Felman analysis template

DESCRIPTION
 Artist
 Title
 Date
 Medium or materials (painting, picture, photo)
 I see (eg tree, sky, animals, scenery, a group of men watching birds etc)

ANALYSIS (FCCSLP)
1. Foreground, mid-ground, background there are...
2. Colours (where)
3. Contrast (where)
4. Shapes (where)
5. Lines and eye lead eg I see straight lines that lead my eves towards....
6. Pattern. If so where.
7. Space or perspective.

1. In this (picture, painting, photo etc) I see .....in the foreground, mid-ground and
background.
2. There are the colours of .......... The colour...is seen (where) and the colour... is seen
(where). These are all cool/warm colours or colours of the sea/nature/countryside.
3. There is much/little contrast between the colours as evidenced (in the foreground, top left
hand corner etc)
4. I see (eg round) shapes representing...(clouds etc)
5. I see lines (where). These shapes or the lines draw my attention towards.....
6. These lines and shapes form a pattern of (eg a scenery ) showing...
7. eg There are wide open spaces in this picture. There is not a lot of space between the people
showing a crowded scene
8. eg the tree in the foreground is drawn larger than the mountains in the background creating
the perspective that the tree is closer to the viewer than the mountains. Or the horizon line is
lower in the picture with a lot of sky creating the impression that

INTERPRETATION (IE)
1. Intended message
2. Explain (How do the parts come together to form the message)

In this picture, the artist is showing (a peaceful scenery, a crowded popular pastime etc.).
Eg (the trees in the foreground, the mountains in the background etc all make up a peaceful scenery
in the countryside or the group of men sitting together looking up at the bird cages show a scene
where these men are enjoying their hobby of listening to bird singing....)

JUDGEMENT
1. What do you like or dislike about the artwork?
2. How successful do you think the artist was in conveying his message?

I like/dislike this artwork because....it reminds me of the time....

I think the artist has been very successful in conveying the message of.....because....