Evaluating Drawings
Introduced| English | Meaning |
|---|---|
| critique/krɪˈtiːk/ | A reasoned discussion and evaluation of an artwork's choices, effects and possible development. |
| visual evidence/ˈvɪʒuːəl ˈevɪdəns/ | Images or visible features used to support a claim, interpretation or assessment. |
| revision/rɪˈvɪʒn/ | Reviewing and changing work to improve its accuracy, clarity or effectiveness. |
The four-step critique
- Critique 评图 — of your own and others' work — is how an investigation steers (CED 1.D).
- Use the ladder: describe, analyse, interpret, judge.
- It keeps opinions grounded in what is actually visible.
The four-step critique ladder is describe, analyse, interpret, and ____.
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Describe → analyse → interpret → judge.
"I like it" is a complete critique.
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It points at no visible evidence and no action.
Point to visual evidence
- Speak the AP language: point to visual evidence 视觉证据 of skills, materials, processes, ideas.
- Ask one focused question per critique ("does the focal point read?"), not "is it good?"
- Create distance to self-critique: turn it upside down, use a mirror, photograph it small.
Ingres portrait drawing: critique names visible visual evidence of line and tone
Which critique step?
Sort each statement into a step of the four-step critique.
Select all ways to create distance for self-critique.
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Distance means seeing it fresh, not avoiding it.
Critique drives revision
- Written reflections after critiques become drafts of your Sustained Investigation writing.
- Revision 修改 decisions born from critique are exactly the development the rubric wants.
- A critique that changes nothing was not really a critique.
A critique that leads to changing a work drives ____.
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Critique → revision is the development loop.
Match the phrase to its critique step.
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Evidence first, decision last.
"I like it / I don't like it" is not a critique — it gives you nothing to act on. Force every judgement to point at visible evidence: which mark, which value, which edge made you say so.
Instead of "the portrait feels off", the four steps give: describe — the left eye sits higher; analyse — it breaks the eye-line; interpret — the face looks unsettled; judge — lower it 3 mm. Now you know exactly what to revise.
Critique steers investigation via describe → analyse → interpret → judge, always pointing to visual evidence. Its written reflections feed your portfolio writing, and its decisions drive revision.
Write from a shoulder that should drop 2 cm
- Describe, analyse, interpret, then judge.
- The shoulder sits 2 cm too high.
A critique says a shoulder looks wrong. Using describe, analyse, interpret, and judge, the student finds the shoulder is 2 cm too high. What can be revised?
A measured error can be redrawn. A vague dislike cannot.
What should the revision do?
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The critique located a 2 cm error, so the revision has a target.