Assignment #2

Fluency is very important in creativity because it expresses the importance of generating many ideas, which leads to flexibility. Flexibility is taking those many ideas and turning them into many different ideas. It can also be having many different perspectives. Originality is generating unusual ideas in art, such as "thinking outside the box", in order to allow your art to stand out from others. Elaboration is adding details to ideas in order to improve them. This can be going back to a painting after you've finished and adding a new color, or taking a simple story and adding embellishment to the story line.

In the Feldman Method, you have to use a couple different approaches to criticize the art.

First, you must describe the art by asking yourself questions such as "Who is the artist?", "What is the medium?" (Whether it is a painting, print, or dance), "How big is the work of art?", and "What are the characteristics of the work of art?”

Then, you must analyze the art by using elements and principles to further describe the work of art. For example, you can describe the texture in the painting, the shape of the sculpture, or the form in the print.

After this, you must interpret the art by asking yourself "What does this work of art mean?". You can do this by seeing if the artist was creating a metaphor, or describing the feeling that the art gives you as the viewer. You can also try to interpret whether the art has an alternate meaning, such as a social or historical viewpoint.

Finally, you have to evaluate. This can be very simply answered by whether or not you like the art. If so, why do you like it? What did you like about the artists technique? Or if not, what didn't you like about the art? After you evaluate, you are through the Feldman Method of Art Criticism.