unseen visual elements Flashcards
colour
What types of colours have been used and what do they add?
Does the colour create a temperature?
Does the colour create an emotional response?
Are there similar colours in the painting creating harmony or unity?
Are there contrasting colours?
Do the colours create a time of day?
Do the colours contribute to the mood and atmosphere?
Do the colours help depict tone or form?
Are the colours realistic, saturated, exaggerated, enhanced?
line
Are there any outlines?
Does the line create tone, form, texture?
Does the line create movement?
Has the artist used a technique that focuses on line i.e. cross hatching?
Are there contour lines?
Are there various thicknesses of line and what does this communicate?
are the lines geometric or organic?
are there leading lines?
tone
How has tone been used to create form?
Is there a high contrast in tone or low contrast?
Does the use of tone create distance?
Is there an illusion of light and shadow?
Where is the light coming from?
Is the light natural or synthetic?
Does the tone make it look more or less realistic?
Has the artist used monotone?
texture
Has the artist implied texture?
how did the artist imply texture?
Has the artist used a technique to create texture?
Does the texture add to the mood and atmosphere?
Does the texture add age to the surface?
Does the texture make it look more or less realistic?
Is there an actual/physical texture?
shape
What kind of shapes have been used, are they organic/geometric?
Are the shapes in proportion?
Are the shapes flat?
Does the use of shape create pattern?
Are the shapes simplified or stylized?
Are the shapes detailed?
Is there use of positive or negative shapes?
What are the scale of the shapes?
Do the shapes communicate anything to the viewer?
form
How has the artist created form?
Is the form geometric/organic?
Has the artist used a technique to create form?
Does the form look realistic?
Does the form look in proportion?
Is it implied form or physical form in something like a sculpture?
Does the form create weight?
Does the form create emotional connection or add to the mood and atmosphere?
pattern
Is there a natural pattern?
Is there a manmade pattern?
Is there a motif?
Is there symmetry?
Does the pattern create texture?
Is the pattern complex/busy or is it simple?
Is there a connotation to a country, art movement or style?
Does the pattern create movement?
What kind of shapes are used within the pattern?
Does the repetition of shape emphasise something?
