People say that a picture is worth a thousand words. What does this mean? How can one photo or painting of something be worth a thousand words? Well let me share how it is that a picture can be worth a thousand words. Well it's because a photo or picture can be left up to interpretation. That is anyone can look at a picture and give it whatever meaning it is that they want it to represent. When looking at a picture haven't you ever wondered what it was the author was trying to get across? There usually is a reason for the painting whether it be to represent a picture of a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman or something cool like an airplane. But when looking at a picture you should be trying to analyze why it is that the painter decided to use what colors they used and why they painted what they painted. You should be wondering what it is that the painter wants you to feel when painting a picture.

When a painter paints something they are trying to portray what they are feeling about that particular item. For example a painter might be painting a picture of a war scene like you commonly see in history text books. So the painter is going to go into great detail with the people's faces and the expressions that they are portraying. Also he might use colors that are somewhat bleak in comparison to other colors that they might use. This would be used to portray that the scene and what was happening at the time was very sad and hopeless. Obviously if they used bright colors or went into great detail with the grass and clouds it would leave the viewer wondering what it was they wanted them to focus on. This is how a picture can portray a thousand words. It's because anyone can look at it and say what it means to them or what they think the painter was trying to get across.