FMP

Whenever I go to an art gallery the thing that draws me in most is colours, especially in paintings from the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. One painting in particular is Millais Mariana based on the Shakespeare play Measure for measure and the character Mariana in the moated grange.

What I like about this painting in terms of colour is that they are bright, bold and beautiful and that makes me whant to look at it for ages.

"Millais uses bright, contrasting colors to individuate themes and objects in the painting. Mariana, radiant in blue, contrasts the complementary orange of the stool on which she sat. Similarly, the greenish tone of the natural outdoors repels its complementary reddish tint of the interior of the room. Mariana's needlepoint that sits on the table before her appears in red, contrasting the green of the leaf right next to it. With these subtle gimmicks of color, Millais delineates the various themes of his painting: outside versus inside, and rest versus toil."

So for my FMP I want to do some thing colourful and bright that will make the viewer just stop and stare.