Students complete this sheet after each project. This is a way to reflect on the project and any skills learned or practiced. The questions are listed below:
Student Critique Sheet
Write your ideas here. Give first impressions. Make predictions and guesses. Say what you see, DO NOT say what you like or do not like. DO NOT JUDGE. Describe, analyze, and interpret. You must use complete sentences. Please write neatly.
1. What stands out the most when you first look at your piece? Explain why you notice this first.
2. Choose one element or principle (see below) that is most prominent in this artwork. Explain how this element or principle leads your eye through the entire piece. (ex: left to right, top to bottom) Give specific details. Element/Principle: _______________________________
Description:
3. Describe the technique being practiced during this assignment. Explain how you used the technique to enhance your work. Give specific details.
4. Artists are constantly improving. Analyze your piece and distinguish the area(s) of your work that could use improvement. What would you do differently if you could complete this assignment again? Explain using specific details.
Elements of Art: Line - is a mark on a surface that describes a shape or outline. It can create texture and can be thick and thin. Types of line can include actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal and contour lines.
Color - refers to specific hues and has 3 properties, Chroma, Intensity and Value. The color wheel is a way of showing the chromatic scale in a circle using all the colors made with the primary triad. Complementary pairs can produce dull and neutral color. Black and white can be added to produce tints (add white), shades (add black) and tones (add gray).
Texture - is about surface quality either tactile or visual. Texture can be real or implied by different uses of media. It is the degree of roughness or smoothness in objects.
Shape - is a 2-dimensional line with no form or thickness. Shapes are flat and can be grouped into two categories, geometric and organic.
Value - is the degree of light and dark in a design. It is the contrast between black and white and all the tones in between. Value can be used with color as well as black and white. Contrast is the extreme changes between values.
Space- the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. It can be described as two-dimensional or three-dimensional; as flat, shallow, or deep; as open or closed; as positive or negative; and as actual, ambiguous, or illusory.
Principles of Art: Balance - is a feeling of visual equality in shape, form, value, color, etc. Balance can be symmetrical or evenly balanced or asymmetrical and un-evenly balanced. Objects, values, colors, textures, shapes, forms, etc., can be used in creating a balance in a composition.
Movement - is a visual flow through the composition. It can be the suggestion of motion in a design as you move from object to object by way of placement and position. Directional movement can be created with a value pattern. It is with the placement of dark and light areas that you can move your attention through the format.
Rhythm - is a movement in which some elements recur regularly. Like a dance it will have a flow of objects that will seem to be like the beat of music.
Variety - refers to the differences in the work. Variety can be achieved by using different shapes, textures, colors and values in your work.
Emphasis- in a composition refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer’s eye to important parts of the body of the work.
Contrast - the arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc.) in a piece so as to create visual interest, excitement, and drama. Unity- is seen in a painting or drawing when all the parts equal a whole.