Art Portfolio Critique Sheet

Describe What do you see?

Artists Name: Work Title: Seth Thompson Color Clock Date: 12/3/13 Medium Used: Photoshop

Analyze How is the work organized?

What elements or principles of design are used? Use art vocabulary to analyze the work.

Lines
What kind of lines are in the work? Straight, curved, dotted, broken, wavy, jagged, textured, horizontal, vertical diagonal, contour or outlines. Were the lines created by abrupt color, value or texture changes?
The various movements of the lasso tool made it difficult to set certain areas.

Color and Value

Colors- are they warm, cool, bright, dull, light, opaque or transparent? Values resulting from combinations of lights and darks, or shades and tints of a color. Shapes (two-dimensional) and forms (three-dimensional), representational, abstract, organic, geometrical, open, closed. Texture Rough, smooth, coarse, soft, bumpy, hairy, shady, etc. Simulated you can see but not feel it or real. (Dont confuse texture with pattern the repetition of some motif in a recognizable order, such as polka dots or a checkerboard.
Its a color wheel project, so

Balance
What contributes to balance in the composition? Is the balance symmetrical, asymmetrical or radial?
This seems like an abstract color wheel with all its curvy undefined lines.

Interpret What message does this artwork communicate to you?

Write about the feeling, mood or message of this work. Defend your interpretation with evidence from the description and analysis information above and/or use art history or past experiences.

Its a color wheel, it feels educational :/

Judge What do you think of the work?

Write about the success of this work, explain.

I think I did okay, couldve done better, but Im just glad to get it done.
Seth Thompson Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 11:14:58 AM Pacic Standard Time