Introduction to Painting

After reading the introduction, I became very excited to learn more about painting.  What really made me think was when the author talked about how there is a significant difference between viewing art and seeing it.  I also really enjoyed how the author analyzed the painting in the introduction because as I was reading it, I would go back to the picture and try to see what he was talking about which was interesting.  The reason why I chose this painting called "bird" is because it was the one painting of the book that I liked the most.  It was interesting because the artist used sand as well as paint to paint this picture, which was cool to see.