Writing Art Criticism: Observe and Analyze

You have your first impressions and observations noted down as well. Now open the analytical eyes and mind and observe what the artist have produced.

Next you have to analyze the what you have perceived  and felt. Then you have to critic on why the artist have acted in the ways. This whats and whys will involved a lot of aspects like relating to history for example contrasting with another work, the relation to commercial, social, religious, intra-personal, scientific etc. aspects the scene depicted and visual senses that are caused to invoke.

Do make a list of all this whats and whys, then mapped them out with the associated aspects observed and analyzed, then structure your criticism and if you are given certain constraints like word limits or excerpts, then summarize or extract as appropriate.