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At this point I only know the tip of the iceberg when it comes to reading and interpreting paintings. Hopefully, there'll be more chances in the future for me to deepen my understanding and reading/interpreting skills when it comes to painting because I find it really amusing that a painting has so much to offer besides its entirety as each artwork has its own underlying meaning that requires an individual with deeper understanding to decipher.

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Given the time span of our learnings in the Painting module, I was able to pick up a few things, which made my knowledge and understanding about painting deeper. First, the true definition of a painting. According to Maurice Denis, a painting is a plane surface covered with colors arranged in a certain order. Meaning, even if the artwork consists of different colors it still looks pleasing to the eyes as harmony within the elements, principles, technique, and etc. are present. Furthermore, according to Gilson, painting is like poetry and poetry is like painting because both focus on giving the spectator stirring emotions as both aim to please the eyes of the spectator as well. Given this, I also learned that there is a similarity between paintings and sculptures because both are representational in the sense of imitation and how it was able to represent its true context or story. Next, the different materials. Before, I only knew about watercolor, oil and acrylic, but soon I found out that there were also other materials such as Mixed, Tempera, and Wax, which all have different uses and textures when painted on specific types of surfaces. Furthermore, I thought that landscapes and portraits were only considered as "orientations." However, they aren't as they belong to the different types of subjects along with still life, genre, history, mythology, and religion. And of course, just like sculpture, paintings also have several elements and principles that the artist and spectator should observe. This is also why it is said by Etienne Gilson that paintings and sculptures are similar because of those present in the artworks. Having all the knowledge and information I have stated above, this also helped me read and understand paintings and their story or context they want to exhibit to the crowd or its audience.

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Prior to our classes in fine arts about paintings, my knowledge about it was not too in depth. All I knew about it before was that paintings had different styles, mediums in painting, and that they sometimes have texture evident in them. Moreover, I also know that in paintings they use different types of paint such as oils, acrylics, and etc. and different brushes, but I never really figured out the purpose of each brush and type of paint to be used.