CRITIQUING AVAILABLE

MATERIALS AND
APPROPRIATE
TECHNIQUE
MODULE 11 – QUARTER 2
THE LEARNERS EXPECTED TO:

• 1. Point out the importance of critiquing

available art materials and appropriate techniques
• 2. Differentiate the difference between critiquing
and criticizing
• 3. Discuss ways of critiquing available art
materials and appropriate techniques
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• Picture # 1 CHRISTMAS DÉCOR
Answer may vary based on thoughts or feelings
• is a Christmas ornaments used during holiday
season and is also religious traditions decorate as
part of their faith.
• . The purpose of decoration is to make
something more aesthetically pleasing. It can be
used to enhance the appearance of an object
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• Picture# 2 Used paint containers, paint brush
Answer may vary based on thoughts or feelings
• . Used to apply paint or sometimes ink and a
paint container for holding paint
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• Picture # 3 Used watercolor
Answer may vary based on thoughts or feelings
• -it works well with colored pencil, Watercolor
pencils and ink for creating mixed media pieces
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• Picture
# 4 Paint, paper
Answer may vary based on thoughts or feelings
• Uses for canvass, acrylic painting and others
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• Picture # 5 Coconut palm leaves/fronds
Answer may vary based on thoughts or feelings
• Generally raw materials are abundantly available
in the local useful product of coconut leaves
Let us try to identify this painting

What object or elements can you see

in the painting?
 What object or elements can you see
in the painting?
There are three elements or objects
in the painting namely:
1.The woman
2.The gas Mask
3.The butterflies
How many butterflies do you think are there?
Do you like this work of art by a local artist?
What do you think is the meaning behind each object in the
painting?
This painting is entitled QUARANTINE by JOE PATRICK
SOLATORIO an artist from Western Visayas
The woman in the painting represent MOTHER EARTH
The GAS MASK she’s wearing symbolizing the DANGER, we
exposed it since nobody wear gasmask in normal situation this
elements of this painting gives the viewers the idea the one
wearing the gasmask is in great danger
The 19 butterflies symbolized the year 2019 the year when the
COVID 19 virus 1st emerged in China
The color purple used for the butterflies signifies the creativity
and imagination, butterflies signifies HOPE put together the
purple butterflies signifies the artsiest effort to bring hope to
everyone through his art and to message everyone there is hope
amidst a global crisis
 CRITIQUING VERSUS CRITICIZING

CRITIQUE- is taken from the Greek kritike

tekhne, which means “the critical art”-it is a
formal word that typically refers to a careful
judgement.
-it refers to detailed analysis and assessment
of something.
 CRITIQUING VERSUS CRITICIZING

ART CRITIQUE- is usually criticize art

in the context of aesthetic or the theory of
beauty.
 CRITIQUING VERSUS CRITICIZING

CRITICISM- refers to a sharp or

severe disapproval of something,
generally based on perceived faults
or errors. It is judging with
disapproval, and It is negative in
 CRITIQUING VERSUS CRITICIZING

ART CRITICISM-is the

discussion, analysis or evaluation of
visual art.
Description-Analysis-Interpretation-Evaluation
CRITIQUING VERSUS CRITICIZING
CRITIQUING AVAILABLE ART MATERIALS
SOME OF THE CONSIDERATION IN CRITIQUING

Appropriateness. The manner by

which the artist is going to apply in
creating an artwork should be suited to
the kind of art materials that will be used
as well as suited to the kind of art
technique
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Mastery. It is expected that the artist is skilled

and highly knowledgeable of the art technique.
The right art materials are there, and the suited art
technique is appropriate to the art form but if the
artist is not adept with the use of the specific
technique to be applied, the outcome might run
contrary to what is expected.
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Practicality. Art technique should be functional

and sensible for the objectives or purpose set by
the artist for the creation of the artwork.
Practicality makes the art technique truly
appropriate when it is indeed useful for the artist
and when it is understandably fit for the kind of
art materials and for the conceived artwork.
 THE FOUR STEPS TO CRITIQUING ART

1. look at the obvious

2. Analyze the artwork
3. Decide on an interpretation
4. Make a judgement call
 THE FOUR STEPS TO CRITIQUING ART

1. Look at the obvious- you look the

elements of the artwork that you can
easily identified like the materials
used the main objects found in the
artwork, the name of the artist and
for the artist is found.
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In the course of our daily life, you’ll
most likely have to provide others with
some general information about yourself
When critiquing an art piece, you’ll be
looking for the same type of information
about the artist
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Use complete sentences to describe what
you see in the artwork
-What is the name of the artist and the
title of the work?
-What year was the work created in?

-Describe the literal objects you see in

the work.
IN THIS JUNK ART YOU EASILY SEE
THE MATERIALS USED
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2. Analyze the artwork- in this step

we go into the details in take a
closer look at the different elements
the artist put in here his or her
masterpiece
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Describe the piece of art in terms of its
subject matter, color, and style
Check the color pallete, which is the
spectrum of colors used by the artist
Look at the style

Describe the elements and principle of art

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Visual Arts we should look at the

colors
Strokes
Lighting
Sizes of the objects
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Music- it includes
Beat
Rhythm
Lyrics
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Performing Arts- we investigate the
Movements
Facial expression
Pace of the performance
Props
lighting
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Literary Art- we look into
Atmosphere of the piece
Local color
Tone
The choice of words
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3. Decide on an interpretation-after analyzing the
artwork how do you understand the details?
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Your interpretation on this piece will depend on how you see the
details the artist put into it.
Take note the people may vary the interpretation of any piece of the
artwork some may see the straightforward of interpretation and
some may see a lot of hidden meaning of the artwork
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To interpret what you have noticed about the artwork take a guess
about the meaning of the work
• What is the artist trying to say in this work, and what makes you
think that?
• Why did the artist create the work?

• What do you think in the meaning and why?

• Do you think there are symbols in this work? What are they, and
what do they symbolize?
• Look at the emotional content and symbols to find the meaning of
the work.
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4. Make a judgement call- you may finally decide
whether you really like the artwork or not.
When making a judgement call you need to ask
yourself this question;
Was the artist able to convey his or her message
successfully?
Acknowledge the good and the bad in the
artwork
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In this step you have to go beyond “I like it”, I
love it”, or even “I hate it”
Judgement in art critiquing is never personal.

It is always about interpreting the art-whether it

is able to do what it is supposed to do for and to
its audience or the art communicates a message
to the audience.