Art History - Coloring Octopus

1. On 4th of July, Christoph me and Subhadra went to Shoreline park for viewing Fireworks.
2. When I lied down on the grass because back started aching from sitting for long time, I noticed the mountain peaks and the color of the sky
3. This was after sunset
4. It was Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red and the same sequence of colors repeated in reverse order.
5. I felt like capturing it - can anything capture that? I couldn't stop staring at it, it was admirable natural beauty
6. The colors were blended so seamlessly with their neighbors
7. That's why I chose the gradient of colors

When I visited Chicago with Christoph's sister Alexa - who was our tour guide for the day, because of extreme heat outside, and Christoph and Alexa's love for art, we decided to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. I had never seen anything like the art there before. I had heard of the great artist Vincent Van Gogh and seen some of his art online/ in digital images, but when I saw the original painting - the Self Portrait, I couldn't stop noticing the details that went into the art. Learned about the technique of pointilism and wanted to replicate it. First I started with a small area - the sea grass, then when it looked really good and was also validated by Christoph, I decided to use pointilism for the background of the Octopus too.