MAK Shuk Ping (Millie) talks on "Noble Paul's Palace" (1996)

1) INTRODUCE THE DRAWING IN GENERAL TERMS
What is the title of the drawing?
The title of the drawing is "Noble Paul's Palace".

•What is the name of the artist?
The name of the artist is Paul Noble.


•What is the year the drawing was done?
The drawing was done at 1996.

•What is the medium? (ie the materials used to produce the picture, for example charcoal on paper, pen and ink etc)
The artist only use pencil to produce the picture.


•What is the subject matter or general theme of the work? (eg is it a figure drawing, a map, a portrait, an autobiographical work, a picture about nature, a drawing of the city etc?)
In the middle of the picture, there is a palace. Around the palace, there is a beach and some moutains.
The general theme of the work is that, the artist wants to show his dream palace.
As the constrution of the palace is quite unrealistic. It won't exist in reality. So, I believe the palace is artist's illusion.


•What is the purpose of the drawing? (eg Is it a diagram that explains how something works? Does it record accurately record the appearance of something? Does it express the artist's emotion or memory? )
The purpose of this drawing is to show Paul's dream palace. As I mentioned before, the construction of the palace is unrealistic which can't be found in the real life. It is unable for people to live in. Why Paul drew the palace out is because this is what Paul wants to have or live eagerly.  Since there is no a real object refer to, it is difficult to say whether the picture have recorded the appearence accurately.

Nonetheless, when we look at the picture, we can feel the carefulness of Paul. The palace was quite attentive. For example we can see railings, stairs and some doors are drew in detail. And there are a desk and a box inside the room which is in the middle of the palace.
I think it express artisit's emotion. Maybe this is a dream place where Paul want to have. And when I look at the picture, it gives me a sense of harmonious. Paul may want to express peacefulness through the picture.

2) DESCRIBE THE DRAWING IN DETAIL

•How is line used? What does it do/express?
Paul had fully utilised different forms of lines through out the whole picture.
When we first look at the picture, it seems that the palace was made by different size of rectangles and some curve lines. But actually, according to some informtation,
"each blocky construction is crafted out of a grouping of letters that identifies its owner or function." This means that every coners of the palace are designed with consideration which have its patterns and meanings.

Lines also play an important role to show linear perspective in this work.
This help the palace to look more 3-dimensional. The outlook of the palace
like a triangle which increase the stillness and concrete of the palace.



•How is tone used? What does it do/express?
There are three main tones through out the picture. The darkest part is the two mountains aside. And then the sky and the sea are lighter. The palace use the lightest color tone. I think the use of the color tone in this picture helps readers to concentrate on the palace (which is the lightest one).
The color of the mountains is darker then the sky and sea, they are in grey tone. Compared to the palace, obviously, Paul use white grey as the main color tone. This makes the palace stand out obviously.

I think Paul choose lighter color tone to create the main part of the work
has another reason. As the atmosphere of this work is quite peaceful and grand. Light color is preferable than dark color. Although dark color tone can also gives us a sense of peacefulness. Some negative feelings like loneliness
are always included in dark color tone drawing. Light color is different from dark color. It gives us a sense of tranquil. At the same time, positive feelings like comfortable, dream place.etc would appear.

I would regard this work as the happy or positive drawing. So, using light color for the palace is much more suitable.


•What can you say about shape and/or form in this picture? What is the effect?
The shape of the palace is like a triangle. Triangle gives us a sense of firm and solid. Paul use triangle form to create the constrution of the palace can let viewers feel the stillness of the palace. Although the design of the palace
unrealistic, we still think that living there would be safe.
Paul usess his dream design for the outlook of the palace, at the same time,
maintain the stillness of the palace.

Also, most castle we have seen from stories or movies are usually constructed in triangle form. Paul uses triangle form to "construct" the palace guiding viewers to think of some historical and grand castles. The grand face of the palace can be created.

•Is texture a feature of the drawing?
I think texture is one of the features of the drawing.
When we look at the picture, we can see that the texture of the palace is quite different from others subject.
The palace seems smoother than the mountains, the sky and the sea.
Especailly those curvy surface of the palace, it looks so smooth.
And the smooth gives me a sense of peacfulness. Maybe that is what Paul wants to express through the texture.


•What can you say about the composition of the drawing? What is the effect of this type of composition on the overall drawing?
The picture can be separated into three main parts. They are : the mountains, the sky and sea, and the palace. According to the composition, the mountains was created aside, the sky and sea were the background, the palace was placed in the middle of the picture. The size of the three parts was obviously different. The palace occupied 1/3 of the picture.
With the above informtion, we can find that Paul wants to protrude the palace by composition.


•Is rhythm important in this picture? If so, say more about it...
Yes, it think the rhythm is crucial in the picture. Like the on the sea, we can see the artist used some
curvy lines to show the movement of the water. These lines makes me feel some rhythm from the sea, very natural.
Also, we can find that the palace is in a repeated irregular pattern.
When we first look at the picture, we may think that the palace is quite balanced, like some Lego.
Maybe because of the rhythm of pattern is repeated irrugularly.


•Is perspective used in the picture? If so, describe the way that the illusion of three-dimensional space has been created.
Yes, we can find linear perspective in the picture. It helps viewers to focus on the palace. Also, the exists of linear perspective can make the palace looks more three-dimensional. The top of the palace is the narrow point of the linear perspective. The whole palace is providing a vertical triangle form which help to raise the stillness of the palace.




•Is the picture harmonious? If so, in what way?
I think the picture is quite harmonious. First, the background is like a desert island. The sea looks quite calm without too much waves. The environment of the picture is tranquil.
The main part of the picture is the palace. The palace use crispy straight line and curvy surface to construct.
The smooth texture of the palace gives us a sense of peacfulness and harmonious.


•Are there any strong contrasts in the picture? Say more...
Maybe the biggest contrast in the picture is the mountains and the palace.
The palace have very smooth texture. The structure of the palace are made of clear lines and  curve.
The lines are crispy and clear. For the mountains, it have uneven surface. The lines are relatively complicated compared with the palace.



3) INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION

The mood of the drawing is quite peacful and serene. The palace was situated at a tranquil island. The sea is calm.Paul uses lightest color tone to present the palace. The white grey color gives me a positive feeling. It looks different compared to the sea, the sky and the mountains. The texture of the palace is smooth and the lines are clear and crispy. A sense of tidiness was created.
Besides, as the texture of the palace and the mountains aside are different.
The palace gives me a feeling of stillness. The artist used straight lines to represent the form of the palace. The palace looks much tidier.

If I need to choose an adjective to describe the work, I would say "peaceful".
In describing this work, I use "tranquil", "stillness", "serene" many times.
Because the total feeling of the work is really peaceful to me.
I know it might be a dream design for Paul. I think that Paul might also
want every viewers has the same feeling as him after seeing his drawing.
The common characteristic of dream place is feeling comfortable and having peaceful environment around. "Noble Paul's Palace" can do this.

What Paul may want to say from this work is to show his dream palace
to everyone. It may like an utopia in some aspects. Utopia is so abstract that different people may have various feelings toward it. However, if we saw
something peaceful and comfortable, it might make us think of it (our utopia).
So, why Paul drew this peaceful work maybe because he wants everyone could find their utopia through his "palace". 

I like this picture. Although the palace is not in a realistic style.
It gives me a sense of peacefulness. Also, palace has a symbolism
of fairy tales to me. Paul situated his palace onto a tranquil island.
Providing a comfortable background of the picture.
He only use pencil as the tool to draw the picture.
The shadow of the palace looks very smooth and natural while
the rock mountains looks substantive.

MA Sze Man (Joyce) talks on Rembrandt's A Studio With a Seated Female

 

1)    INTRODUCE THE DRAWING IN GENERAL TERMS 

•What is the title of the drawing? What is the name of the artist? What is the year the drawing was done?
This is a drawing of Rembrandt Van Rijn, he was a famous painter in Baroque period. This drawing is called A Studio With a Seated Model, this was executed around 1654-1660.
 

•What is the medium? (ie the materials used to produce the picture, for example charcoal on paper, pen and ink etc)
The medium are pen and brush and brown ink and wash.
 

•What is the subject matter or general theme of the work? (eg is it a figure drawing, a map, a portrait, an autobiographical work, a picture about nature, a drawing of the city etc?)
This drawing is a figure drawing sketch (life-sketching), its subject matter is mainly about a human body, it expressed an organic pose and form of human body, so a female model sat in the studio. 

•What is the purpose of the drawing? (eg Is it a diagram that explains how something works? Does it record accurately record the appearance of something? Does it express the artist's emotion or memory? )
Rembrandt treated this sketch as a means of practicing the drawing skills and recording his visual observation, and tried to understand the characteristics of the back of human. And he tried to use only few lines to express the shapes of body, eg, the model’s arms, back and thigh.
Besides, he tried to use and mix with different medium to compose different texture and contrasts, eg. brush and wash are used to draw the light contrast of the wall, pen and ink to draw the outline of the female.

2) DESCRIBE THE DRAWING IN DETAIL

•How is line used? What does it do/express?
Rembrandt used few sharp and discontinuous strokes to outline the woman’s body shape, her face, hair, and the wrinkles of cushion.

•How is tone used? What does it do/express?
The gradation of tone of the top right side was filled up with the brush stroke from darker to lighter (from the top right to bottom), so we could see very clear of the contrast of the light, and where the light source was. In the bottom of this drawing, the dark tone expressed the shadow of the woman and the chair. The tone of the cushion was shaped by lines on the top and darker bush stroke at the bottom, so the top of the cushion was brighter and lighter than the bottom. We could see that Rembrandt tried to use the contour lines and wrinkles to reveal the form and structure, which make us feel the softness of the cushion.
And tone was used to depict the back bone(the line of her back) of the woman, because we could see there was a shade (a brush wash) in the middle vertically of her back and hip, and this tone also showed her sitting pose. She is in a diagonal post.

 
•What can you say about shape and/or form in this picture? What is the effect?
The broken lines which outline from the woman’s waist and upper right arm show us the boundary of the body and the walls. If there is no line, we will easily mix up the walls and the body, because they are filled with no color, so Rembrandt only used few lines to separate the difference nicely. He used the dark and light color, lines and pressured stoke carefully to express the three dimension of each object, eg, the cushion, the lower back of woman, the edge of the walls on the top left side. Besides, the pen stroke of shaping her body which make us could feel thhat her body is fleshy.

•Is texture a feature of the drawing?
Yes. For the chair legs, the graduation of tone creates a wooden texture. The strong pressure of the small lines in the middle of the cushion creates a texture of crumples, and we can feel it is quite smooth and soft. The little wavy brush stroke on the woman’s head creates a feeling of wavy hair. 

•What can you say about the composition of the drawing? What is the effect of this type of composition on the overall drawing?
The woman sat stably in the middle of this drawing. And the pose of her left arm and right leg were supporting her whold body, we could feel the force from her pose.

•Is rhythm important in this picture? If so, say more about it...
No, there is no rhythm used in this drawing, it is mainly a body sketch.

•Is the picture balanced? Explain...
This drawing is very balance, especially the woman was sat in the middle, and the contrast of light in this drawing is good, eg, the bottom part from the chair to the floor were darker (almost the center of the bottom) which makes us feel the weight (gravity) of the woman and the chair, so it looks very stable.

•Is perspective used in the picture? If so, describe the way that the illusion of three-dimensional space has been created.
There is no perspective, but Rembrandt did use the little light contrast on the lower back of the woman and the chair’s legs to provide a feel of three dimensions.

•Is the picture harmonious? If so, in what way?
This picture is harmonious, especially the light contrast of the walls and shadows from the woman which reflected on the left wall. And the pose of the figure was natural and organic, everything is natural, and they were organized very well. 

•Are there any strong contrasts in the picture? Say more...
In this drawing, the study of light is good. The light contrast in this drawing is more obvious, eg. the light reflected on the wall, then we can see clearly of the edge of 2 walls (on the left ). A dark contrast (the brush stroke) acts as the shadow of the chair that reflects on wall, and the oblique stroke which penetrates from the middle of the big brush stroke constructs a very big contrast, the lighter one is the shadow of the chair, the darker one reflects the woman’s body. Also the 2 slight straight brush strokes in the middle of the left, both of them makes a big contrast of the walls, so that we can see they should be shadows on both walls and they are shadow of the woman.
 
3) INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION

•What is the mood of the drawing? Justify your answer using information from your responses above
The mood is relaxing, the woman leans on the chair peacefully. Her pose makes her feel stable and calm. The light contrasts of the right top and the bottom make the drawing feel more stable. When we look at a drawing of black color, we feel its weight, but if we look at white color, we feel it is light, and most of the dark color comes from the bottom of this drawing and it could be the center of gravity from our visual observation. It is a very steady and firm.

•What does the drawing express? Justify your answer using information from your responses above
This drawing seems like a practice of drawing, Rembrandt wanted to understand more details about the human body, he wanted to get much closer to the organic form of body. As I proofed that Rembrandt didn’t pay much attention to the background of this sketch, he mainly focused on the body shape and the chair with a cushion. Also, I can see that different medium is used, eg, pen, brush and ink and washes. And the face of the woman is blurred, if Rembrandt wants to draw this as a memorial, there is no reason to blur her face. Every part of this drawing is so precise except the face and the walls.
The way he looked at this model did not contain the male gaze, Rembrandt only grasped at every important part of the body shape. And we can feel the relationship of the woman and Rembrandt are close. 

•In your opinion, why is this work interesting/moving/ clever/ imaginative/thought-provoking/......?  Choose the adjective(s) that best fit(s) the work, and then justify your conclusion in terms of specific features and qualities of the drawing.
This drawing gives me quite a lot of references of how to draw a sketch. Before I never thought that we could use different medium to draw in one brief sketch. So, in my opinion, this sketch is thought-provoking, interesting and clever. I used to pay attention Rembrandt’s painting nd i found that his painting is amazing, especially the skill of chiaroscuro. After I focused on his sketch, I thought he is a very great artist, because he only use few pen strokes to express the body shape of the woman and the strokes are  very precise. If there is no pen strokes, we won’t see the well-rounded and fleshly body of this woman. Every stroke in this drawing is important.

LIU Wing Yi talks on NobleNobsonCentral1998-99

1) INTRODUCE THE DRAWING IN GENERAL TERMS

Title of the drawing                      "NobleNobsonCentral1998-99"

Name of the artist                                                   Paul Noble

Year the drawing was done                                               1999

Medium                                                Pencil drawings on paper

•Subject matter /general theme of the work     It is overview of a imagine city, the city is a bit of empty. It seems every house is not complete, holes and tiling are everywhere.

 •Purpose of the drawing      The devastated interior of town was created from Noble's invention, it really could be the brainchild of a mini dictator with a fancy for Milton Keynes and Mogul architecture.  Or maybe it is a record of the cross between Chechnya, Kosovo and other bombed out cities. Noble seems to posit the artist as a perverse godhead, and suggests that excessive control invariably leads to fascism, torture and death.

2) DESCRIBE THE DRAWING IN DETAIL

•Line used       Every line are very precise and thin that made by pencil, it generally used straight line to outline the building's structure. Some intermittent and tight line was drawn to represent the broken tiling. Some smeared, soft and irregular line to represent the ground of the city. Some fluid and feathery line to represent the water tank. Also, drawn dots to represent sand or soil.

 •Tone used     The tone of this picture is resentful and cynical. We can't find out any living things in this town.Partially destroyed buildings, concrete shard, broken window, cracked wall and bomb crater were singularity limned. The irregular infrastructure  give us a sence of hopeless and intense anger.

The source of light is at the corner of left hand side. It representing twilight , like the eniviornment will merge into total darkness. That express finally brought the war to an end.

• Shape and/or form in this picture     It is very easy to recognise that is the shape of buildings, all of the buildings seems to be at the same height and they are connect with each others tightly. 

Lines linking to structure the length, width and depth, also the lighting effect give us a senceof depth. Three- dimensional buildings are presented.

•Texture      The texture of the buildings seems to be smooth, they have glossy face which represent part of it is face to the light and a dull back. The edge of the buildings are sharp. Also, it makes people feel that some of the walls are very hard and strong, but some of them are risping and showing cracks. The ground seems to be more soft than buildings. Lastly, the centre landmark feel like make of metal, the surface is a bit of shiny.

•The composition of the drawing       The overall arrangment of this picture is very balance. Land mark is placed at the central, buildings around the landmark is organize as a shape of nearly a circle. Then the others buildings ramdomly placed the rest of the space. If we have a very far away quick look, the picture seems to be quite harmony because of the pattern arrangement.

•Rhythm    When we step outward to have a look at the overview of this picture, you will have no idea to focus on one particular building. That means it did not include a distinct focus building. But, we would rather focus on the landmark which stand at the central of the town.

•Balanced   It is balanced. All things are place full of the whole picture.

•Perspective used    The whole picture show us a bird's-eye view of the hostile environment.

 •Harmonious   When we look more deeper of the picture, it is not really harmonious. Partially destroyed buildings, concrete shard, broken window, cracked wall and bomb crater were singularity limned.

•Contrasts    There are strong contrasts in the picture. It use white and dark to represent the three dimensional space. 

 3) INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION

•Mood of the drawing       The hostile environment make us feel like agitated and Soothed. Agitated feeling comes from there have no complete building left, horrible atmosphere penetrate every corner of this composition. Also, because of the tone of the colour is black and white, high contrast, no moving things, all things seems to be stable. These elements add up with a sense of sooth, feeling that the horrible action had passed away , all the things become stable and feeling of hopes in the future.

You may think these two adjective is a bit of contradiction. This is my feeling after analyse the composition precisely. And also I think the artist want to present his complex feeling, the past experience make him feel uncomfortable, he want to end up this feeling, so he try to soothe his past wound but he did not know he will success or not, this is what he wish.

•Expression      The drawing express an empty city with hopeness now, after a long period of time across the darkness, it will get well soon. We can find out the source of light is at the corner of left hand side. It representing nightfall, then I predict after a long long night, everythings will be fine.

LI Wai Yu (Vivian) talks on Swarm

CopperSwarm 2003-2005

Medium: Papers, PVC boards, Plastic sheets
Theme: Installation, drawing
Purpose of drawing:
This is not a realistic drawing or typical drawing for recording something's appreance.
This drawing is in 3D form and playing with lins and shape in the space.

Lines

There are many different kinds of lines used in this drawing.

Some are zigzag lines, some are continues lines.
Some are lines with irregular directions tending to shape out rectangles,
looks like the route-map of the metro.

I think the artist is trying to make use of these lines to complicate the drawing,

or somehow to make some texture on it.

Tone

Only black and white is used in this drawing.

However, there is grey revealed because of the shadow created by some 3D materials.

These colours seem contribute to sense of unity because they are quite match visually.

Shapes and forms

Many geometric forms are used in this drawing.
They are mainly triangles and rectangles, stick together, with different direction,
forming a scenery of mountain view.
The artist also make some lines with irregular direction, forming some rectangle shapes,
make them look like the outline of some buildings.
It contributed to give sense of mystery and "cyber-looking".

Texture
Texture in this drawing is quite significant.
The artist is trying to make use of different materials to represent different texture of the mountains.
From near to far, mountains' texture seem not to be the same.
So the artist try different materials, different forms and lines, trying to create an alternative way to depict mountain views.

Compostition
I think the compostition of this drawing is quite balanced.
Like, the fragmental triangles make the boundary of the hills very weak,
but they are balanced by the route-map-like lines at aside.
Also, the bus-like big white shapes on the floor, to some extent, blanced the fragmental objects on the wall.
The overall composition is quite creative because it uses all the three surfaces,
trying to create a drawing with no boundaries.

Perspective
Perspective is somehow created by different "layers" of the mountains,
and the spatial relationship between the objects on walls and the floor.
there is no significant lines of perspective,
but i think there are some unoticed lines on the edges of the bus-like shape.
leading to the "vanishing point".

Harmonious? Strong contrast?
Yes, this drawing is quite harmonious because it uses a lot of white colour.
Even though there are some black, they were used in a very subtle way.
So there is no big contrast between the colours.
But, in the words of lines or shapes, there are.
Especially the bus-like shapes are very out-standing in the drawing.

Mood and feelings
I think the artist create kind of relaxing and clam mood in this drawing.
From the usage of colour and lines, we can see a series of gentle expression.
Colours and lines are not used in expressive way, not many colours are used,
and lines are not floating freely in the drawing.
Like everything is in a very much control.

Opinion
i like this creative drawing very much.
i think it is trying to depict the relationship between the buildings and hills and also the silence and prosperity.
Hills and buildings are very common views that we can always see.
I thought hills and buildings would have interesting conversation.
One represent the nature, one represent the modern society.
i think this drawing is thought-provoking, but in a very subtle way.
i like drawing with this feeling. Looks like relaxing, but gently brings out something that u have never thought of.
Also, i like the interesting way of interpretation of this drawing.
3-D drawing impressed me and seemed like there will never be a boundary.
And lastly, the imaginative sense of the artist is very impressive too.

LI Ka Yee talks on

Ever wondered how to understand and discuss a drawing?

Here's a brief guide:

1) INTRODUCE THE DRAWING IN GENERAL TERMS
•What is the title of the drawing?

•What is the name of the artist?

•What is the year the drawing was done?

•What is the medium? (ie the materials used to produce the picture, for example charcoal on paper, pen and ink etc)

•What is the subject matter or general theme of the work? (eg is it a figure drawing, a map, a portrait, an autobiographical work, a picture about nature, a drawing of the city etc?)

•What is the purpose of the drawing? (eg Is it a diagram that explains how something works? Does it record accurately record the appearance of something? Does it express the artist's emotion or memory? )

2) DESCRIBE THE DRAWING IN DETAIL
•How is line used? What does it do/express?

•How is tone used? What does it do/express?

•What can you say about shape and/or form in this picture? What is the effect?

•Is texture a feature of the drawing?

•What can you say about the composition of the drawing? What is the effect of this type of composition on the overall drawing?

•Is rhythm important in this picture? If so, say more about it...

•Is the picture balanced? Explain...

•Is perspective used in the picture? If so, describe the way that the illusion of three-dimensional space has been created.

•Is the picture harmonious? If so, in what way?

•Are there any strong contrasts in the picture? Say more...

3) INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION
•What is the mood of the drawing? Justify your answer using information from your responses above

•What does the drawing express? Justify your answer using information from your responses above

•In your opinion, why is this work interesting/moving/ clever/ imaginative/thought-provoking/......?  Choose the adjective(s) that best fit(s) the work, and then justify your conclusion in terms of specific features and qualities of the drawing.

CHAN Chung Ngai talks on deGoyaMalaMuujer(WickedWoman)1801-03

1) INTRODUCE THE DRAWING IN GENERAL TERMS

•What is the title of the drawing?

Mala Mujer (Wicked Woman)

•What is the name of the artist?

Francisco Goya (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes)

•What is the year the drawing was done?

1801 - 1803

•What is the medium? (ie the materials used to produce the picture, for example charcoal on paper, pen and ink etc)

Ink on paper


•What is the subject matter or general theme of the work? (eg is it a figure drawing, a map, a portrait, an autobiographical work, a picture about nature, a drawing of the city etc?)

a figure drawing (a witch with a baby)


•What is the purpose of the drawing? (eg Is it a diagram that explains how something works? Does it record accurately record the appearance of something? Does it express the artist's emotion or memory? )

The work is the one of a series of prints titled Caprichos depicting what Goya called. Its purpose is about the depiction of some black social activities. (Goya: ...the innumerable foibles and follies to be found in any civilized society, and from the common prejudices and deceitful practices which custom, ignorance, or self-interest have made usual.)



2) DESCRIBE THE DRAWING IN DETAIL


•How is line used? What does it do/express?
Soft and repeated line used, it express the characters in the picture with realistic style.


•How is tone used? What does it do/express?
The witch in the picture is with a dark tone, and the baby and the background are with a bright tone. It expresses the witch looks evil with the dark tone of her dress and, in fact, the witch looks more evil in contrast with the bright tone of the baby and the background.


•What can you say about shape and/or form in this picture? What is the effect?
The shape of the characters in the picture are realistic. The realistic style is more persuasive that you may believe the event happening in the picture.


•Is texture a feature of the drawing?
There are the facial skin texture and the fold of the dress of the witch expressed obviously by the light and the shading.


•What can you say about the composition of the drawing? What is the effect of this type of composition on the overall drawing?
The witch's head is the center in the picture as the focus of the picture at the first sight. It makes you follow the witch's eye line of sight, and you will see the baby. The baby's hand and hip are grabbed by the witch, and you will see the hands of the witch. The composition of the picture invites the audience to see step by step.


•Is rhythm important in this picture? If so, say more about it...
I would like to say that the picture invites the audience to see step by step is the rhythm of the picture which is important. The rhythm makes the picture more interesting and active.


•Is the picture balanced? Explain...
Not too balanced, about the composition, the characters are at the low part of the picture in contrast with the high part of the picture which is empty. On the other hand, the witch is also unbalanced who slope to the left. It creates the unstable feeling to the audience.


•Is perspective used in the picture? If so, describe the way that the illusion of three-dimensional space has been created.
The cups and plates are little bit behind the witch and the baby. The way to create the perspective in the picture are three. First, it is making the cups and the plants look small. Second, it is making the color of the cups and the plants look light. Third, it is making the line of the cups and the plants look soft. The second and third ways that it is because the further the perspective is, the lighter its line and the color are.


•Is the picture harmonious? If so, in what way?
The picture is quite harmonious, at least not disharmonious. The color of the picture is black and white which is neutral, and black and white are harmonious with each other.

•Are there any strong contrasts in the picture? Say more...
There are big contrast bewteen the witch's dress and the baby about the tone. The witch's dress is dark and the baby is bright. The tone of the characters also show their feature and situation in contrast. The witch is evil because she looks dark, and the baby is innocent because he looks bright.


3) INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION


•What is the mood of the drawing? Justify your answer using information from your responses above

The drawing is with a dark mood. It is because the witch in the picture is with a dark tone, and the baby and the background are with a bright tone. It expresses the witch looks evil with the dark tone of her dress and, in fact, the witch looks more evil in contrast with the bright tone of the baby and the background. The evil witch is killing the innocent baby.

•What does the drawing express? Justify your answer using information from your responses above
In the picture, the evil witch is killing the innocent baby. In fact, the work is the one of a series of prints titled Caprichos depicting what Goya called. Its purpose is about the depiction of some black social activities. The witch in the picture represents the rulers. The baby in the picture represents the people and the justice. The rulers are imperious, hypocritical, corrupt. They are killing the people and the justice at that time.

•In your opinion, why is this work interesting/moving/ clever/ imaginative/thought-provoking/......? Choose the adjective(s) that best fit(s) the work, and then justify your conclusion in terms of specific features and qualities of the drawing.
The work is imaginative because the character in the picture, the witch, is created by superstition. Moreover, the witch in the work symbolize the 19C Italian rulers, and the baby in the work symbolize the people and the justice at that time. The symbolization is imaginative.