DESCRIBING A PICTURE 1. Have a close look at the Picture and decide on how you are going to organize your description. What is important or special? 2. Make sure your description is logically organized . From left to right or from right to left From the background to the foreground or from the foreground to background From the middle to the sides From details to general impressions. 3. Describing pictures in general Short description of the scene What can you see Details 4. Information on artist and year of origin It is a painting by … (artist), painted in … (year). It , painted in … (year), is a work by … (artist) … (artist) painted … (image) in … (year). … (image) is a famous painting by … (artist). The picture was taken in … (place). (Está foto fue tomada en …… (lugar) The photo was taken at … (party). (Esta foto foto fue tomada en …..(lugar) The picture shows a scene from … (Esta foto muestra una escena de …..) It's an image of … (place, person, scene) .(Es una imagen de…….) The picture describes … (scene). ( La foto/imagen describe …………… The picture shows … (place, person, scene) from a distance. … (place, person, scene) is shown from … (a bird's eye view/…). You look at … (place, person, scene) from … (above/behind/…). People are +ing ( people are running , eating ice-cream, ….) In the picture you can see … … on the left/right/….. there is / are … DESCRIBING THE SCENE WHAT CAN YOU SEE?