
Ahmed Kheder
Criteria of an artwork
Updated: 7 days ago
Criteria of an oil painting artwork is not easy and it goes beyond the first impression and emotional effect the Artwork leave in the heart after passing through the eyes, how you see its basic elements?

Color
An artwork will create very different energy depending on whether it contains all one color, a few colors, or many colors. And then the type of energy they emit will depend on what exactly those colors are. For example, a monochromatic painting that contains seven different tints and shades of off-white will look and feel entirely different than a painting that has the exact same composition, but is painted with every color
Light and shades
The sensitivity of the artist towards the light and shades is crucial for a high quality visual artwork, painting realism impressionism or even expressionism, the ability of the artist to work with light and shades indicates professionalism.
subject expression
the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse within a person. The artist accomplishes this aim through distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, and fantasy and through the vivid, jarring, violent, or dynamic application of formal elements.
composition
Composition is the arrangement of elements in a work of art. It’s how the artist arranges shapes, colors, and lines to create a pleasing effect. A good painting composition can make a painting look effortless, while a bad one can make it look chaotic and unappealing.
Theme
Gathering all elements together and targeting a homogeneous or heterogeneous emotionally effective artwork, sometimes effective heterogeneous artwork is much more harder to reach than homogeneous artwork.
Interpretation and the clarity of the theme to the viewer, Creativity and originality of the depicted theme, Quality of artistic composition and overall design based on the theme, Overall impression of the art.