3 rd Year Critical Essay on Portraiture

Joan Eardley Comparison of two of her Paintings

In this part of the essay you will be comparing the two paintings .One is a figure composition and the other is a portrait.

Here are some of the questions and that you should be asking yourself when writing this part of the essay .

  1. What are the names of the paintings and at what time in her life did she paint them ? (give dates )
  1. What are the colours in the paintings are they similar? Describe them fully
  1. Describe the mood in both the paintings is there a similarity? or are they completely different ?
  1. What is the composition like in both paintings, again is there a similarity or are they different?
  1. What is the shading like in the pictures is there a similarity or are they different?
  1. Do the paintings look realistic? photographic?
  1. Where did she get the ideas from in the painting s? are they similar or different?
  1. Is there pattern used in the paintings?
  1. What kind of medium / materials has she used in the paintings? Is there a similarity or are they different?
  1. What is the artist’s message in the paintings? Again similar or different?
  1. Do you find the paintings amusing , happy , sad ,depressing , this is your response to the paintings not just the mood the artist was trying to achieve ?
  1. How many people are in the two paintings ?
  1. Is the topic in the two paintings similar or different ?
  1. Do you like the paintings ? Would you hang them on your wall or do you think that they would look better in a gallery ?

Answer all the questions as fully as you can and make sure that you put them into essay format .

This part should be a minimum of 300 words.