Johann Vermeer also called Jan Vermeer was a starving Dutch artist in the 1600′s. He had eleven children and did not make much money. little is known about his life. His paintings were not well known and mentioned until 200 years after his life. His work is very realistic and portrays the movement of light as it starts from one side of the room and travels to the other. He paints people that are middle class such as “The Girl with a Pearl Earring”. Most of his 40 or so paintings are indoors. Another of Vermeers paintings,”The Girl with a Red Hat”, portrays his use of very rich and expensive colors. He uses velvety reds and cornflower blues. Very bright colors make the woman looks as though she is 3D steping out of the canvas to look deep into your eyes. Vermeers painting was classified as baroque because it was new and different from the religous art and landscape paintings. It reflected the everyday ordinary things one did at those times in there life such as writing a letter or holding a balnce. I like the way the daylight comes through a window and fills a room in all his pictures. This picture is titled “ The Concert”. 
The Dot
Well I was wondering what was “the dot” so I researched and found a book by that title written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. It was nominated for an excellence in childrens literature award. I hope this was what you were talking about in class. I was able to view only 6 pages of the book. It was about a young art student and a teachers clever and encouraging words to motivate her student who said she could not draw and stared at her blank page of paper. I guess I will have to visit the library in order to finish reading it and she what a good artist she became.
Deja Vu
Today I was watching a movie and planning my trip to the Norton Simon museum. The movie I was watching is called Vanilla Sky and stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz. Tom was showing Penelope a painting called Vanilla Sky. It is a painting done by Claude Monet. That is who I am doing my report on. I am looking forward to getting up close and personal with his work at the museum.
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