Look at other art work
It is fun to look at artwork that is already around and decide what you like and dislike.
You can also learn from other people’s thoughts on your own artwork.
Art is a learning process and we can get better at it with suggestions from our friends and teachers.
To critique a piece of art means using your careful judgment to give an opinion on its good and bad parts. So it's important to think about how you critique other peoples art work, especially your friends! Useful phrases that might help are:
- I love how you used…
- I wonder if next time you could…
- I like the way you…
- What would happen if you changed…
Art criticism means thinking about and talking about a work of art. Everyone can have an opinion and it doesn’t matter what age you are or how good you are at art.
There are four stages to critiquing art.
Image caption, Description
What can you see? What materials have been used? What colours has the artist used? What patterns, lines, shapes and textures can you see?
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Your turn!
You can work alone, in pairs or in a group to critique a piece of art.
Talk about what you are looking at. You can make notes too.
Remember to listen to other people’s ideas but also have your own unique opinion.
Follow these pointers to help
Look closely at the piece of art.
What can you see?
What kind of art is it?
What colours has the artist used?
How does it make you feel?
What title would you give this artwork?
