Principles of Design in Gauguin in class

This painting is very expressive, the bold colors and indistinct lines convey a somewhat confusing combination of bold uneasiness and blurred comfortability. His use of color mix the bright greens and yellow with the deep blue gold and red on the bottom right side. His figure, clad in dark clothes draws the eye from the bright back ground, and the eye is stolen once again to the bright spots of light on his face. His positioning is somewhat unusual. It at first seems that he is looking out of the corner of his eye at the mirror he is using to sketch his figure. With that being said, the yellow line, perhaps a support beam, seems to pull his face up and over.