DESCRIPTION

A description is a statement that lists the characteristics of a person, an object, an animal, a place, a situation or an abstract concept.

To practice the process of describibg you can use a painting, here we give you some useful vocabulary to use:

TYPE

-Landscape

-Seascape

-Waterscape

-Portrait

-Self-portrait

-Caricature 

TECHNIQUE

-Charcoal

-Oil

-Ink

-Chalk                                              

-Color pencil

-Pencil

-Watercolor

MOVEMENT

-Baroque

-Cubism

-Realism

-Impressionism

-Surrealism

-Abstract                                         

OTHER

- Colorful

-Monochromatic

-Sepia

-Cool colors

-Warm colors

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To describe the three plains in a painting, you can use:

-In the front I can see.......

-In the middle there is.....

-In the back there are.....

You can speculate on the message of the painting by using:

-I think the painting represents.....

-I think the author expresses.......

e.g. The title of the painting is The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, it belongs to the impressionist movement. It is a landscape, and the technique is oil.

The painting has cool colors mostly, and some yellow tones.

In the front I can see sort of a dried trunk of a tree, in the middle There is a picturesque little town, and in the back I can see a cloudy sky full of shiny stars.

I think the author wants to represent the beauty of night, as well as showing the calm and silence that you can experience when everyone is sleeping.

Esta imágen no me pertenece, ni ninguno de sus derechos

Exercise:

Describe the following paintings to practice your writing skill

Estas imágenes no me pertenecen, ni ninguno de sus derechos