Ms. Hunter's Art Classes-WINTER 2005

Helpful Phrases-Describing What You See

a.
The painting is made up of ....................LINES/ SHAPES/ COLOURS/ TEXTURES/ SPACE.

e.g. The painting is made up of geometric shapes.
OR
The painting is made up of both geometric and organic shapes.

b.
All ...
Most ...
A few ...
None ... of the LINES/ SHAPES/ COLOURS/ TEXTURES/ SPACE is/ are .................

e.g. All of the shapes are square.
OR
Most of the shapes are round but a few of them are square.


c.
The .............. is on the left side/ in the middle/ the top right-hand corner/ the bottom/ the front/ the back of the painting/ etc.

e.g.
The apple is in the middle of painting.
One apple is in the front of the painting and the other is in the back of it.

d.
The ............. is very large/ large/ medium-sized, small, very small.

e.g. The apple in the front is very large but the apple in the back is small.


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