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Mystery Painting recreated by Ashely, Chris, and Nancy
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by John and Ryan The painting we chose has four sections. The first section is olive green (which is a mix of green and tan) and is surrounded by a thin reddish-orange line. It is a small rectangle ranging from the top left to the top right. Below that section is a large black rectangle also surrounded by a thin reddish-orange line. Below that is an auburn (mix brown, white, and a tiny dab of red) rectangle which is almost as large as the section. It too is outlined with a reddish-orange line. The final section has a thick orange line that surrounds another auburn rectangle which isn't quite the same size as the one above. The painting reminds us of Indian warpaint. |
by Ryan and John This painting is really called "Four Darks in Red" and was painted by Mark Rothko. It is oil on canvas and 102 by 116 inches. The painting was painted in 1958 and can be viewed in the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, New York. What went well was that you got the colors right and you made the rectangles the right size. What didn't go so well was that we said they were surrounded, not just underlined, by a thin, reddish-orange line. Also, the green was a little too big and the black was a little too small. We could have changed those parts in our description. You did a great job painting our picture. |
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