Final+Project+-+Critique+Form

This is the form you will use when critiquing other students' portfolios. Use this as a GUIDE when responding to the discussion postings for EACH portfolio (you don't have to answer every single question listed here on the discussion boards). You will be required to turn in a completed form for your two favorite portfolios when we meet again next week.You can copy/past this in a Word document and answer the questions there.

** Critique Form **
 * 1) When viewing this portfolio, what stands out to you the most?
 * 2) Why did this stand out to you?
 * 3) What other things seem important?
 * 4) Why are they significant?
 * 5) Evaluate the artist’s use of value.
 * 6) Evaluate the artist’s use of contrast.
 * 7) Evaluate the artist’s use of color.
 * 8) Evaluate the composition of the artwork.
 * 9) How has the artist’s use of these things change throughout the portfolio?
 * 10) What other elements of art were used, and how effectively were they executed? How does this contribute to the artwork?
 * 11) What principles of art were demonstrated in the artwork? How does this affect the artwork?
 * 12) What determinations can you make about the style used by the artist?
 * 13) For these last questions, pick your favorite piece from the portfolio.
 * Why did you choose this piece?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">What leads your eye around the artwork from place to place? What techniques did the artist use to make sure your eye stays on the piece(what keeps you from following a line off the edge and leaving the artwork for some other distraction)?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">What art elements and principles were used in this piece?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Look closely, does there seem to be something hiding in this composition that you may not see at first glance? Why do you think it seems hidden?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">What feelings do you sense from this piece?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">What do you thing the meaning/message/feeling is that the artist was trying to express?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">List any other things that caught your eye or that interest you about this piece. Or, list some ways the artist could improve on this design in the future.