When looking at Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night and Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing No. 681 noticing the differences within each painting, in terms of their lines, is relatively easy. In the overall painting, the first difference noticed is the overall flow of the painting and the tone that it is set in. When it comes to The Starry Night you can see instantly that van Gogh idealized nature and its effect of the world. The lines throughout the painting are harsh and rough. The lines especially around the church are extremely strong and dark, but the swirls in the sky set a tone to lighten up the feel of the painting. With the apparent contrast with the strong and dark lines that are around the church and even around the trees, compared to the softness of the swirls in the skin, demonstrate Vincent van Gogh’s lack of control in the world. He appears to be pushing the message that even though life may be difficult at times, we cannot control it no matter how hard we try. The swirls in the sky may represent the fact that things will eventually soften and fall into place. On the other hand, when looking at Sol LeWitt’s painting Wall Drawing No. 681, you see a much different message. All of the lines in his painting are perfectly straight and within their directional group, are all the same distances apart. It seems that because there are different directions going within the painting it shows a slight form of chaos, but the straightness of the lines it shows that someone is trying to maintain