My opinion between the Men at the docks and The Fighting Termeraire.

In art, my year group (year 6) has been learning about Men at the docks painted by George Bellows. We painted a mood board about the Men at the docks sound track. I thought the sound track was annoying because it was very noisy and gave me a headache.

The Men at the docks was painted with oil on canvas by George Bellows in 1912. The Men at the docks is 106 years old if it is 2018 today. I think this painting is really good because he used oil on canvas. In my opinion oil paint is a really hard paint to use. George Bellows, who is a real American artist , died from peritonitis.

J.M.W Turner’s painting called The fighting termeraire is a huge colourful painting, however is Men at the docks better than The Fighting Termeraire? Honestly, this is a beautiful painting he painted the sunset gloriously and it reminds me of a sunset on a beach relaxing on a Saturday afternoon. This must have took him a long time to paint this painting because of the spectacular details. I also like the royal,shiny ship and then just a tiny steam ship next to the huge ship. The colours were a good choice for the painting; but I think they could improve it by both of the ships battling because that would improve my opinion.

I think The Fighting Termeraire is the better painting even though the Men at the docks has more history to it ( I think anyway) because it was painted in 1912. That is my opinion because as I said it reminds me of a Saturday afternoon at the beach. The reason I said The Fighting Termeraire was better ( in my opinion ) is because the Men at the docks looks dull.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One thought on “My opinion between the Men at the docks and The Fighting Termeraire.

  1. a Great analysis, connor. You wrote that the soundscape was annoying. Do you think you would have felt the same way hearing the noise if you were one of the men in the picture?

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