How to Critique Art for Beginners: RISD Art Professor & Art Students Explain

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 105

  • @artprof
    @artprof  4 года назад +10

    Watch our Portfolio Critique Marathon, 9 hours of critique!!! ruclips.net/video/S5Ql6vZTqr8/видео.html

  • @one_two_three_Cheese
    @one_two_three_Cheese 4 года назад +193

    It drives me nuts how underrated this RUclips channel is.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +25

      Us too 😂

    • @JeanneBook
      @JeanneBook 4 года назад +13

      I know, I can't wrap my head around it. So many valuable content but so underated.

  • @enochhku
    @enochhku 4 года назад +49

    I love this channel so much. I hadn't done much visual art this past year, but after I started watching this channel more regularly I started up a couple new projects which I'm really enjoying... Thanks for the inspiration 🙏🙏🙏

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +3

      So glad you can be part of the Art Prof family! ❤ -Prof Lieu

  • @Brandon75689
    @Brandon75689 4 года назад +52

    But if you say that their art is " a load of crap" or "You haven't done any work this week". you're critiquing their work ethic not their artwork.

  • @FederalBureausOfInvestigation
    @FederalBureausOfInvestigation 4 года назад +50

    thank you for this, I've had trouble on critiquing in my classes and this video gave me so much comfort for my future critiques.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +3

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @Renfairlady2678
    @Renfairlady2678 10 месяцев назад +2

    I just graduated with my art Ed degree and I’ve been feeling a little lost. I’ve had a difficult time circling back to what I gained from my beginner classes that could really support my students in my classroom. This was such a great and condensed over view of the purpose of critique and HOW to best guide students through it. Thank you for making this content!

  • @rynjeff1073
    @rynjeff1073 4 года назад +12

    I shared your video with a first year professor at my college because you really address a wide range of possible issues that may come up during crits, and I appreciate your suggestions on how you handled those situations.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +1

      That's great to hear, young teachers really don't get much guidance early on unless they reach out to someone, which can be hard to do! -Prof Lieu

  • @haroldsalita1873
    @haroldsalita1873 4 года назад +10

    I had a professor who told me my art was trash and I should change my course. She works for me now

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +4

      WOAH! That's crazy-- at least now she can't deny your talent, haha - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

    • @paulathistleton1339
      @paulathistleton1339 Год назад

      Congratulations! to you and your teacher !

  • @mickeymorgan
    @mickeymorgan 4 года назад +8

    This is helpful . . . just like in college and univ. . . . every quarter was a poetry workshop where the whole class would pull apart your poem. Toughened me up. Made me consider others.

  • @jbspiszer908
    @jbspiszer908 3 года назад +4

    This is such a great video! Critiques are much harder than people think. And there's a difference between critique and straight up criticism.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  3 года назад +1

      For sure, you need to practice giving and receiving critique in order to get good at it! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

  • @inali_illustrates9142
    @inali_illustrates9142 5 месяцев назад +1

    love the bloopers at the end!

  • @pikkuoo
    @pikkuoo 4 года назад +10

    Congratulations for getting a sponsorship! I loved this 360 view on giving and receiving critique. Your channel is such a well of inspiration!

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +3

      Thank you so much!

  • @nursemain3174
    @nursemain3174 4 года назад +2

    Honestly as someone who’s been creating art most of my life, ur channel is amazing

  • @melaniereeder2349
    @melaniereeder2349 4 года назад +1

    to tack onto the point about listening to the critique for your peers - this channel is such a gem for providing critiques to watch online. I've learned so much from them. thank you guys!

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +1

      Glad you enjoy it! Thank you so much for watching :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

  • @MikeS
    @MikeS 4 года назад +2

    this is my current favorite youtube channel

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +1

      Thank you for the support!

  • @ciaoalejandra7514
    @ciaoalejandra7514 4 года назад +5

    I’m don’t paint. I’m not an artist. Never been to art school.... yet I sat here and watched all 34 minutes of this video and wow. I didn’t even know critique was a thing in art. Cool. Thanks for the info?? Lol

    • @artprof
      @artprof  3 года назад +1

      Critique is so weird at first, but it quickly becomes a norm in artistic environments! We're so glad you watched :) You might also like this video about art school vs being self taught: ruclips.net/video/_6OjS9pTDww/видео.html - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

  • @ntokozotshabalala2583
    @ntokozotshabalala2583 4 года назад +30

    Yoh prof do you still have the art portfolio that got you into art school??

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +33

      I do! I should do a stream on it, would be entertaining. -Prof Lieu

    • @androandro7179
      @androandro7179 3 года назад +1

      @@artprof you did the portfolio video?

  • @Super7Kevin
    @Super7Kevin 4 года назад +17

    nobody:
    almost nobody:
    Professor Lieu: 27:04 “Guys, you see that church over there? Go run around it 3 times. GO!! RUN!! RUN NOW!!!”
    ART BOOTCAMP! haha love it!!

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +1

      Worked every time too! 😆 -Prof Lieu

  • @simmi6348
    @simmi6348 Год назад +2

    I didn't get to learn as much as i wanted to on how to critic in my class even if we did it in every class so i search on yt after school ended and sooo many points were hit on point with what i experience in my class and i took notes on things i didnt know and needed more elaboration on. with that said, i plan to suggest my prof to make every student in his class to watch this video bc it was just so on point n helpful! tysm!

    • @artprof
      @artprof  Год назад +1

      Wow, we're so happy to hear that this critique video was so impactful on you! I hope it serves your teacher and his students well! ❤️ -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist

  • @Kaalokalawaia
    @Kaalokalawaia 4 года назад +4

    You are such great teachers.

  • @tilt0matic2
    @tilt0matic2 Год назад

    Superlatively interesting advice! 😁 Thank You. I love how you bring this back to remembering the person. Takes me back to Virgina Shea!

  • @msmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsm
    @msmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsm 4 года назад +1

    Prof Lieu pushed me to change it up with my artwork. Not just made a photo copy of something else. To put my own spin on things!

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад

      Originality brings so much depth into an artwork! We would love for you to join our Discord Server, we have tons of conversations everyday about art, and you can post your work for critiques from our staff and other people too! Here is the invite link: discord.gg/g5XQRpT -Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

    • @msmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsm
      @msmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsm 4 года назад

      Art Prof: Create & Critique that is such a good idea! Thank you so much 🥰 I’m joining right now!

  • @CrimsonStigmata
    @CrimsonStigmata 2 года назад +1

    Our Art Teacher took notes during crits. Such as what was successful and what wasn't. They wrote down Names of other Artist that related to the students Art works. They also wrote down on things that we could work on or pay more attention to. I still have the notes from my Art teacher and I really enjoyed that painting class.
    I do find that a lot of things mentioned are very true in almost every crit I've ever gotten. Most have been always positive and then there are the ones where I get no comments and I feel ashamed and lost so I get it. It's always nice to get crit but I think it's worst sometimes when you don't get any.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  2 года назад

      That's so generous of your teacher to take notes! My prof would have us each choose two people in the class to do notes for us during crit. One could be a friend, and the other had to be someone we didn't know very well. The contrast in what was picked up during the crit in the notes was really useful. Art Prof has a number of portfolio critiques here: artprof.org/library/art-school/portfolio-critiques/
      -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist

  • @kaylavail1162
    @kaylavail1162 3 года назад

    Such a wonderful helpful channel, so happy to find it!

  • @Atreyfabian
    @Atreyfabian 4 года назад +1

    I made sure all my friends who make art know about this channel!

  • @lahonnarampton7873
    @lahonnarampton7873 3 года назад

    Something just clicked for me, re-watching this a year later - I took a University art course by correspondence. I got extremely good marks and insipid feedback. I had nowhere to go! Now I know what to ASK for!!

    • @artprof
      @artprof  3 года назад

      Yes!! That's amazing! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

  • @gisellescheeks2389
    @gisellescheeks2389 4 года назад +1

    WHY THE FUCK IS THIS CHANNEL SO FUCKING UNDERRATED. Other denseless vids have way more views.

  • @EvermoreisTimeless
    @EvermoreisTimeless 4 года назад +21

    Wait so is it ok to call someone’s work straight up bad? Cause this professional teacher art teacher said that about someone’s work and when they heard they felt very disheartened. Is it normal/ok for that to happen?

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +15

      I don't know the specifics of the situation you're describing, so I can't give you an accurate answer. I think every artwork requires it's own custom response. In the case that I explain in this video where a student said "that's a load of crap," it was more of the student putting in no effort whatsoever as opposed to the artwork being "bad." IMO there isn't really such a thing as a "bad" artwork, it's much more nuanced and that and I think labeling an artwork "bad" isn't a critique of the artwork, it's just someone labeling the artwork. -Prof Lieu

    • @tiffanysullivan5370
      @tiffanysullivan5370 4 года назад +1

      Probably for some people feel disheartened. I feel the video showed how the class grew through critiquing and even the students didn’t know exactly how to critique . This videos in my opinion shows how they grew while receiving criticism while also dishing the criticism and finding ways to critique over time.

  • @gemmawhite8723
    @gemmawhite8723 4 года назад +1

    I love this channel!!! So glad I found it.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +1

      So glad you found us, welcome to the Art Prof family! ❤ -Prof Lieu

  • @森下典樹
    @森下典樹 4 года назад +3

    It triggers me a lot of the memory in architecture college, some of them quite bitter. I wish threre had been critiques about critiques.

  • @WackDoctor
    @WackDoctor 4 года назад +11

    Just wanted to let you know that the link in description has a "w" at the end that causes a 404 page to pop up

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +7

      Oops, thank you for telling me!!!! -Prof Lieu

  • @kaholee3756
    @kaholee3756 4 года назад +8

    You draw/paint what you like and how you like it. No one needs critique for their art. It is not like we are doing an exam.

    • @genericname8727
      @genericname8727 4 года назад +13

      A critique is basically just feedback. You don’t necessarily need to follow the advice said in a critique, and people usually only get critiqued if they’ve requested to be, but a critique gives you an idea of how audiences may be responding to your artwork. Maybe you wanted to communicate an idea but the critique made it clear you didn’t communicate it as well as you could’ve. Maybe there’s some technical mistakes that you’d not realised you’d made. Like, maybe you drew a person but you made an arm a bit shorter than you intended. A critique can alert you to this so you can correct it or be more cautious of proportions in future. Maybe you wanted the arm to be short for whatever reason and you don’t want to change that in response to the critique. Maybe the critique let’s you know it’s successfully drawn the viewer’s attention, if that’s what you were going for. If you’re just doing art for yourself and don’t care what others think then I doubt you’d find yourself in a situation where you’re being critiqued anyway tbh.

  • @user-nv9vn8fm1d
    @user-nv9vn8fm1d 4 года назад

    Fantastic insight!!! Thanks for sharing

  • @seanfaherty
    @seanfaherty 6 месяцев назад

    What I do is see if I can’t stop looking at it .
    If I like it or not a good piece of art is mesmerizing or it’s not art.

  • @mchenard1
    @mchenard1 Год назад

    love this video !! I would love to share it with my students! Would it be possible to set subtitles in french? I am an artist and instructor in the french part of Canada. thank you this is fantastic work

    • @artprof
      @artprof  Год назад

      Sadly we don't have the budget to do that ourselves, but try the instructions on this link!! It might be of help: support.google.com/youtube/answer/100078?hl=en-GB&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop - Mia, Art Prof Staff

  • @madelinerupard2511
    @madelinerupard2511 4 года назад

    Thank you!! Super helpful

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад

      You're welcome! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

  • @gingercel4
    @gingercel4 2 года назад

    You know this just reminded me of when I was in a critique for a wire toucan I made. The critique was going well everyone was giving me feedback and then my teacher told me that my toucan needed more movement. She was right he was looking a little stiff but she got up and bent my toucan forward. I was not expecting her to touch my project so I immediately said do not touch my toucan. Everyone in the class looked at me like I was insane for questioning her and telling her something. I also was very quiet so even though I didn’t yell at her I just said not to touch it but I swear everyone in the room looked so shocked. I always felt bad for doing it but she did just bend my toucan out of shape. Is it normal for a teacher to just mess with your work during a critique?

    • @artprof
      @artprof  2 года назад +1

      Ugh, I'm sorry you went through that experience. Teachers should not be touching the artwork, that's rude. Or they should at least ask before touching. -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist

  • @marianthipapastergiadis7744
    @marianthipapastergiadis7744 4 года назад +3

    Great video! Sorry, was that a terrible critique?

  • @studiosherlen
    @studiosherlen 4 года назад +1

    i cant believe i just discovered this channel....
    i'm interested in submitting/purchasing an art critique but so far i only see 2D visual art (painting, illustration, animation). my work is mostly craft design (ceramics, jewelry), are you open to criticize that type of art? thank you!

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +2

      We do critique ceramics and jewelry (and pretty much everything else!) you can purchase a critique here: artprof.org/purchase-a-portfolio-critique/ or if you want to submit for a free live critique here: artprof.org/youtube-live-critique-submission-form/ -Prof Lieu

    • @studiosherlen
      @studiosherlen 4 года назад

      @@artprof thank you!

  • @Moe-zo4fm
    @Moe-zo4fm Год назад

    How do I get a professional critique of my art on line? I’ve been painting over 25yrs. I couldn’t afford art at University I became an x-ray technician. Painting and learning at night weekends. I studied took classes, and sold my art in a small centre. I had a stroke and then started painting again. I didn’t show my work. I’ve heart problems and bad health but I’m determined to do well. I finally went on instagram and I’m and other sites but I want to know what is good and what is bad, I’m an abstract painter. Sorry for the long story.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  Год назад +1

      Hi! We do have services for portfolio critiques: artprof.org/art-school/purchase-a-portfolio-critique/ -Prof Lieu

    • @Moe-zo4fm
      @Moe-zo4fm Год назад

      @@artprof Thank you 😊

  • @iputthemeinmediocre
    @iputthemeinmediocre 2 года назад

    At 7:51 made question whether we had the same drawing professor... Probably not, but I was sure I witnessed something similar in my drawing foundations class.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  2 года назад

      Haha, I think unfortunately there are more than a few professors out there that act like that. -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist

  • @sankyunotmuch
    @sankyunotmuch 3 года назад +2

    this is as good as free college education if not better

    • @artprof
      @artprof  3 года назад

      We're glad you think so!! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

  • @catsinpajamas
    @catsinpajamas 4 года назад +1

    Who did the colorful portrait at 10:12?

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +1

      Cat Huang, one of our Teaching Artists! artprof.org/emerging-artists/catherine-huang/ -Prof Lieu

    • @catsinpajamas
      @catsinpajamas 4 года назад +1

      @@artprof Thanks! I really liked it.

  • @georginajovanovic
    @georginajovanovic 4 года назад

    Wonderful

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад

      Thank you :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

  • @lucidmoth1023
    @lucidmoth1023 4 года назад

    Question, what if you're not very good at art and you draw anime? What if your art just isn't good. How do you grow tough skin. Because I'm sensitive so I'm scared of going to art school and getting harsh criticism. Things like, "Your art is trash." Or "Stop drawing anime." Any advice?

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +2

      Thank you so much for watching! I think that you should hold your head high and be confident in your work. TONS of people learn how to draw through anime (I did!) and it doesn't mean that you're an inferior artist. Range is important in a portfolio, though, so don't be afraid to branch out. Here's a video about artists comparing themselves to other artists you might enjoy: ruclips.net/video/gMpvNWglld0/видео.html - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

    • @lucidmoth1023
      @lucidmoth1023 4 года назад

      @@artprof Thank you so much, I'm just going to keep working hard and try to get more confidence!

  • @drawslashplay7384
    @drawslashplay7384 Год назад

    My teacher had a laser pointer to use on the work. When we had class crit she would pass the laser around. He who held the laser held the audience.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  Год назад

      That's a great idea! - Mia, Art Prof Staff

  • @andrewwalkerpatterson3843
    @andrewwalkerpatterson3843 4 года назад

    Hi, thanks for another great video. I'd like to use it for my community college drawing class, only there seems to be an accessibility issue. The subtitles are really off, RUclips's autogenerate seems to have missed the mark on this one. Can I volunteer to help transcribe? Contact me if you're interested.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад

      Thanks so much for your generous offer, but it’s more work than it sounds like to get something like that going, and we just don’t have the staffing and budget to be able to do that right now. Thank you though! -Prof Lieu

    • @andrewwalkerpatterson3843
      @andrewwalkerpatterson3843 4 года назад

      @@artprof ok, no problem.

  • @jazw4649
    @jazw4649 3 года назад +1

    But how does a person actually give a good critique? What are the talking points you should bring up when giving feedback on art? The critique sandwich was sort of glossed over, is that how you should phrase your feedback? This seems more an instructional video for how a professor should crit.

    • @artprof
      @artprof  3 года назад

      Critique can be sort of hard to grasp at first, but it's easy to get the hang of! I love the critique sandwich-- an example would be starting out with something you like about the work ("I love your use of colors in this piece") following with constructive feedback ("It might help if you added some darker colors as shadows, that way it would make the light sources pop") and finishing with another positive ("Overall, I feel like you created a really interesting composition"). I hope this helped-- here's a link to a video where Prof Lieu and Alex Rowe critique an illustration portfolio: ruclips.net/video/_xKWQaizzo0/видео.html It can provide better, real life examples! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

  • @simplyme135
    @simplyme135 4 года назад

    And again, comment after the action. I have a complex relationship with Critique in general. It was always a fascinating topic for me from a psychological standpoint, so I read some material in the past and listened to NPR. IMHO, constructive criticism does not exist, there is only criticism. Period. Unless you are the most tactful person on the planet or teacher or have been asked to- do not criticize. Simple. That's in general. Regarding Art critics ( some rules still apply: read above). I was ok with it till last semester. Live Drawing Prof asked for the final critic to bring two drawings: the best and the worst as we see them. Long story short, I was the only one who followed the instruction. Meaning I did bring the worst ( was not difficult to find one) and the best. Everybody brought: best and even better.. I know this as I was present in the class the whole semester. And, besides, Prof was asking all the time my classmates to point out which drawing out of two they think is the worst. The bottom line, not going into details of the event ( there is more of this story) I will be smarter next time....

    • @artprof
      @artprof  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for sharing your perspective on critique, I applaud you on your commitment to the assignment! -Marc Stier, Art Prof Staff

  • @wop130
    @wop130 3 года назад

    Casey Roonan doeeee! 😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @captin-ds6xj
    @captin-ds6xj 3 года назад

    I want to pursue art but I feel like my skills and work are not nearly enough to do so... I don't know what I'm gonna do

    • @artprof
      @artprof  3 года назад

      It's never too late to start practicing! If you're truly passionate about it, I say go for it. This artist curriculum video might help you out: ruclips.net/video/KIEXU1tP8rI/видео.html - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

  • @andrewduan8059
    @andrewduan8059 Год назад

    "You have no artistic skills, how did you get into RISD?"
    "What is this? Tell me more? Why? Why?"
    "There's so little to observe here, why did you draw this?" (Why ask this question as a professor if you just told me to draw whatever comes to mind?)
    Particularly Drawing at RISD:
    There will only be two case for me,
    1. No one speaks, complete silence and the professor criticizes hard
    2. Some start to quote "I think this not your real skill, you can do better than this!" or either asking me why I draw too similar or too different, or even ask about my background in the field of art
    My question is, if Critique is meant to help people improve and by being helpful without being too rude, why would I have to experience such during the first semester and specifically Drawing? Why do I have to be forced to be weak when I have the rights to choose I want to be? Why when I am the one who paid for the tuition get such result of learning nothing out of this Drawing class instead, comes out of the class with inner scars and wounds?

    • @artprof
      @artprof  Год назад

      I went to RISD and I completely agree-- my friends and I often talk about how detrimental an environment like that can be. Despite all of the good parts, it has lasting effects I struggle with even now - Mia, Art Prof Staff

  • @AriesArtist8
    @AriesArtist8 4 года назад +1

    My professor was the worst...always critizing...not criticting

  • @oatsthedog
    @oatsthedog 4 года назад +2

    critique the art not the artist.

  • @ElCrimsonMoon
    @ElCrimsonMoon 4 года назад +1

    I find some students are not accepting what teachers need to express and too much negative emotion.. They are taking it too personal it's annoying. Guess younger students only care about how they feel how and not taking criticism for improvement. Dislike this video a lot as an art student.. It's disappointing that these kids still kids.

  • @parthsavyasachi9348
    @parthsavyasachi9348 4 года назад +5

    So if you are feminist then others have to follow your nonesense. What does objectifying women means btw? Its an art piece , if you do not like it its fine. Why stop others and make them follow what you think is right.

    • @w4r7
      @w4r7 4 года назад +4

      And the illustrations they showed were awesome! Why can't it be about celebrating the female form?

  • @christopherlyonas6523
    @christopherlyonas6523 4 года назад

    To be honest i don't enjoy hearing foul language from any source online or in person. It may be there choice to communicate in the way they choose. Although It is my choice to watch another channel and to walk away, even as an artist.
    thank you