Shepherdess with Her Flock in a Barbizon Landscape

Second Draft

Melisa Bilic

8th period

TITLE: Shepherdess with her flock in a Barbizon landscape

ARTIST: Charles-emilie Jacque

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Date: (1813-1894)

The painting i was lookin at that cought my attention the most was the one above. The painting was of a woman in a deserted place with the greenest grass, light blue sky with a couple of clouds coming in like it was going to rain at any time, and shes just standing there watching her herd of sheep while they munch on the grass.

I love this painting because it looks so peaceful like its just a place you can go to and relax and think about all the things that are going on in your life. It almost looks serreal because my everyday life is just full of cars, roads, stores, and everything is just filled up with industrial things and that place just looked like it was away from everything like you can just be in your own little world away from everything else.

When i went