1. Gallery or Museum Observation Reflection
Name:
Gallery or Museum:
Location:
Artist:
Title of Work:
Date:
1. What do you see?
What are some of the specific lines, shapes, colors, textures that you see? Also, what adjectives,
phrases, or statements come to mind when you first look at this artwork?
2. What does it mean? What is it all about?
What story might be told? What emotions or feelings do you get when you look at the artwork?
3. How do you know what it means? What is it all about?
Go back to the art for visual clues (lines, shapes, colors, textures) for your answers. The proof is
in what you see.
4. How is it important?
From what culture, time period, and style do you think this piece of art belongs? What
significance or value does it have today?
5. Do you like it? Why or why not?
What attracted you to it?
Form Courtesy of Mrs. Riley
