Johannes Itten

(Four Spirals)



1. Make ​a sketch of the artwork.

2. What elements has the artist used?

3. How has the artist used colour value?

4. How has the artist created contrast?

5. What is the focal point of the painting? How has this been created? 

6. What type of balance has been used? Is the work symmetrical or asymmetrical? Why has the artist done this?







Sally Gabori

 



1. Make a sketch of the artwork.

2.  What patterns have been used? Have they been created through use of colour or shape?

3. What message is the artist conveying?

4. How do you think the artist's Aboriginal culture has informed the artwork?

5. What art movements have influenced the artwork?

6. What balance has been used (symmetrical or asymmetrical)? Why has the artist done this?





Paul Klee



1. Draw a sketch of the main shapes in the artwork and write a list of adjectives to describe them.

2. Why do you the colours were used?

3. What effect was created through the use of the tints and shades of colour?

4. How has pattern been created through the use of shape?

5. What do you think the artist is trying convey? Consider the title. 













Kaye Johnston

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Kaye Johnston has painted two works entitled ‘Shoalhaven Heads’ and ‘Shoalhaven Heads 2’, however both images are quite different. Considering the artist was painting her home landscape, complete the following venn diagram on the similarities and differences of the works.

1. How has colour been used throughout the two works?
2. What shapes can you distinguish which provide clues about the subject matter?
3. What do you think the two works are about?