How do we judge art if not according to what we know and what the artist knew? By making comparative analyses you can learn how to assemble your own criteria for judging art. In doing so, our overview of visual communication comes to a close and we begin a more concentrated look at visual media, starting with two-dimensional media. “Drawing” describes various drawing media and their characteristics, and the processes artists employ when drawing. The media is separated into two primary categories: dry and liquid media. Drawing is discussed as the most immediate and accessible means of visual communication.
Discuss the subjective biases involved in evaluating a work of art.
Compare formal, contextual, and expressive approaches used in art criticism.
Identify works of art as representational, abstract, and non-representational.
Differentiate historical styles through the handling of visual elements and principles of design.
Characterize drawings as an immediate means of communication with visual images.
Distinguish the use of drawings to record ideas, as preliminary studies, and as independent works of art.
Discuss drawing tools and techniques used with dry and liquid media.
Compare effects achieved through different drawing techniques.