ARTAPP FINALS
Chapter 6: Drawing Appreciation
“Drawing is putting a line (a)round an idea.”- Henri Matisse
“Drawing is not what one sees but what can make others see.”-
Edgar Degas
INTRODUCTION
Drawings have been illustrated by a number of artists in so many
ways. From the ordinary day to day scenarios of the community
to the Facebook blogs of a traveler, drawings visually emphasize
the subject and the technical elements of the craft. When the
children and adults both appreciated cartoons, it is because of
the very unique subject, attractive hue blending, appropriate
forms, and drawing meaningfulness are conveyed.
The abstract drawings can just be a hazy and confusing stroke of
a pencil on a canvass, but for those who are art-inclined
individuals, they are able to see the different dimensions of an
abstract drawings, that in itself is a maze however magical
because it connotes a lot of subjects, meaning, and visual
impacts.
Photographs are overflowing posts on social media, and they
capture the hearts and mind of people regardless of time, ages,
and races. The manner the camera captures the subjects in
different poses and facial expressions, with a better pixel
resolution, posits the greater possibility of assorted reactions
drawn by the cyber friends and artists alike.
Likewise, the print media showing caricatures as creative way of
expressing a concern in a light if not humorous subjects are
newsfeeds soliciting a colorful emotion of the readers; it is the
artist’s creativity in terms of making the design that evokes
images created by the interpreters themselves. They may laugh
seeing big heads of the famous people, they may be sad
contesting the implication of a caricature, they may be
entertained, too because of the artist’s portrayal in such art. It
is a common knowledge that the greatness of any drawing is left
to the artist’s way of interpretation.
In sketching artwork of people, the face is the focal point and
the stroke signifies the effect on the mood as portrayed. So, the
impact on the visual drawings are created by the artists who
know the subject better and can paint it in a way he wants it be
perceived or appreciated by any art or non-art lover.
ART EVALUATION
• Implies somebody’s liking or disliking an artwork
TIPS & GUIDELINES IN EVALUATING A VISUAL ART
1. Investigate the context and the art’s background
Painting:
• When was the painting made?
• Is the painting representational or abstract?
• Is the painting a caricature, graffiti, cityscapes, or other
type of paintings?
• What movement is the painting associated with and
why?
2. Evaluate the work itself
• What are the materials utilized in the creation of an
art?
• What is its content and subject matter?
• What is the composition or the general layout?
• What about the lines, shapes, colors, and texture?
3. Appreciate the art’s beauty
• Are patterns and shapes repeated?
• Is there a color harmony, or do they complement?
• Does the visual art capture and maintain the
interpreter’s
• attention?
• How is the art compared with other visual arts?
SUBCATEGORIES OF DRAWINGS
A. Abstracts
• an art without recognizable subject
• doesn’t relate to anything external
• its subjects [are]– color and form
Abstract drawing artists make use of any medium (lead pencil,
graphite, charcoal, ink, crayons, or paints).
The interpretation of an ordinary viewer is limited to the explicit
figures and shapes seen.
The interpreter has the freedom of interpretation depending on
life experiences and perception as to how an abstract art may
have affected his beliefs and opinions.
Abstract drawings have unusual shapes and forms.
The artist has an implied meaning of the illustration.
Impressionism and Expressionism contributed to the
development of the abstract arts.
Examples:
1. Electric Prisms 1913
- SONIA DELAUNAY (French Artist)
- Use vibrant or strong colors
- Geometrical forms
 2. Hard Edge Painting 1960
- FRANK PHILIP STELLA (American Painter and
Printmaker)
- Postwar American Art
- An abstract style that combines the clear
composition of geometric abstraction with the
intense color and bold and hard edges
- A response/ reaction to the emotional/ gestural
works of Abstract Expressionists
3. Action Painting/General Abstraction 1940-
1950
- JACKSON POLLOCK
- *Convergence 1952 (one of his masterpieces)
- Paint is smeared and splashed spontaneously
on a canvas
C. Cartoons
• a funny sketch in a newspaper, magazine,
or an animated film or tv show
• Animated television and films portraying superheroes
in their adventures
• Modernized gag cartoons seen in greeting cards and
magazines illustrating the speech balloon
• Comic strip/s on newspapers depicting humorous
stories
Example: Cartoon Art

4. Automatism 1920’s
- JOAN MIRO (Spanish artist)
- Free way style

5. Op Art 1960’S
- VICTOR VASARELY (Hungarian- French artist)
- Hard-edged geometric abstraction
D. Doodles
• it is a rough drawing done absentmindedly or scribbling
unconsciously
• Appeared in 17th century
• Derived from the German Dudeltopf or Dudeltop which
describes simpleton or noodle, meaning a nightcap

B. Caricatures E. Mangas
• a drawing portrayal of a person or an object in • comics created in Japan conforming
an exaggerated manner sought to create a to a style developed in the 19th
grotesque effect. century
• a loaded portrait
• utilized in print media like newspapers and
magazine to create an impact like F. Portraits
entertainment or amusement. 1. Photography
• Can be a gentle mockery on any scenario related • an art of taking and developing or printing photos
to political, economic, religious, social, etc. • in Latin - imago photographica or graphe
• from the Greek term POS which means light, and
Famous Caricaturists: GRAPH which means to draw
1. SIR MAX BEERBOHM- editorial cartooning • drawing with light
2. HONORE DAUMIER-
Example: Afghan Girl
3. AL HIRSCHFELD- black and white renditions of famous
celebrities - June 1985 cover of National Geographic
4. SEBASTIAN KRUGER- grotesque distortions of famous - A portrait photograph by Steve McCurry
individuals
5. THOMAS NAST- 2. Painting
6. SANFORD ROSS- lithographic caricatures • A process of applying colors on a canvas or a solid
surface
*Editorial Cartoons
• Considers elements like texture, tone, line, shape, and
❖ The National Newspaper Publishers Association shape
❖ Best Editorial Cartoon
 • Acryllic and oil paintings are commonly used by artists
in painting subjects like people, still life, animal, and
many more

Example: I Promise

- Portrait painting by Mark Lovett Portrait Studio

3. Sculpture
• A kind of two or three-dimensional art
• Has a basic process like carving, modeling, casting, and
constructing

Example: The Fisherman’s Daughter

- A sculpture made of limestone by Philippe Faraut

G. Sketch
• rapidly executed freehand drawing serving a number of
purposes