Keith Haring

Journal/reflection- Keith Haring "like" Drawing.

Please address the process of critique based on the model below...as we did in class... make sure you write about all 

three and the considerations you made while working on your composition. Don't forget to "click" on the button 

"submit assignment" after you have drag and dropped the PDF document into the window (as discussed in class) . 

Make sure that you have inserted an image (small) of your artwork into the word document so I can see what you 

are talking about. 

Model for Critique: 

Description- A verbal account of "what is there" on the surface of the picture plane. 

Analysis- A discussion of how things are presented with an emphasis on relationships. 

Interpretation- A sense of meaning, implication or effect of the artwork. 

DESCRIPTION: first thing I see is the massive amount of black coloring on the piece. There are blue and 

and red lines so the other images can stand out. The sheer darkness and depth of the black coloration lets 

my eyes move down the drawing and then I start to see the blue and red figures. I also see the cartoon 

shapes of fish, all in various sizes but all the same color and x’s on where the eyes should be. 

ANALYSIS: I noticed after some observation that I put a large asymmetrical emphasis using color with 

the top extremely dark and the bottom of the piece being mostly absent of color with only a minimal 

amount of red and blue. There are also no fish shapes above or going through the black part of the 

drawing, causing the majority of the focus to be on the middle and lower half. The blue that is left in 

smalls spaces between the fish is what is believed to be the original backdrop of the drawing, not the 

black that currently dominated the piece. 

INTERPRETAION: (the best part of the critique!) So when I first started out on this Keith Haring 

inspired art piece I had thoughts on drawing about global climate change, gay marriage, and the clash of 

the old and new generation. However, once I put my pencil on the large art paper, my mind went to 

thinking about oil spills and the devastation that has caused in the global marine waters. I also switched 

art mediums when I was in the process of my art piece by switching from sharpie markers to black nail 

polish to really catch the representation of oil pouring over the fish and almost completely blocking out 

the ocean. My message was about the oil spill but it was also more of a warning that this is just the 

beginning of the disaster. If we (as the human race) do not put an end to the harm we are doing to the 

earth, not only will we suffer, but the animals, plants, the earth will be the one to pay the price.