From the Artist: Trying to paint in the style of Matisse is anything but easy even though his work, at least to me, looks like it didn't take much effort. I soon found out how wrong I was in trying to paint in his style.
I didn't want to paint my room red but wanted to use a color theme other than trying to copy his. Using purple as the dominant color and yellows plus a few others colors is actually quite different from my actual room colors. For additional color, I put a window in the door and painted a striped shade. I've included most of what is in the my painting room including the cat! The only addition is the nude painting over the white bookcase which doesn't show up too clearly in this photo; she isn't quite as voluptuous as most of Matisse nudes.
There are more than a few things that bother me; the cat is too close to the edge of the painting, and the patterned carpet edge seems to cut the painting in two. I decided to leave well enough alone because if I started to make corrections, I might as well begin anew and that's more than I wanted to undertake! It was only after inserting it in a frame was I halfway pleased with the end results.
After the last challenge (urban abstraction) and along with this one, going forward has to be a breeze!
From the Painting Guide: Part of the effect Matisse was perpetually striving for was for his paintings to look restful, with a sense of joy. As you discovered, that's not the same as it not taking effort in the creation.
To me the saturated, dominant color and pattern in your painting gives it that strong sense of color overwhelming the senses that Matisse does. As well as playing with our sense of the space by joining the floor and wall visually.
I agree the cat's a little close to the edge, but if it were a bit more to the right then the cat and bookshelf would be too nearly lined up. I like the way the cat has their back to what's going on, absorbed in something as only a cat can be.
Comparing your painting to Matisse's studio painting: you've given more information or detail on most of the elements, rather than reducing most to mere outlines. For example, the cabinet to just the black lines with perhaps only what's showing on the TV detailed? I don't think you should rework it though, because it'll change the whole feeling of the painting, and risks ruining the lovely sense of atmosphere.
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I didn't want to paint my room red but wanted to use a color theme other than trying to copy his. Using purple as the dominant color and yellows plus a few others colors is actually quite different from my actual room colors. For additional color, I put a window in the door and painted a striped shade. I've included most of what is in the my painting room including the cat! The only addition is the nude painting over the white bookcase which doesn't show up too clearly in this photo; she isn't quite as voluptuous as most of Matisse nudes.
There are more than a few things that bother me; the cat is too close to the edge of the painting, and the patterned carpet edge seems to cut the painting in two. I decided to leave well enough alone because if I started to make corrections, I might as well begin anew and that's more than I wanted to undertake! It was only after inserting it in a frame was I halfway pleased with the end results.
After the last challenge (urban abstraction) and along with this one, going forward has to be a breeze!
From the Painting Guide: Part of the effect Matisse was perpetually striving for was for his paintings to look restful, with a sense of joy. As you discovered, that's not the same as it not taking effort in the creation.
To me the saturated, dominant color and pattern in your painting gives it that strong sense of color overwhelming the senses that Matisse does. As well as playing with our sense of the space by joining the floor and wall visually.
I agree the cat's a little close to the edge, but if it were a bit more to the right then the cat and bookshelf would be too nearly lined up. I like the way the cat has their back to what's going on, absorbed in something as only a cat can be.
Comparing your painting to Matisse's studio painting: you've given more information or detail on most of the elements, rather than reducing most to mere outlines. For example, the cabinet to just the black lines with perhaps only what's showing on the TV detailed? I don't think you should rework it though, because it'll change the whole feeling of the painting, and risks ruining the lovely sense of atmosphere.
• Add your comments on this painting, and read what others have said, on the Painting Forum.