The Classroom Collection

Scanning Questions:

1. Is this picture monochromatic or do you see a variety of different colors?
2. Are these warm colors or cool colors?
3. Besides diagonal lines, describe three other kinds of lines that you see.
4. Does the picture seem flat and two-dimensional, or does it seem to go back into space?
5. Where does your eye go first when you look at this picture?
6. Is the picture balanced or lop-sided? Why?
7. This is a photograph of frost on a windowpane. What did you think it was when you first saw it?
8. Would you describe this work of art as stiff and rigid or swirling and natural?
9. What other words describe this photograph?
10. Compare and contrast the following works considering degrees of abstraction and visual movement and activity.