Choose a painting by an Australian artist from the images provided.
Write a four-paragraph critique of the painting.
Present on A4 paper and include an illustration.
Use the Habit of Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision
Elaborate your statements with explanations, comparisons, quantification and evidence
Speak and write in sentences.
Use words that say what you mean; avoid vague words like things, they, best, greatest.
Be specific not general.
Learn art terms and make a point of using them accurately.
Use a variety of sentence structures and structural words like conjunctions and prepositions. Choose constructions that suit your meaning.
Credit Geelong Gallery
Websites on Frederick McCubbin
Frederick McCubbin 1855 – 1917 Australian Dictionary of Biography
The plein-air landscape paintings of Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder,Frederick McCubbin, Jane Sutherland and many others, in which the artists ...
Frederick McCubbin (1855–1917) was a son of Melbourne. He was born and brought up in working-class Melbourne, he trained at the National Gallery of ...
Credit Durvatuluk.Wordpress.com
Websites on Peter Booth
Peter Booth Theme Encounters National Gallery of Australia
Love and hate and the whole dam thing (and Peter Booth) Durvatuluk Manifesto
Credit Artnomad.com.au
Websites on Jeffrey Smart
Jeffrey Smart Interview
Jeffrey Smart and the voyage to Europe (book review) Quadrant On-line Magazine
Jeffrey Smart: beneath clouds [review] The Australia June 19, 2010
Jeffrey Smart Featured works , Art Gallery NSW About the artist Jeffrey Smart and his work Truck and trailer approaching a city 1973.
Find Art Source in the eResources page link in the Assignment Help tab at the Library Website.
Credit QGGoma.gov.qld.au
Websites on Grace Cossington-Smith
Grace Cossington-Smith Australian Dictionary of Biography
Grace Cossington-Smith Design & Art Australia Online
Grace Cossington Smith Australia.gov.au
The bridge in-curve , by Grace Cossington Smith National Gallery of Victoria
Identify the parts -
Art Title Date – What materials are used? What is in the painting? Look carefully the make notes; e.g. crystal clear water, thin figures, distant…
What colours, lines, shapes, tones, textures are apparent? Look carefully and then make; e.g. ,bright colours, jagged lines, angular shapes, dark tones, rough texture, etc. How are colours, lines, shapes, tones or textures used within the composition? Do they contribute toward the balance, unity, contrast, rhythm or movement within the composition?
How has the artist depicted space or things in the distance? How is the painting balanced or unified? What is contrasted within the painting? Is movement a feature? How is it created? Is there a focal point? Is repetition used? What is repeated and why?
Find relevant research information about the Artist, the Times, the Painting eg Where was the artist born? What features of his life are relevant to his art? What are some characteristics of his work in general? What is the artist concerned with in his/her work? What can you tell me about the times or period of art in which the work was created? What can you tell me about the work from your research into the artist?
Identify the main ideas communicated – the narrative or subject matter.
Is there a particular feeling or mood conveyed and if so, how is it conveyed?
Is there a particular meaning that you can give to the work and if so how is it conveyed and why is it communicated?