When you describe a picture you need to use: Expressions and prepositions of place (on the right, on the left, in the middle, next to, on, in front of, in the foreground, in the background, etc…) You can see ……… (people, animals,….) There is a …… /there are some …… (say what they are doing,…and what they are wearing) You can say the name of the picture and the painter Finally, you can comment about the size and colours of the picture George Seurat painted this picture “Sunday afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte” in 1884 In the foreground we can see men and women sitting on the grass near the river There is a black dog There is a tall woman with a little girl in the middle of the picture The woman is carrying an umbrella to protect her from the sun There is a man wearing a black hat and a woman is wearing a big hat On the right there is woman wearing a long skirt and two girls sitting on the grass In the background we can see the river and some trees There are a lot of people walking, sitting or looking at the water There are some boats in the river The picture has many colours I think the people in the picture are having a good time It’s a beautiful picture Spanish painter: Joaquin Sorolla (1860-1923) Spanish painter: Joaquin Sorolla (1860-1923) Title: “Walking along the sea” Title: “Walking along the sea” Spanish painter: Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish painter: Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) Title: “Guernica” Title: “Guernica”