Jessica's Art Critique Questions

he last waterfall at the very back that’s crystal blue. The color is prominent but is mostly covered up by fog.

2.)  I mostly notice the colors because I am a visual learner. The colors are so bright and cheery!

3.)  There is fog misting up throughout the whole painting. It’s very subtle.

4.)  At Niagra Falls there is lots of mist and it’s very refreshing as well. It’s important for a realistic painting to have realistic elements.

5.)  Contrast has been used throughout the painting by a very rocky structure and then melting right in to a serene, blue, waterfall.

6.)  What leads my eye is definitely the use of color and realistic elements.

7.)  The artist is definitely is a realist and like to suggest that in his work.

8.)  I noticed as I kept looking in the bottom right corner there is a subtle rainbow. This means even in your toughest days there is always a rainbow.

9.)  I noticed the rainbow because of the subtle pop of color in a blue painting.

10.)                 Serenity and tranquility

11.)                 Fall of Love, Peaceful Waters, Always a Rainbow

12.)                 I cannot express enough how much I LOVE this realistic waterfall. I love seeing pictures and paintings having to do with water. 

If you look below at Veronica's entry, you will see the form we used/the questions they answered for art critique!

Veronica's Art Critique Questions

"A Bigger Splash" by David Hockney

1.         1.The diving board stands out the most in this painting by David Hockney because of its warm color, yellow. It has the feeling something very lonely as if the person has “moved on”.

2.     2. It pops compared to the almost all blue and brown painting. It’s very drab and simple; it has almost no texture to it at all.

3.     3. There is a director’s chair in the back with no one sitting in it. The guy who jumped in the pool is a loner.

4.     4. Throughout the whole painting, everything is very simple and has no texture at all. Everything (dull colors, flatness) gives it the feeling of loneliness.

5.     5. Contrast has been used in very subtle ways.  The only one that is visible to me is that the picture is very lonely, and he or she has a very modern, glamorous house.

6.     6.The edge of the pool leads your eye across the picture from the director’s chair to the palm trees.

7.     7. He is a very abstract modern artist. He uses very simple techniques with barely any texture at all.

8.     8.There is a dried up bush by his house, which implies that he doesn’t care much about gardening and he doesn’t care or have time to water it.

9.     9.David Hockney probably wanted it to be less obvious so that the people looking at it would have to search closely.

1010. The feeling is almost definitely loneliness, and the painting shows that on the outside it may look like he/ she has a glamorous life, but in the inside he/she is very lonely and sad.

1111. Lonely Waters

1212. I like that the flatness of the painting brings out the feeling of loneliness.

WWe used this form to critique:

Artwork Critique Form

QUESTIONS	Write your ideas here. Give first impressions. Make guesses. Say what you see, donot say what you like, or don't like. Do not judge. Describe, analyze, and interpret.
l.  What stands out the most when you first see it?	.
2.  Explain the reason you notice the thing you mention in number 1.	.
3.  As you keep looking, what else seems important?	.
4.  Why does the thing you mention in number 3 seem important.	.
5.  How has contrast been used.  See Contrast Note - over.	.
6.  What leads your eye around from place to place? See Connections -over.	.
7.  What tells you about the style used by this artist? See Style -over	.
8. What seems to be hiding in this composition?	.
9.  Why do you think this  was partially hidden?	.
10. Imagine the feelings and meanings this artwork represents?	.
11. What titles could you give this artwork?	.
12. What other things interest you about this artwork?	.
form   ©  Marvin Bartel, 2002	http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/critiqueform.html  May be printed and copied for non profit classroom use.