DESCRIBING

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DESCRIBING
PAINTINGS
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What do you see?
The task is to describe and present a picture
without

• Saying uhh, umm, errr, and too many pauses

• Presenting without looking at the picture

• To give concise information

• To give a descriptive presentation in a few
  minutes.

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Composition
Background
Middle/central
Foreground
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Spatial relationships
Where is the cow to the tree?
Adjacent to the tree.
Next to, close to, besides
Across the river and up over on the hill.
Across the river On the opposite side
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• On your handout is at least five things you need
  to list what you see in this picture.
• For each subject
• Adjective
• Noun
• Where
• Doing

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Lets just describe the woman.
Bright red hair
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Woman
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Sitting on a blanket beside the man
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Holding a basket
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Using your own words, put these into a sentence.
Bright red hair
Woman
Sitting on a blanket beside the man
Holding a basket
there is a woman with bright red hair, sitting
on a blanket beside the man and holding a basket.
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Step 1 Your group will be given 3 minutes to
make a list of at least 5 things in a
painting. Step 2 You will describe the painting
to the class.
But! You cant look at the painting when you are
describing it, you must use just your notes only.
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Your group will describe what you will see in
paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. Some useful
starting sentences. What you can see in this
painting is. The first thing you will notice
is . At first glance you will see What
captures your eyes attention is ..
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