What makes good art? Or the converse, what makes art bad?
I never had an art class and I don’t consider myself an artist, so as Kurt Vonnegut once said to me (true story), “If I don’t like what you’ve written, it is perfectly fine to tell me to go to hell.” The same goes here. I am not trying to be high-minded.
Five qualities to consider:
Craft – does the artist have control over the medium?
Unity – does the work hang together with a coherent meaning, rather than having divergent styles, distractions, and inconsistent meanings?
Composition – does it lay out well? Is it interesting in its organization and spacing?
Color and Shade – does the work take advantage of color elements, or is it muddled?
Theme – as a hack writer, I get themes. Does the art tell a story? What might the lessons be?
I never had an art class and I don’t consider myself an artist, so as Kurt Vonnegut once said to me (true story), “If I don’t like what you’ve written, it is perfectly fine to tell me to go to hell.” The same goes here. I am not trying to be high-minded.
Five qualities to consider:
Craft – does the artist have control over the medium?
Unity – does the work hang together with a coherent meaning, rather than having divergent styles, distractions, and inconsistent meanings?
Composition – does it lay out well? Is it interesting in its organization and spacing?
Color and Shade – does the work take advantage of color elements, or is it muddled?
Theme – as a hack writer, I get themes. Does the art tell a story? What might the lessons be?
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