Art Portfolio Critique Sheet

Describe What do you see?

Artists Name: Seth Thompson Work Title: Book marks Date: 4/10/14 Medium: Photoshop CS6

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 works of each bookmark is different however, each one was based on a book cover.

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.

All the colors are cool, with different gradients as backgrounds, and smooth textures.

Balance
What contributes to balance in the composition? Is the balance symmetrical, asymmetrical or radial?
The balance is asymmetrical, and heavy with the use of cool colors

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.

I felt a bit of pride in my works

Judge What do you think of the work?

Write about the success of this work, explain.

I AM BOOKMARK LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!