Visual Storytelling 

Marshall only paints African American people. In most pieces of art, they are either shoved in the background, and he wants them to be the subject and the focus of his art. He said there are plenty of white painters to paint white people so they can be portrayed as they wish. Marshals' goal is to do something similar for black people by painting the extremely dark and putting it in contrast with whites or bright, popping colors. 

On the other hand, Crosby is a contemporary artist who focuses on capturing two cultures colliding. She uses her caucasian husband in many of her pieces to convey where her two worlds collide. Crosby has also captured Nigerian traditional weddings in her art by depicting portrait fabric with her and her husband. She also uses other background prints in shadows or designs. Crosby also uses bright colors, solid colors, and more complex patterns to make the positive pop against the negative space. 

Lastly, Aliza. This artist focuses on capturing each person's personality and the light they bring to the world through the colors she chooses for their hair, body, and face. She believes each person has a story, so she takes her time to be deliberate with the shades of color she uses to represent their labor for the community working in transportation. Aliza doesn't just use shades of tan and brown on their skin; she uses greens, pinks, and blues to capture each individual's story. 

Peter Bruegel conveys stories through larger landscapes with several people capturing the moment. When you first look at his work, it is exactly what it looks like: maybe a fight or kids playing. The detail and story that gets put into his work, “you almost forget there is a scene,” because you get so focused on the small detail that went into depicting each person's emotions and story in that very moment. He uses a lot of muted neutral colors and not much contrast. I believe this is to have the focus not be on one specific subject, but all the paintings were crafted with so much detail that Bruegel wanted the focus or subject to be capturing the moment through actions and facial expressions. That being said, he still has an extraordinary use of color; he uses soft, similar shades to build cohesion. 

The contemporary artist and Bruegel have very different artistic styles. The both approach the same idea, which is to capture people in the moment and depict their story through art. However, the contemarry artist all used many bright, popping colors with either more patterns in detail against a more solid background to draw attention to the subject. In contrast, Bruegel used movement, emotion, and a scene to tell a story. The contemporary art used bright, popping, contrasting colors to represent the subject's emotions, personality, and morals. Brugel told each person stry by their clothes, facial expressions, and actions to depict the moment. In conclusion, both types of art illustrate the subject to capture a story; however, they used very different techniques and styles along the way.