To see with the naked eye. While Vincent was painting at the beach, grains of sand blew onto his canvas. The brown, beige and black grains of sand can still be seen with the naked eye, as little see-through specks in the paint. 🌻 Seascape near Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (1888)
See the wall around the wheatfield? It surrounded the grounds of the asylum. Vincent painted this view from his room: ‘Through the iron-barred window I can make out a square of wheat in an enclosure […], above which in the morning I see the sun rise in its glory’.