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My favourite painting

Choose your favourite painting and write a review.

– Write the title of the painting and the author.

– Paragraph 1. INTRODUCTION. What is your favourite painting? What can you see? Describe it.

– Paragraph 2. THE PAINTING. What is happening in the picture? What are the people doing?

– Paragraph 3. YOUR OPINION. Why do you like the painting? Do you like other paintings from this painter?

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Our favourite paintings

Describing a work of art

I. Do you like art? Do you have a favourite work of art?

II. This is one of my favourite works of art. Do you Know Miquel Barceló?

Source: https://www.bonart.cat/actual/miquel-barcelo-exposara-vida-de-pop-a-la-galeria-elvira-gonzalez/

Look at the picture. What colours can you see? Do you like it?

III. Look at the adjectives in the box. Which ones can you use to describe the painting?

dark surprising imaginative special ordinary disappointing extraordinary bright dull light modern cheerful realistic invisible gloomy

a) Let’s check the meaning of some of these words.

b) Which adjectives are positive? Which ones are negative? Which ones can be both?

c) Do the crossword and find 4 pairs of opposites.

d) What other adjectives can you remember in English? Can any of them describe art?

IV. In pairs, write a sentence using the adjectives to describe the following works of art. Which do you like? Which don’t you like? Why?

Example: The sculpture in number 1 is modern and imaginative. I like number 1 because it is elegant.

LINK TO THE PICTURES