So splendidly unsettling! The way everything detailed and ornate is divided by blank (but so textured, so lined) planes. The contrast of modern and old, of curve and line. Where everyone is looking. The fleck of red. The highlight on the vase. The way the tables barely touch the floor #artthoughts

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Want to post about other people’s art but don’t know how? I find just yelling out the first cool thing you notice works well. (Skull!) You can refine your thoughts later if you want, but just doing that usually thrills the artist and makes other people look. #artthoughts

The way the animated separation makes you go searching for gradients and highlights in the final. #artthoughts

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You really have to zoom in, but: all the green-blues of a nocturne, & they way they tunnel into the chest. I went to an Australian Impressionists exhibition & it was so striking, the way the chalk-and-sand daylight pieces looked backlit, & how the nocturnes seemed let into the wall. #artthoughts

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Witness the mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow in Alphonse Legros' "Landschap met regenwolken en twee bukkende figuren." The figures, almost lost in the vast landscape, evoke deep contemplation. How does nature shape our emotions?
#Rijksmuseum #ArtThoughts #Legros
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-1922-193

Leave comments to your fave artists that you love their stuff. Comment on their page/website/socials- even dm them if you're shy, but just tell them you love what they are creating. I dm creator friends' comments all the time because their fandoms scare me 🤣 #webcomics #artists #artthoughts

Erwin Olaf’s "Grijze doos voor serie foto's Rain" challenges perception with its minimalist approach, inviting a contemplative exploration of emotions captured within the confines of a gray box. How does this piece resonate with your own experiences of the unexpected?
#ErwinOlaf #Rijksmuseum #ArtThoughts
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-F-2018-38-39

The gradient! The way the upper shadows imply depth, or a canopy, or mystery. The vigorous pushing-out of the middle branches — lit and shadowed and jutting. The easy-on-the-eye lightness of the sketchy base. And the way that variation keeps the gaze in motion. #artthoughts

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