- In analyzing an artwork, we
should look at its content where
we observe the message the
creator or the artist is trying to tell
to the observer as well the the
story behind that art piece. The
conveyed emotion is also
important in analyzing an art
piece so that we could say how
effective the artist is through
his/her artwork.
- An art piece is composed of
different forms. In analyzing one,
we should look at the elements
used by the artist and how well
does he/she execute each element
in the art piece. These elements
and their meaning are the
following:
- Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or
diagonal, straight or curved, thick
or thin. They lead your eye around
the composition and can
communicate information through
their character and direction.
- is a closed space made when a
line connects to itself. rage. Anger, fear, danger, warn
- ORGANIC: shapes, often
curvilinear in appearance, that are
similar to those found in nature,
such as plants, animals, and rocks.
- GEOMETRIC: any shapes and
based on math principles, such as
a square, circle, and triangle.
- is one of the elements of visual
art  which pertains to the way that
a shape or physical configuration
occupies space.
- a boundless, three-dimensional
extent in which objects and events
occur and have relative position
and direction.
RED – passion, excitement, love, sexy,
YELLOW – attention, fun, happiness,
bright, irresponsible, unstable, energy
BLUE – peaceful, conductive to think,
coldness, fear, tranquil, loyalty
GREEN – refreshing, sedating, soothing,
and relaxing, calm-light greens
VIOLET – royal noble, sophistication,
melancholy and death, moody
ORANGE – courage, confidence, friendly,
success, ignorance, sluggishness
BROWN - wealth, prosperity, valuable,
low, traditional, boredom
GRAY – security , reliable, intelligence,
solid, gloomy, sad, conservative
WHITE – goodness, innocence, pure, fresh,
easy, clean, wide
BLACK – formal, dramatic, death, evil,
narrow, mystery, protection, classy
- positive stands in this equation for
the place occupied by form
- an element of art determines the - negative is what remains between -
lightness or darkness of a color. and around the form’s shapes.

- integral element and has

- refers to the way an object feels to psychological effects that
the touch or looks as it may feel if enhances the ability to think and
it were touched. to intercept better with the
surroundings
My Creative Portrait
In this activity, my concept is to do a literal portrait of
myself but making it creative by adding things in the surrounding
that would describe me as a person. This work shows the elements
of art such as the line, shape, form, texture, color, space, and value.
We can see some curve lines that represents movement because
since I was younger, I love dancing and joining dance performances
in and outside the school. Aside from that, we could also see some
organic shapes in the background of the subject. When it comes to
texture, we can see the difference between the texture of the skin
that symbolizes rough experiences I’ve been through and the texture
of the rays above the head. Furthermore, if we observe the hair, it is
color blue because that’s my favorite color and I like swimming on
the beach that’s why it seems like waves or water flow. You can also
observe that bright colors are dominant because I’m optimistic and
always looking for the bright side of things. Regarding space, the
positive space is the subject itself while the negative is its
background where we can see the things about me such as my
favorite sports like badminton and volleyball, my favorite hobby like
taking pictures, painting, doing origami, dancing, and eating
biscuits. I also like watching the moon at night and watching the sun
set at dawn. With regards to value, the light is coming from the
right side that’s why the right side of the portrait is lighter than the
left side. Last element is form where we can see a sphere on the
neck area and also the cup. To explain the lower part of my artwork,
there is a gold medal, that is because I joined art contests test and
won the several times. We could also see cup and dark surroundings
because I love drinking coffee especially during rainy days. Lastly,
this artwork was made using mixed medias such as color pencil,
graphite pencil and gouache.
ART ANALYSIS
Visual Content:
In her artwork, I am seeing clouds, birds, sky, sea, sunset,
form of a girl and variation of colors. For me, this artwork is telling
me about the personality of the artist. The different colors shows the
different emotions the artist usually feel. The blue represents
calmness and serenity and it also explains why there is sea and
sunset in the artwork. The red represents my outrage emotion. The
yellow represent the joy. I think the artist also like watching the sun
sets while hearing the sea breeze.
Visual Form:
In this artwork, the artist use different elements of art. I see
curve lines and straight lines. It also shows some organic shapes
which are human figure, clouds, sea, birds, sun, and sky. Form is also
present in the artwork. When it comes to color, the artist use
different colors with different values that help emphasize the form
of the shapes. When it comes to space, there are positive spaces
which includes the human figure, clouds, sun and birds while the
negative space includes the sea and the sky. Last is the texture,
where the artist mostly used smooth texture in her artwork.
 In this lesson , I have learned that analyzing artworks is
important for you to establish connection with the artwork itself. It
is also important for you to feel the emotions the artworks are
trying to convey, for you to see the message the artist is trying to tell
through his/her art piece. By analyzing artworks, we can see that
using different kinds of elements and proper executions of those are
important for us to effectively convey the emotions we are trying to
make them feel and to tell them exactly the story we are telling
them. Artworks are not just physical art piece but a piece with a
story to tell and emotions to feel. Its elements are ingredients to a
perfect piece of art. In this lesson I learned those things and it
helped me to appreciate other artworks especially mine. It could
also help me with my future pieces of art and eventually make
improvements on how I perceive art.