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According to Ettienne Gilson, "Painting is reduced to its essentials, a picture is a solid surface, which the artist covers with colored forms whose arrangement is pleasing to the eye through the unity of form. The harmony of the parts and the perfection of the execution"

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Painting is a 2 dimensional flat surface and always appears to reason through the senses. Therefore, its arrangement is always pleasing thus, it is beautiful. Even though there are many elements and principles present in a painting, every part fits (part to part and part to whole) even with its variety of subject technique, materials, style, etc. However, what really makes a painting come to life would be its color. Therefore, color is the most important element in a painting. What is very unique about it is that there is an unceasing interaction between the material and the operations of the artist in the art of painting.

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Space in painting puts a certain element of perspective within the subject matter and everything around it. There are two kinds of perspective, the linear and aerial perspective. A linear perspective is achieved through the converging of lines where shapes get smaller as they reach the horizon. aerial, on the other hand is achieved through the arranging of color and value so that the audience may easily identify the foreground, middle ground and background. Both perspectives create an illusion of real space. The foundation of the perspective in the painting is element of Line. These different kinds of lines help in portraying different kinds of expressions or moods that the artist may want to convey.

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The elements of color and shape are used by painting to serve two basic functions and that is to connect things belonging together and separate the ones that should be apart; and to identify or distinguish a scenario from the other. Color generally fills up a shape and is used to separate, unite and distinguish one part of the painting from the other. It is the visual property of the pigment of an object that is detected by the eye and produced as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light. It has three properties namely, hue: value: and intensity.

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The element of value creates a certain drama in a painting because of the way the light is arranged in it. There are 2 kinds of arrangements in value namely, Chiaroscuro and Tenebrism. Chiaroscuro is an arrangement where there are different patches of light and dark. Tenebrism on the other hand is an arrangement where there is a source of light, and there is concentration around it. The value gets dim as the other subjects move away from the source. This particular source of light is always seen in the painting. Another arrangement that was popularised by Leonardo Da Vinci during the Renaissance period is the Sfumato style which is the use of value to create a certain volume in the painting, through the blurring and softening of the edges of the subject,

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In the painting "Hapag ng Pag-asa", Joey Velasco portrays an image of the last supper with 12 street children standing in the place of the 12 apostles.

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All elements of art are present in the painting, however, the most prominent would be the value in the painting. We may observe that these children are street children through the shape and form of their bodies and even the color and texture of their tattered clothing. Just like Da Vinci's original painting there are certain scenarios in the painting that Joey Velasco portrayed as well, such as the child holding a handbag who is mimicking Judas Iscariot's action in the original painting where he was holding a bag of money. All the children are doing some sort of action that either mimics their real life situation or a scenario in the original last supper by Leonardo Da Vinci. All the children have the same value so that we may give equal attention to each of them. The one with the higher value would be Jesus Christ with the brightened Halo around his head and high value on his face. This gives us a better glimpse on his facial expression which somehow conveys a message of sympathy and sadness for the children around him. This painting seems to convey a message that Jesus is present amongst us and is always there for His children. The painting shows us that whatever you are and wherever you may have come from, Jesus will always be there for you and He empathizes with you. It pains Him to see any of His children in a state of trouble and therefore, He is doing whatever He can to put us out of our misery.

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Joey Velasco revealed that he intentionally searched for his subjects where street children often stay such as sidewalks, under the bridges by the riverbanks and many more. Therefore, each child in the painting is a real child whom Joey Velasco met.

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According to Joey Velasco, “The idea of painting Hapag ng Pag-Asa — The Last Supper, Christ with streetchildren — came when I felt the need to remind my children about counting blessings and appreciating the food served at table."

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Once all these elements come together in a painting, it appeals to human reason through our senses and therefore, we find it beautiful. That is the beauty in the painting. Because of the elements and principles present in the painting, the audience cause immediately capture the essence of the art and understand the message it wants to convey. Even with the variety of elements, they all fit together and make it beautiful.

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