ArtTalk Portfolio Critique Sheet Describe What do you see?

? Artists Name: Kyle Date Created: SpringTitle of the work: CD Label 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? (2-3 sentences) He used lots of curved asnd jaggedy lines. FOr some of the picure he used a contrasting color to make something stand out. He also made the lines with abrupt color and they had a different texture.

Color and Value Are the colors 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. (2-3 sentences) The texture in this piece is smooth. For the most part, the colors are dull and don't really stand out from the crowd. He had a few shapes in this work that tied the piece together.

Balance: What contributes to balance in the composition? Is the balance symmetrical, asymmetrical or radial? (2 -3 sentences)

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. (3-5 sentences)My feelings about this piece is that I'm getting a dark vibe. The art screams out but doesn't have the color to do it. The art says that it is a dark music or metal and that, the music may be depressing, or be about items from the past. Overall, it has a creepy and dark feeling to it.

Judge What do you think of the work?

Write about the success of this work, explain.

(3-5 sentences)All in all, the success of this piece was good in my trying to go for that creepy, shallow look, he achieved it. I think expressed the what the music would be like. The overall success was the piece made sense, and they all tied each other together, so the look. Dylan Van Dyk mind. If he was the artwork really great, everthing in piece had a finished