-minded. He was shocked by the fact that his friend did not understand the idea of working for the future. As a result, on the same day, Van Gogh attacked Gauguin and tried to kill him. There are several versions on this matter. Some historians claim that the Dutchman attacked the Frenchman with a razor in broad daylight, others that Van Gogh tried to kill his friend in his sleep. In any case, Gauguin managed to miraculously escape; he left the workshop and never returned. That same evening, Van Gogh cut off his earlobe, went to a brothel and gave it to a prostitute. Why the artist did this is not known for certain. There are two versions, one says that this is repentance, the other says that this is madness.
Be that as it may, the next day Van Gogh was taken to a mental hospital and diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. There the artist had another attack and was placed in a ward for violent people. Since then, Van Gogh's attacks have been repeated monthly. During remission, he asked to stay in his studio, but city residents wrote a letter to the authorities, in which they asked to isolate the artist from society. As a result, he spent a year in a mental hospital. During this time, he created about 100 paintings that became especially famous: “Starry Night”, “Wheat Field with Cypress Trees”, etc. The main type of paintings at this time were still lifes and landscapes.
Why did Van Gogh end up in a hospital and was he truly ill? It is known that in addition to psychological torment, the artist became addicted to absinthe and drank almost every day. At that time, the dangers of this drink were not yet known. Due to illness, constant smoking and drinking absinthe, Van Gogh lost 15 teeth, contracted syphilis from his wife, who was a former prostitute, and began to suffer from impotence. Before Van Gogh met his last wife, he had never had any luck in his personal life, so he was a frequenter of brothels. And he had a predisposition to epilepsy since childhood. We can conclude that there were many reasons for emotional distress.
It is interesting that the artist’s first recognition during his lifetime came after leaving the hospital, shortly before his death. In 1889, Van Gogh was invited to participate in the Brussels G20 exhibition. Then the artist’s canvases first aroused interest among both colleagues and art lovers. But all this no longer pleased Van Gogh. In July 1890, he painted his last famous painting, “Wheat Field with Crows,” and died a week later. According to the official version, Van Gogh went for a walk with materials and shot himself with a revolver to scare away flocks of birds. But in 2011, art historians came up with an alternative version that Van Gogh was shot by one of the teenagers. Six months after the artist’s death, his brother Theo, who suffered from syphilis, also died.
Today in the Van Gogh Museum, in addition to famous paintings, interior items, letters and personal belongings have also been recreated. Visitors stop for a long time in front of “Sunflowers” and “Starry Night”, watch videos, get acquainted with monographs and ask the same question: “How did a person who was constantly tormented by emotional experiences paint such bright, warm and positive pictures?” Today Van Gogh is 165, today there is a big party at the museum.
Those that are made with your own hands. But for adults they have not lost their relevance. Especially when it comes to a themed gift.
This master class will help you impress a lover of impressionism or simply an art connoisseur. In addition, a bottle of high-quality strong drink will never be superfluous.
For my work I chose Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night". I started painting a bottle of absinthe, since it was the artist’s favorite drink.
So, we need a bottle, a soft wide brush and a hard thin brush, and the following paints: black, blue, cyan, red, yellow, orange and white (I bought it in a set).
For painting, it is best to use acrylic paints, as they will adhere perfectly to the glass, and additional varnish treatment will not be necessary at all. Do not wet the brush with water, because the thicker the paint, the better. This will give the product a texture.
It's better to get rid of labels. If the bottle has a paper label, it can be easily removed by dipping the bottle in warm water.
If you need to clean your brush from paint, it is better to use alcohol.
Let's start with the darkest element of the picture. For this you will need black, yellow and red paints. First, apply a layer of black, wait about 15-20 minutes.
Then, when the paint has already dried, we make red and yellow strokes in a chaotic order, since we are still working on stylization, not reproduction.
Then carefully apply the blue background. To ensure that the bottle is not transparent, at least two layers of paint will be needed. Apply the first layer with a circular motion of the brush, wait until the paint dries, and apply the second.
When the second blue layer dries, paint the stars with yellow paint. To prevent the stars from turning out green on a blue background, you should add white paint.
Color the bottom of the bottle blue. Next, with a thin brush we draw the outlines of the houses using black paint.
Then we leave blue, yellow and white strokes on the bottle. Remember that before applying each new layer, you need to let the previous one dry. In order to depict the moon, we use orange paint.
When the bottle is completely dry, you can coat it with varnish if you want to achieve a glossy shine.
This is what we should get in the end.
Such a gift is suitable for any holiday. You can not only give a quality drink, but also please a loved one with your attention, reflected in a picture you drew yourself.
You can choose any other drink and any other picture. It all depends on your preferences.
On December 23, 1888, the now world-famous post-impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh lost his ear. There are several versions of what happened, however, Van Gogh’s whole life was full of absurd and very strange facts.
Van Gogh wanted to follow in his father's footsteps - to become a preacher
Van Gogh dreamed of becoming a priest, like his father. He even completed the missionary internship required for admission to an evangelical school. He lived in the outback among miners for about a year.
But it turned out that the admission rules had changed, and the Dutch had to pay for training. The missionary Van Gogh was offended and after that decided to leave religion and become an artist. However, his choice was not accidental. Vincent’s uncle was a partner in the largest art dealer company at that time, Goupil.
Van Gogh began painting only at the age of 27
Van Gogh began painting in adulthood, when he was 27 years old. Contrary to popular belief, he was not such a “brilliant amateur” like conductor Pirosmani or customs officer Russo. By that time, Vincent Van Gogh was an experienced art dealer and entered first the Academy of Arts in Brussels, and later the Antwerp Academy of Arts. True, he studied there for only three months until he left for Paris, where he met the Impressionists, including.
Van Gogh began with “peasant” paintings like “The Potato Eaters.” But his brother Theo, who knew a lot about art and supported Vincent financially throughout his life, managed to convince him that “light painting” was created for success, and the public would definitely appreciate it.
The artist's palette has a medical explanation
The abundance of yellow spots of different shades in the paintings of Vincent van Gogh, according to scientists, has a medical explanation. There is a version that this vision of the world is caused by the large number of drugs for epilepsy consumed by him. He experienced attacks of this disease in the last years of his life due to hard work, a riotous lifestyle and abuse of absinthe.
The most expensive Van Gogh painting was in Goering's collection
For more than 10 years, Vincent van Gogh’s “Portrait of Doctor Gachet” held the title of the most expensive painting in the world. Japanese businessman Ryoei Saito, owner of a large paper manufacturing company, purchased this painting at a Christie's auction in 1990 for $82 million. The owner of the painting indicated in his will that the painting should be cremated with him after his death. In 1996, Ryoei Saito died. It is known for certain that the painting was not burned, but where exactly it is now is unknown. It is believed that the artist painted 2 versions of the painting.
However, this is just one fact from the history of “Portrait of Doctor Gachet.” It is known that after the exhibition “Degenerate Art” in Munich in 1938, the Nazi Goering acquired this painting for his collection. True, he soon sold it to a certain Dutch collector, and then the painting ended up in the USA, where it remained until Saito acquired it.
Van Gogh is one of the most kidnapped artists
In December 2013, the FBI published the top 10 high-profile thefts of ingenious works of art with the goal that the public could help solve the crimes. The most valuable on this list are 2 paintings by Van Gogh – “View of the Sea at Schevingen” and “Church at Newnen”, which are estimated at $30 million each. Both of these paintings were stolen in 2002 from the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It is known that two men were arrested as suspects in the theft, but their guilt could not be proven.
In 2013, Vincent van Gogh’s “Poppies,” which experts value at $50 million, was stolen from the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Egypt due to management negligence. The painting has not yet been returned.
Van Gogh's ear may have been cut off by Gauguin
The story with the ear raises doubts among many biographers of Vincent Van Gogh. The fact is that if the artist cut off his ear at the root, he would die from loss of blood. Only the artist's earlobe was cut off. There is a record of this in the surviving medical report.
There is a version that the incident with the cut off ear occurred during a quarrel between Van Gogh and Gauguin. Gauguin, experienced in sailor fights, slashed Van Gogh in the ear, and he had a seizure from stress. Later, trying to whitewash himself, Gauguin came up with a story about how Van Gogh chased him in a fit of madness with a razor and crippled himself.
Unknown Van Gogh paintings are still found today
This fall, the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam identified a new painting by the great master. The painting “Sunset at Montmajour,” according to researchers, was painted by Van Gogh in 1888. What makes the find exceptional is the fact that the painting belongs to a period that art historians consider the pinnacle of the artist’s work. The discovery was made using methods such as comparison of style, paint, technique, computer analysis of the canvas, X-ray photographs and the study of Van Gogh's letters.
The painting “Sunset at Montmajour” is currently on display at the artist’s museum in Amsterdam in the exhibition “Van Gogh at Work.”
Today we will be writing a free copy of Vincent van Gogh's painting "Starry Night". This is one of the most famous and recognizable paintings ever created. Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is a symbol of the power of human imagination, one of the most amazing and incredible landscapes you can imagine.
While working on the painting, we will try to get at least a little closer to the author’s technique, to convey the inherent dynamism, rhythm and impasto of the brushstroke inherent in this work. Let's try to guess the mood and energy of the picture.
How did Vincent Van Gogh paint his painting?
It is possible that one night, Vincent Van Gogh left his house, armed with a canvas, brushes and paints, with the completely convincing intention of painting the most incredible landscape, with the most incredible stars, moon, light, sky, wind...
Let's take a close look at the painting by Vincent Van Gogh, admire it, try to catch all the details and start writing our “Starry Night”.
Vincent van Gogh writes "Starry Night"
The process of painting this painting and the result of the work will make you fall in love with this painting and the author’s work.
Materials and paints
We will need paints:
- whitewash;
- cadmium yellow medium;
- natural sienna;
- burnt umber;
- viridon green;
- gas soot;
- blue FC;
- sky blue;
- circuleum;
- cobalt blue;
- ultramarine light.
Materials and tools:
- flat brushes, from No. 3 to No. 10, synthetic, with bristles of different lengths and degrees of hardness;
- diluent,
- dammar varnish,
- rag.
The painting process
Technique
A feature of the technique in which Van Gogh worked is the bright pronounced pastiness of smears . This effect is achieved through minimal use of thinner.
For mixing paints and applying paints to canvas we do not use thinner .
We will only need the thinner to clean (wash) the paint from the brushes, after which we wipe the brush with a rag and apply the paint we need onto a dry brush.
Underpainting
In this painting we use thinner only for applying the underpainting - blue backgroundA . We make a mixture of the consistency of liquid sour cream: blue FC with white, and ultramarine with white. Using a wide brush, alternately and randomly apply these mixtures to the canvas, painting the canvas completely. To apply background paint, you can add dammar varnish to the thinner - this will make the paint dry faster.
Further outline the main objects pictures: the horizon line, hills, bushes, cypress, houses in the village, the direction of the whirlwinds in the sky, the location of the stars and the moon. We mark the sketch with a thin brush using thick white or blue FC.
If you cannot draw a sketch accurately and correctly by eye, observe the correct proportions and locations of the main objects: measure each of the objects (or the distance between them) with a brush, and immediately transfer this measurement proportionally to the canvas. Use the brush like a ruler.
Hatching
After we have marked out all the main details of the composition, we proceed to the most interesting stage of the work - we will learn to “shade” with a brush and oil paints .
Van Gogh was a true master at this, he made beautiful pencil drawings using the most extraordinary types of strokes. Intermittent impasto brush strokes are the main technique that we must learn in the process of working on this painting.
Hatching of the painting “Starry Night” To set the correct rhythm of this extraordinary composition, you first need to look closely and observe following the direction of the strokes. This is especially true for the part of the picture where the sky is depicted. We note for ourselves the shape and directions of the vortex-like flows in the starry sky and, accordingly, apply paint with impasto strokes.
Stars and moon
Also take a close look at stars and moon , how the center of these luminaries is shown and how the light emanating from them is depicted. Around the night celestial bodies we see intermittent and very impasto strokes of cadmium yellow, or cadmium yellow with white, for clear outlines - a little bit of natural sienna. In some places, these yellow strokes are mixed with “green,” which arose as a result of weak mixing of yellow with the blue color of the lining.
Hills
Under the starry sky we lie hills , trees, bushes and a small village. When writing these objects, first stand clearly mark their shape and size . We do this with blue FC mixed with soot using a thin gas brush. After everything has been accurately and clearly marked, we paint over, like in a children’s coloring book, all the houses with the necessary colors and shades. We paint the light coming from the windows of houses with a pasty layer of white with cadmium yellow.
Pay attention to the hills; they also have a rhythmic stroke. The color and shape of these hills are given by shading strokes of dark blue, light blue and white.
Cypress
To paint shrubs we use viridon green, cadmium yellow and burnt umber.
Large branched cypress in the foreground we paint with a mixture of several colors, which give different shades and some kind of dirt. First, in the place where the cypress will be located, we make a darker underpainting with pure green viridon. Next, to write the branches we use: a mixture of viridon green with burnt umber, blue FC, natural sienna.
Clarifications
At the last stage we specify all objects , their shape, clear contours (if necessary), add pasty bright light to the stars and the moon, clarify the color of the strokes in the sky.
Copy of "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh The main attention in this picture is focused on the sky. Thanks to mosaic impasto strokes that create an unusual texture, richness, play of color, light and shades, it is quite difficult to take your eyes off Starry Night. It seems as if the image is moving somewhere, changing all the time.
You can paint this picture in one session - this is exactly what Vincent Van Gogh did, apparently. If you can’t write in one session, break the work into several sessions. You can start painting a picture in the evening, and finish it the next morning - this is very convenient because the underpainting paint and the original sketch will have time to dry a little.
Video painting lesson, writing “Starry Night”
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