Critiquing Tutorial

Since my scanner is a being a butt right now, I thought I'd just type all this. Here goes!

Oh, and these are guidelines my photography teacher gave our class to help us critique each other's pictures.

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1. Look at the picture:

-How does it make you feel?
-Does it provoke memories for you?
-What is going on in the picture?
-Is the message clear?
-Did they meet the requirements of the assignment (I guess this is more school based, but...I don't know, maybe if it was a challenge or if they had a goal to achieve or something )?
-Is the composition successful? Explain.
-Is it presented well?

2. When speaking about someone's work you should sandwich your responses. This means:

-Begin with one positive commment
-Discuss any areas for improvement
-Finish with an overall positive observation

3. Suggestions:

-Would the picture look better from a different angle (for example, high up instead of eye level)?
-What would you change about the lighting (yeah, more photography related...)
-Is there too much negative space or too much positive space?
-To improve the mood, you would change (i.e. colours)?
-I find ____ annoying. I would...
-To emphasize the subject more I would...

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Please keep in mind that I did not write this, it was my teacher who did. So I take no credit for it! It's also based on photography, but I think a lot of it can apply to any kind of art.

I hope that this helps! It sure helped me get going.