Journal Entry 18: Character in Painting

In the painting, there are two people sitting next to each other, a girl and a guy. The girl is looking up and fixing her hair, and the guy is looking down at his nails. The guy is in the foreground and is mostly purple and blue, and the girl is in the background and mostly yellow. The guy stands out more, because his colors are deeper and more noticeable, and also because he is in the foreground. He looks pessimistic, and unhappy, while the girl appears to be just the opposite. The girl's upward glance and expression suggests that she is optimistic, and full of dreams for the future. The guy's downward glance at his nails and crossed legs show that he is unhappy about something, or is in a bad mood. The colors also support these moods, because they use brighter colors to show the personality of the girl, and darker colors to contrast the different personality of the guy.