Course : Art and its true colours

Course code : 1901060287

1901060265  -  Ioanna Zafeiriou

Units - 3: A visit to our virtual gallery

3: A visit to our virtual gallery

(Image source: https://www.freepik.es/vector-premium/galeria-arte-moderno-visitantes-cuadros-abstractos-colgados-pared-sala-exposiciones-o-museo_9555203.htm)

In this lesson you are going to create a virtual gallery of artworks.

Write a paragraph on Padlet describing the painting you've chosen from the digital collections and the subject's feelings. Use suitable verbs, adjectives and adverbs in your description. Include a picture of the painting in your post (copy and post its link).

Post your paragraphs on this padlet:

https://el.padlet.com/iozaf/wdh1srl8z4f237v3

Useful phrases:

Colours: warm/cold, bright/dark, deep/light, soft

The picture is painted in …… colours. These colours contrast very well.
The dominating colours are ….
The colours contrast with each other.

The colours complement each other.

Here you can use a variety of adjectives describing feelings and emotions, such as any of these:

POSITIVE: happy, excited, joyous, optimistic, calm, serene

NEGATIVE: angry, gloomy, nervous, moody, sad, cold

NEUTRAL / CONTEXT-SPECIFIC: nostalgic, sentimental, longing

x makes me feel y (x = who/what causes the emotion, y = adjective)

e.g. This painting makes me feel sad. Then add a simple explanation as to why that is: This painting makes me feel sad, because it’s very dark and gloomy. Or, you could be more positive, and say something like The painting makes me feel so calm and serene, because of the lovely moonlight.

  • In the centre/middle of the painting we can see a ….
  • In the foreground there is a….
  • In the background there are….
  • In the far distance we can make out the outline of a…
  • On the left/ right stands/ sits…

....there is a woman wearing a white dress...

....a man dressed as a nobleman...

They might be talking about…
She may have just woken up…
It looks as if …

I feel extremely impressed by this painting.

It is brilliant, amazing. It is a real masterpiece by (….. the painter).

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