Perceptual -realistic -the way it actually looks in real life

• Describe: – Value, Form,

Texture• Analyze:

– Balance, Contrast, Movement

• Interpret: – Perceptual– Shape and value

combined to create form

– Quiet and serene

• Describe: – Color, Space,

Texture• Analyze:

– Contrast, Repetition, Movement

• Interpret: – Expressive– Personal history of

the hammer– Nostalgic,

sentimental

• Describe: – Color, Shape, Line

• Analyze: – Repetition,

Movement, Contrast

• Interpret: – Non-objective– Interpreting the

sound of a hammer– Loud, repetetive,

active

Kenyon IIKehinde Wiley Oil paint on Canvas 2007 A painting of a man looking up and to the left, wearing a blue shirt and blue backwards hat, surrounded by a green and orange floral pattern.

• Describe: – Color, Form, Space

• Analyze: – Contrast, Repetition,

Movement• Interpret:

– Expressive and Perceptual– Contrast of outside and inside– Thoughtful and serious

Feldman’s Method

1st Step is Describe

Describe the visual qualities of what can be seen. Identify the three most important Elements of Art. Support with specific examples from the artwork.

1. Kehinde Wiley uses warm and cool colors in his painting of a young man looking up and to the left surrounded by a pattern of flowers. The complementary colors of the flowers: red, orange and green as well as the brown skin are warmer while the blues in his shirt and hat are cooler colors.

Color

Feldman’s Method

1st Step is Describe

Describe the visual qualities of what can be seen. Identify the three most important Elements of Art. Be objective and support with specific examples.

2. By using a range of values from almost white in the highlights to dark blue, brown and black in the shadows of the shirt, face, and hat Wiley creates realistic form in the figure as well as showing a light source to the left of the figure. The values in the flowers also give them realistic form as they surround the figure even though they are floating in space.

Form

Feldman’s Method

1st Step is Describe

Describe the visual qualities of what can be seen. Identify the three most important Elements of Art. Be objective and support with specific examples.

3. The figure, because it has realistic form takes up real space, however the only background is the pattern of flowers surrounding the figure. By having the flowers float in space Wiley creates an unrealistic sense of space. Those flowers, though, appear in front of and slightly behind the person, making it look like he is inside the group of flowers and leaves, or they are circling around him.

Space

Feldman’s Method

2nd Step is Analyze

Identify the three most important Principles of Design to discuss how the artwork is put together. Remember to support with answers from step one and give specific examples.

1. The complementary colors of the flowers, red and green, contrast one another. The warm and cool colors in the figure and flowers also contrast each other. The realistic form of the person and unrealistic space of the floating flowers create contrast in the painting. The plain and casual dress of the man contrasts the more fanciful pattern of the flowers that also appear more feminine or decorative.

Contrast

Feldman’s Method

2nd Step is Analyze

Identify the three most important Principles of Design to discuss how the artwork is put together. Remember to support with answers from step one and give specific examples.

2. Wiley repeats the complementary colors green and red and the shapes of the flowers and leaves around the figure in this painting. There are repeated lines and shapes created by the highlights and shadows in the figure and his clothing giving realistic form and space to the person.

Repetition

Feldman’s Method

2nd Step is Analyze

Identify the three most important Principles of Design to discuss how the artwork is put together. Remember to support with answers from step one and give specific examples.

3. The lines and values in his shirt leads your eye upward, through the face and then to the left following the figures eyes and towards the light source. The curvy lines of the floating flowers and leaves surround the figure’s head in a circular pattern moving your eye around the face and the entire painting.

Movement

Feldman’s Method

3rd Step is InterpretThis step deals with what is on the inside.

Is this artwork Perceptual, Expressive, or Non-Objective?

What is the artist’s intent, or the meaning of the artwork?

Is there an emotional tone to the artwork, what is the personality of the person?

The realistic color, value, and form of the figure makes this painting perceptual. However, the pattern of floating flowers created in an unrealistic space around the figure is more expressive and gives a happier mood than the serious look of the man. As he looks up and to the left, toward the light source he appears to be lost in thought or waiting for something to happen. The casual clothing and serious look of the man contrast the flowery and happier background, perhaps indicating what is going on in his head.