'Tis Art

                            Nighthawks  by Edward Hopper Background The painting,  Nighthawks  by Edward Hopper, was created in the United States in the year 1942. It is an oil on canvas painting that Hopper had made taking inspiration from a restaurant on Greenwich Avenue in New York ("Nighthawks"). Art Elements When looking at this painting I find myself first drawn in by the use of color. A majority of the painting is made with the cool color dark green with a fraction of the painting getting the warm yellow. Doing this gives the viewer a sense of coldness when looking outside of the diner and a wanting feeling to be inside the where the yellow is giving the warmth and light.  The next I find myself noticing when looking at this painting is the use of space working in tandem with the use of color. There are only four figures in the painting and all are within the diner. Meanwhile, the building behind the diner is given less detail and painted darker to show it's distan