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Wind by Peggy Whitney Peggy Whitney Wind
color lithograph

Scanning Questions:

  1. Describe three different kinds of lines you see.
  2. Are the shapes mostly geometric or organic (natural)?
  3. When you squint your eyes, where do you see the darkest values?
  4. Where do you see an example of arbitrary or unnatural color?
  5. Does the space in this picture look flat and two-dimensional or deep and three-dimensional?
  6. Besides warm and cool colors, what has the artist repeated?
  7. How does your eye move through this picture?
  8. Besides using blue on both sides in the lower foreground, what has the artist done to balance this artwork?
  9. How can you tell this is an artwork on paper?
  10. Is this a calm, lazy picture or is it busy and energetic?
  11. What makes this a good representation of wind?
  12. Compare and contrast the two printed landscapes. Considering color, form and details are the landscapes abstract, naturalistic or both?
    detail: Farm Pond by Judi Geer Kellas