Visual Analysis

Ashley Baustert

February 25, 2013

Visual Analysis

Mrs. Keaton

            In this Visual analysis we will look at two different pictures on creativity in schools. We will look at a picture that has kids painting on the walls of the school for creativity and so others can see. The next picture will be one that does not show creativity and how that classroom looks like.
      First we will take a look at the picture of the students painting a picture on the walls of their school. This picture tells a lot about the school. It lets you know that the kids want creativity in their school and they are willing to help make sure they get it. You can tell this by looking at all the students around the wall. They are also look like they are thinking and taking their time. In this picture you can see a school wall, lockers, shoes that the students are wearing, students, paint brush, paint rug, paint can, and painting on the wall.

On the walls you can see that there is a boy, music notes, words big and little, butterflies, and a flag. As we look at the wall we can tell that the students at this school are very creative. They can about their school and how it looks. The words we see on the wall are big that talks about the world and the small words look like names.  The names on the wall look like the students from the school.

As you look at the picture you see students working. The students look like they are wearing uniforms. If you look close you can see that the colors of what the students had to wear, they were red, blue, and white. Also looking at the students you can tell they are thinking about how to make the wall look better.

         There are also lockers we can see in this picture. This tells us it is at a school and that the wall is going to be seen by everyone at that school. There are also no white spaces so the illustrator or author used all of the space to make the point that creativity in schools is a good thing.

        As in the picture above tells us about creativity in schools as you look at the picture before it tells us how creativity in schools might be taken out or not there at all. As you look at the picture you see windows, desks, chairs, and one piece of paper. This picture is very different from the one above. This picture lets us know that creativity is not in all schools but maybe for a good reason.  In this classroom as you look through the window you can see trees and more builds out in the distance.

       The desk and chairs are all in a line and in rows. They look plain and not creative at all. There is not really anything in the classroom other than the desk and chairs and paper this might be a bad thing because the students cannot use their imagination in school.  The creativity is lacking in this classroom and most likely in the school also.

       The illustrator or author of this picture did a great job of using all of the space. There is not a lot of white but there are big windows that do take away from the picture. As you look at the picture you see mostly the sun light but it lets you know what a classroom really looks like. This classroom you can tell that the students here learn their school work and do not use much creativity. This could be good for test scores but they are lacking using their creativity.

    As we look at the two different pictures and compare the two we see that they are very different. One tells us how creativity is in the school and what the students do to make sure it stays. The other one tells us that creativity is not needed for students to learn. The two pictures let us see how different schools are and how creativity is used for the two. There are many more pictures out there that could tell us about creativity in schools but thought these were the best ones to tell the story.