When looking at a painting, what everyone sees at first glance is different. How do you feel about the first thing you see? What do you think the artist is trying to express in this painting? Next, you will delve into what kind of technique the artist used to paint this painting.

What is the first thing you see in this painting? This is a copy filled with stories. You can gain a lot by looking at the artworks and life of Georges de La Tour. If you want to completely know this painter, Georges de La Tour, you need to read books about art and take some time to study it.

At first glance, what you see in my copy of his painting, is the light. What you see is this baby, as this is the whole visual.

You will certainly see the head of the baby first, because this is the brightest spot. It is impossible that your first glance will fall on the dark areas. Thus, your first glance is definitely on the baby. When you see these two spots again, you will know what this painting is trying to show. This is a newborn baby. In the past, this was how they wrapped up a newborn. There’s the mother, and then most likely, there’s the servant. The servant probably enters the room but it was uncertain as to what was said to the owner or what was being done.

Looking at the colors of the painting first, of course, it is night time.
You know that she is holding candles.
When we look at paintings, there are light and dark areas, right?
When you look at this dark area, generally, you will see it as black.
But in fact, it is not black. Even the darkest place has color.
The greatest contribution that Monet has given to art history is that he discovered color in darkness.
This is because we generally think that there is no color in darkness.
When looking at paintings, we see light and dark at first glance.
In fact, why Monet's paintings are so realistic and so great is because of his use of rich colors in the dark areas.
When you paint, you cannot paint the dark areas completely black. That is not correct, as there are colors in the dark.
Take a look and you will certainly see colors in every dark area.
Most of us when we see a black walking cane, is it just black? Not at all.
When you see a hangar, is it round? The shape of an object is usually the contrast between light and dark. This concept is extremely important in painting. Everything starts from a sketch and then colors; they are all the same, in that there is a contrast between light and dark, in order to have a three-dimensional shape.
Our human eyes are like this. The contrast between light and dark brings out the three-dimensional feel.
You see, there is no light on the servant’s sleeves, but the light is seeping through her hand.
It is not purely black at the lower left-hand corner; I did not use pure black in this entire painting.
Actually, black is seldom used in painting as there is no area that is pure black.
We see black is because our human eyes feel black, but in reality, it is not black.
Thus, in the dark part on the bottom left, you can still see the crease of the sleeves.
You have to paint till this way in order for the three-dimensional feel to appear; you cannot paint it completely in black.
Actually, it is not really black in this area. You need to look at the original painting to know.
Thus, in this kind of darkness, there is a more religious atmosphere and a more sacred feeling. If you have a religious belief, you will feel that way even more.

Secondly, what kind of artistic conception do you think he is trying to express?
Of course, when you see the name “New Born” , you know that it is about the joy of having a newborn baby. At that time, my wife was pregnant with triplets. I spent three months trying to copy this painting. It expresses my anticipation in becoming a father.

Next is to look at the composition. There are many types of compositions. In this painting, I used a triangular composition. The person on the left, the mother, and the baby, didn’t they form a triangle? Triangular composition in a painting is very long. What you see is not just one triangle, but many triangles stacked together. Thus, this is a classic triangular composition, and it is even an inverted triangular composition. It is unlike a pyramid, more like an equilateral triangle.
Usually in a composition, we will focus on a certain point of the shape.
Thus, these three figures happened to be at the three vertices of the triangle.
In other words, the artist is emphasizing a certain place (point).

After looking at the entire painting, you might want to ask yourself again: After looking at this painting, what came to my mind? Do you have any thoughts about your life? This painting might also lead you to think about your childhood days, even the things that had happened when you were a baby! When thinking about one’s younger years, some people will think of how great their mothers are.