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How to Critique Yourself

How to critique yourself

With all the current running off to get things juried and critiqued by others, self-critiquing might seem an unpopular sport. It isn't. The acquired ability to critique oneself is the fuse of great art and the silver bullet of the pros.

Learn to Critique Your Own Artwork | FineArtViews Blog by FASO

If you've been painting or making fine craft for a time, you're probably aware that it's quite easy to critique another artist's work, while it's difficult to get a objective idea of our own.

SOMA Artisan's Guild: How to Critique Your Own Art

One of the greatest challenges of creating a painting is the process of self-critique. Not only is this process important for the work itself, it is an essential component to artistic growth.

ImagineFX - HOW TO: CRITIQUE YOUR OWN ART & FiGURES (update 1/15/09)

While its good to get advice, no one can teach you better than yourself. When you get that feeling there is something wrong or "not working" with an image as you paint... stop! dont draw or paint anymore until you figure out what it is. step away for awhile, flip the image, turn it upside down, and sideways. check it against the principles and elements of design

Art critique, how to judge your oil painting

Art Critique, how to judge your own oil painting, a guide to a better painting.

How to Critique Yourself for the Plein Air Painter (2) | Mary's Landscape Art Info

My first essay about critique for the plein air painter was last week.  Robert Genn continued, saying he felt that a checklist is valuable and that you need to

Visual Art Vocabulary

ArtLex Art Dictionary

Great reference material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.

PIXMAVEN - The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator

The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator
Salvation is here! Feeling inarticulate? Critically gauche?

This amusing tool highlights how ridiculous some critiques can sound at times

Art Critique - The Conventional Aproach

Description, Analysis, Interpretation, Judgment

Painting On: A process for art critique

Feldman (1972, 1981) proposed a formal, objective and open structure for viewing an artwork that encourages describing, analyzing and interpreting prior to placing a personal judgment on the work. This sequence of viewing steps ensures that the viewer has gathered information before leaping to like/dislike conclusions.

ARTSEDGE: Teaching Students to Critique

This How-To covers the basic elements of art critique.
This is a straightforward explanation which is very accessible.

How to: critique artwork like a pro | Twisted Textiles

Jamie K. McIntosh talks about How to: critique artwork like a pro
A memorable mnemonic is quoted from this article is quoted at the start of this section

The Pastel Pointers Blog - Painting Evaluation | Know the Goals

Whether we are seeking criticism or entering a national exhibition, it is valuable to remember it is merely one person's opinion

An Art Teacher's Guide to Critique Artwork

SuccessfulArt Class Critique Marvin Bartel 2002
This in a highly structured approach and includes different aspects of a Successful Art Class Critique :
* a printable Art Critique Sheet student handout
* a page of explanation to accompany the student handout critique form
* an Art Rubric - an artwork assessment form (not the same as class critique),
* a Rubric to Assess the Critique Discussion and Writing about art, click here
Teacher Instructions for Critique Response Form for Art Students

How to Critique Artwork - wikiHow

Art criticism is considered by some to be an art within itself, but, although each art critique may approach a work of art uniquely, there is a defined protocol for the discipline of critiquing a work of art. You do not have to be an art history buff or museum curator to learn how to critique artwork. Just follow these steps.

2.6 Formal Critique - Elam's Art History

A critique is method of reflecting upon artwork in order to understand and evaluate it. We will be using a four-step process to look at and think about artwork

Art Critiques for Art School Students

How to Survive an Art School Critique - wikiHow

wikiHow article about How to Survive an Art School Critique.
This is very simplistic, but does contain some useful tips for those being critiqued

The Art of Critique: How people should tell you that your work sucks | ChaiONE

The Art of Critique: How people should tell you that your work sucks
"The problem is that a good chunk of people don't know how to give a good critique, much less take a good critique. After all, it can be terribly uncomfortable to look at a colleague (or even a superior) and tell them why the work they produced sucks. It's also terribly disheartening to hear that something you created isn't up to snuff.

So, what makes a critique good and effective? Where do you turn to get and give critiques?"

Targeted at design students but the principles of what makes for an effective critique are sound

Giving and Receiving Art Critiques - for Amateur Artists

Painting On: Critique Etiquette

So you've decided to jump into the critique vehicle for a short trip. You have a structure to use to help you look at a piece of work, but is that enough? Exactly how should you make those comments without sending the other person into a state of depression for a week? It is important to find ways to engage in a discussion about an artwork that provides the artist with objective and helpful feedback. It is always easier when critiques occur when the artist is present because it allows for questions and clarification. Both the viewer and the artist have roles to play in the critique process.

Painting Critique -- How to Give a Painting Critique | About.Com: Painting

Tips on giving constructive criticism or a critique on a painting by another artist.

Painting Critique Checklist -- How to Critique a Painting | About.Com: Painting

A checklist of things to consider when looking critically a painting.

Painting Critique -- 10 Things Never to Say When Asked to Critique a Painting | About.Com: Painting

It can be tough knowing what to say when a friend asks you what you think about their latest painting, but there are some things you should never say in a painting critique!

Art Criticism -- How to Deal with Criticism About Your Art | About.Com: Painting

Harsh, uncalled for criticism of your art can be devastating. Here are some tips on how to deal with unwelcome and unrequested criticism.

Robert Genn: Painters' Keys - The etiquette of mentoring

I'm often asked for advice about how to get a gallery, pricing, my opinion of their work, etc. Yesterday, an artist wanted to know how the gallery system works, how to show and sell. The images he sent were totally amateurish and lacking in skill. He told me that he has not taken any lessons (that's obvious!) and he is worried that lessons would get in the way. He is in his 40's and has another profession. I am at a loss as to what to say to him. Who am I to rain on his parade? What would you do?"

The Pastel Pointers Blog - Giving and Receiving Critiques

Criticism is a valuable part of our process as painters. Getting the opinion of others opens us up to possibilities we may have overlooked or not been capable of finding on our own. Being able to capably receive these opinions as well as dispense them is a skill we all need to acquire.

Art Critiques for Art Clubs

Robert Gen - A catty crit

My crit system for art clubs is to ask everyone to bring two or three paintings. We set them around the room and one by one I pick them up and put them on a well-lit easel. It's purposely random--I choose both the weaker and the stronger because people learn from all levels of work. Anyone may comment.

Painting On: Pursuing art critique

In this post, I am referring to any situation artists initiate to gain feedback about their work, not what happens when your work is complete and presented for public consumption. I guess you could refer to it as " in process" critique.

Painting On: Critique groups

Critique groups are a great forum for artist feedback . These groups can be in cyberspace, held in a community space as a membership service of an arts organization, or in an artist's studio. If you are joining a group that has already begun, you may have to follow the established structure, but if you initiate a group you can have some say in how it operates.

Art Critique for school students

How to read a Painting - by the Keystone Central School District

Learning Art Criticism Skills to Enrich the Museum Experience
Objectives | Resources | Process | Assessment | Student Work |

How to read a painting by the Keystone Central School District includes a structured approach with tips about objectives, the process, available resources (if you want to practice on paintings by past masters), an assessment method and some examples of critiques by sixth grade students

KET | Looking at Painting | Critiquing Abstract Art Lesson

a classroom lesson plan on critiquing abstract art using a segment from KET's Looking at Painting instructional video series

Produced by Kentucky Educational Television (KET)

How to Critique Your Child’s Artwork

A rather opinionated version of how to help children with their art - but it starts from a good point ie how little attention some children will get from teachers. Have a read - and then read some of the other links on this site too!

Art Criticism - debates and different perspectives

Art History » Blog Archive - Art criticism

Criticism became a topic in philosophy because reflection on the kinds of things said by critics generated various perplexities and in some cases encouraged a general scepticism about the possibility of criticism. Two general and related problems in particular have taxed philosophers. The first is the question of whether criticism is a rational activity, that is to say, whether critics can give reasons for their judgments that would persuade potential dissenters of the rightness of those judgments. The second, a matter to which Kant and Hume made notable contributions, is the problem of the objectivity of critical judgments, it being widely believed that critical appraisals are wholly subjective or just 'a matter of taste'.

Dear Art World: William Powhida's Critique of Everything That's Wrong with Contemporary Culture | Brain Pickings

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