A form for comparing formal qualities of two works of art, based on Richard Nelson's teaching.

1. Quality
Theme
(religious, landscape, conceptual…)
Subject
(Last Supper, Hana Bridge, Love…)
Interpretation
(realism, romanticism…)
Medium & materials
(painting, printmaking…)
Forming process
(glazing, palette knife…)
Approach
(deliberate, intuitive…)
Formal qualities
Line
(weight, action, character…)
Form
(organic, man-made…)
Value
(high key, low key, full range…)
Color
(saturation, temperature…)
Space
(flat, 3D, plane/recession…)
Light
(source, intensity, hue…)
Edges
(hard, soft, disappearing…)
Surface
(dull, textured, transparent…)
Composition
(formal, candid…)
Presentation
(matting, framing…)