YENRA: CLOSE-LOOKING NOTES
Use with https://yenra.com/artists/
Version: October 11, 2026. A reusable observation aid, not an authentication form.

Choose one artwork in a gallery or a museum's online image. Allow ten minutes:
2 minutes whole view; 3 minutes detail; 3 minutes record/comparison; 2 minutes notes.
Use permitted viewing positions; follow the museum's rules for drawing materials.
Print this sheet or copy it into your notes app. Repeat for another work.

IDENTIFY THE WORK
Artist / maker:
Title (copy the collection title):
Date and what it dates (design, making, casting, etc.):
Medium / materials:
Dimensions and units:
Collection / inventory number:
Object-record URL and date checked:
Viewing conditions (original, screen, print; whole image or detail):

1. DESCRIBE BEFORE INTERPRETING
Three visible details (shape, position, color, marks, texture, scale):
a.
b.
c.
Where did your eye go first, and what drew it there?

2. EXAMINE HOW IT IS MADE
Painting/drawing: compare one edge, one mark and a light-dark change.
Object/sculpture: compare front, side and reverse views where available.
Which observation is limited by the photograph, screen or viewing position?

3. CHECK CONTEXT AND SOURCES
One fact established by the object record:
One statement by the artist, museum, researcher or relevant community:
Who made that statement, when, and where can another reader find it?
For a named person or community, check the name and context with relevant sources.

4. INTERPRET AND TEST
My interpretation:
The visible detail that supports it:
A second possible interpretation of the same detail:
What further evidence could help choose between them?

OPTIONAL COMPARISON
Second work: artist, title, date, medium, collection number and URL:
One shared feature:
One specific difference:
What might medium, size, function or context contribute to that difference?

FINISH
One thing I noticed only after a second look:
One question still open:
Next source or work to explore:

Keep observation, personal interpretation and sourced claims separately labeled.
The article hero illustrations are conceptual; use museum records for actual art.