Favourite Paintings

Once I was scrolling through social media and one painting caught my eye. It was a painting called The Japanese Footbridge. Claude Monet painted it. He is one of the most famous painters of impressionism. This painting was made in 1899. The Japanese Footbridge is a landscape of a bright and cheerful spring day. It is full of colors. On the painting, we see the Japanese bridge and under it there are water lillies that float on the pond. The painting was made using acrylic colors and you can also see movements of the paintbrush. This painting makes you feel like crossing through the forest where you see a pond and decide to stay there for a while. The sun rays shine through the branches of the trees and reflect in the water. I ;ike this painting because of the imagination that you can create just by looking at it. The beauty can be found in everything, it just depends on how you look at it.

Bojana Živić, VIII2

My favourite painting is the Starry Night which was painted by Vincent Van Gogh. I first saw it in my Art's book in the 8th grade. Van Gogh painted it a long time ago, in 1889, as a part of post-impressionist movement. In the painting, there is a landscape with a village under a swirling night sky. Van Gogh used iol on canvas and super vibrant colors, especially blue and yellow. I love the Starry Night because it is so beautiful and makes me feel calm. Every time I look at it, I dive into my imagination.

Ognjen Orašanin, VIII2

My favourite painting is also one of the world's best-known and popular ones, the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century. The magnificence of this work of art is basically a portrait of a woman. Some think that on this painting is a housewife named Lisa Gherardini and the others think that this art is full of mystery. This painting was done in oil on a white wood panel. This art is a combination of Leonardo's skillful hand movement and techniques. There rae many theories behind the Mona Lisa, but the most popular one is that the Mona Lisa is constantly watching you move and look at her.This painting has some sort of different beauty that you won't notice at the first look. That is also one of the reasons why I love this piece of art. You will always discover something new every time you look at it. This is an incredible work of art that I hope to see one day at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Sara Lejić, VIII2

My favourite painting is the Girl with a Pearl Earring. Her painter was Vermeer. This is the portrait of a beautiful girl with a pearl earring as it is said in the painting's name. The girl has a beautiful face, with rosey cheeks, and a kind of a button nose. She has a headwrap in a deep blue color, and a beautiful outfit. For what we as watchers can see, she is a blonde, and it really goes well with her crystal blue eyes. The painting is done in dark colors, and they complement her really well. The star of this painting is her pearl earring. It really draws the attention. I really like how, even though the attention is on the earring, we also focus on the girl. I am not into art that much, but this piece really caught my eyes, and I am glad it did because it is really a fantastic painting and it deserves all the attention. It certainly has got mine. The warm and cool tones the painting was drawn in are really something i look for in a painting, and I love it!

Janja Kovačević, VIII1

One of my favourite paintings is The Artist's Garden at Giverny by Claude Monet. It is a landscape of Monet's garden. This painting was created in 1900 using the oil on canvas. It has a lot of different colours. There are light purple flowers and green and brown trees. It is one of my favourite paintings ecause I like landscapes, especially natural.

Ana Vojvodić, VIII2

My favourite painting is the Mona Lisa. I have not seen that painting in real life, but I would like to. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa is a portrait, created by using the technique of oil on wood. The painting depicts a woman with a mysterious smile. The atmosphere in the painting is calm and enigmatic. The colours used are warm and soft. The shapes are gentle and natural. I like this painting becauseit is very interesting to me. People say that when you look at Mona Lisa in the eyes from right and left, it looks like she watches you.

Petar Jovanović, VIII1

My favourite painting is the Mona Lisa. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. It is one of the most popular paintings in the world and is priceless. It is placed in one of the museums in Paris.There are some myths about the Mona Lisa and the interesting thing to me is that the people are arguing about if Mona Lisa is smiling or not. The Mona Lisa looks very interesting to me and I also like Leonardo da Vinci, so I am willing to go to Paris and see the Mona Lisa up close.

Every time I see the Mona Lisa, I ask myself what she is thinking about.

Anrija Stančić, VIII3

My favourite painting is The Starry Night by Van Gogh. The first time I saw it in a book was a long time ago. It was vreated in post-impressionism in June 1889. It is a landscape painted by using oil on canvas technique. The painting shows the night sky full of stars. Van Gogh used dark blue and black to show how dark the night is and yellow to show how brightly the stars shine, and how they make the sky brighter. Whaen I look at the painting, I feel like I am really there, like I am staring at those stars. This is my favourite painting because when I look at it, I imagine myself there, as if everything disappears, as if there are only the stars and me.

Iva Todorić, VIII2

The painting I have chosen to write about is The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh. It is a famous painting that shows a night sky filled with swirling stars and a small town below. Van Gogh painted it in 1889, when he was in a mental hospital. One thing I like about this painting is the way the stars seem to dance across the sky, giving the feeling of movement and energy.The colors Vincent Van Gogh used are also beautiful, with lots of blues and yellows blending together. When you take a look at this painting, it makes you feel like you are being pulled into a dreamy, magical world. It is one of my favourite paintings because it makes me wonder where Vincent found the inspiration to make this painting and what he felt, as the painter, when he looked at The Starry Night. I wonder what he felt when he was painting those beautiful swirling stars, if he liked how it turned out, and if he would be proud of himself if he saw so many people admiring and loving his art.

Jovana Karić, VIII2