Describing, analysing and interpreting

Year 8 Homework Task ~ complete in your Visual Diary or on your Blog
NAME: Fynn De Daunton CLASS: 8T
APPRAISING IMAGES ~ describing, analysing, interpreting

Describe what you see in the image below ~ look very closely.
You can enlarge the image by clicking once and dragging out the image by its corners


When you look at this picture your eyes are instantly drawn to the eyes of the leopard. The eyes are bright blue, and when

you look closer you can see that the eyes are actually two birds. The artist has used shape and colour to make the leopard

look dangerous. They have used the leopard because they are fast, and that infers that the BMW cars are really fast and

smooth. The bird is there because birds can fly, fast and free by using this animal combination they are inferring that this

card is fast, smooth and with it, you have freedom.

This is an advertisement – what aspect of BMW’s product is the advertisement drawing attention to?

It is drawing attention to the fact that BMW produces cars that are very fast and smooth. They are trying to convince people
that their car will be satisfactory.









Lisa Roet
Pri-Mate Hands 1 2005
charcoal and conte on silk paper
210.0 x 170.0 cm


You can look up CONTE here
http://www.artlex.com/
List the main ELEMENTS of ART used by Roet to create this work



1. Line

2. Texture

3. Tone

What do you see? Describe the work Pri-Mate Hands 1 2005.

Roet has created this artwork so that it looks real by using the elements of art. She has used tone by creating light and dark

areas in the hands. It­ creates shadow­, just like a real hand would have. She has used line to create the shape of the hand

and to give the hand wrinkles. I believe that a hand would not be plain and bare, it would have lines from age, use and

exposure to the weather.


What materials has Roet used to create this work?

She has created this artwork by using charcoal and conte on a large piece of silk paper.


Using the evidence in the work what meaning do you think Roet was trying to communicate?

Perhaps she was trying to communicate that we all come from the same place and that we all should care about each

other. Also, that we should respect the things around us, like the animals and the vegetation. This is what I believe she was

trying to communicate by creating this drawing.