Second draft

Ashley Baustert

February 25, 2013

Visual Analysis

Mrs. Keaton

Creativity Good or Bad

            In this Visual analysis we will look at two different pictures on creativity in schools. The idea of the two pictures is different but somewhat the same. 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 also look like they are thinking and taking their time. In this picture you can see a school wall with mural. We also see yellow lockers. Shoes that the students are wearing are black and white. Students holding paint brushes with a paint rug under their feet. Paint can with paint in them and the students are using them to paint on the walls with.

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 care about their school and how it looks. The words on the wall could mean a lot of different things. The words at the top of the picture are big and talk about the world. We cannot see all the words at the top but maybe it is saying what the world is like in their school. There are also small words all over the wall. The small words look like the names of the students in that 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 with green curtains hanging from. There are desks that are facing to the left of the picture. Chairs that are sit under the desk, with paper on them with flowers in the background.  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 buildings 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.  This could be also good for the students for staying focused on their school work. The creativity is lacking in this classroom and most likely in the school also. As the creativity is lacking in this picture we do not know much about the school but from what we see we have a good idea about 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 is a big window that does 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. As you are looking at the picture we can see outside and how it is sunning and the classroom looks like it might be on the second floor of a school.  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. This picture could also be called dark because you really cannot see anything but the sun.

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. These two pictures are the best ones because it shows that students really like doing things for their school to make it look better. The other picture tells us about how a high school class looks like. 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.