PRINT MAKING ANALYSIS : part 1
NAME: ____________________________________
In this learning task you will learn the visual language of art analysis. It’s actually really easy.
Firstly step is to identify what and where some of the elements and principles have been used in the artwork
1. Identifying the ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES in an artwork
Find where the following elements and principles are used in this Linoprint.
DRAW A LINE or use ARROWS
(you only need to find one example of each)
Thin LINE
White negative SPACE
TEXTURE
Geometric SHAPE
Organic SHAPE
FOCAL POINT
Thick LINE
REPETITION pattern
MOVEMENT
(tricky one)
CONTRAST
Parallel LINES
https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2015/06/30/alison-deegans-linocut-prints/
Black positive SPACE
Wavy LINES
NOTE: You may google any of these art terms that you don’t
understand.
Or send your teacher a message to explain it to you.
Horizontal LINES
PRINT MAKING ANALYSIS
2. Identifying the SUBJECT MATTER and parts of the artwork
BACKGROUND = is usually the sky or
subject matter that is behind all other
objects.
MID GROUND = is all that
you can see in the middle
part of the artwork.
FORE GROUND = is all that you can
see in the front or sometimes
bottom part of the artwork.
Describe in detail what this artwork is of by breaking it down into the
FOREGROUND - MIDGROUND - BACKGROUND
Try this as a starting point…
This circular shaped lino print is of a landscape. Within the fore-ground of this landscape I can see
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The mid-ground of this landscape uses black areas and white lines to represent these parts of the artwork:
(be very descriptive, as though you’re trying to explain the artwork to a blind person)
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The back-ground has been left white which creates a sense of ….
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