Choose one of the words below and explain it without using any of the words in the box until your partner guesses which one it is.
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abstract/ non-figurative |
atelier/ studio
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automatic pencil/ mechanical pencil |
average
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baby word
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broadsheet
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canvas
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caption
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charcoal
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chisel
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comic
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cop show
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costume drama
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couch potato
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cubism
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dish/ satellite dish
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expand/ increase/ rise |
expensive/ dear/ prohibitive |
glossy
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graffiti
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ink
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negative
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paintbrush
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palette
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pointillism
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pop video
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portrait/ group portrait |
positive
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pot/ vase
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Roman building/ Roman architecture |
sculpture/ statue
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semi-abstract
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still life
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stone
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subtitles
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sunflowers
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tabloid
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the box
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the seventies
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water lilies
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weather forecast
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wood
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your stars/ star signs/ astrology |
zapper
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Ask your partner about any of the words you don’t understand and ask them to explain in English.
Choose one of the things above and draw it until your partner guesses. You can use numbers and symbols but no letters or words
Choose one of the things above and explain its appearance without mentioning its materials, colour or function so that your partner can draw it and work out what it is. It might help if you draw it first somewhere your partner can’t see and then describe that drawing to them. Things you might want to mention:
– Shape
– Size
– (Usual) direction
– Positions
– Pattern
No pointing or gestures!
Draw lines across the list below to divide it into categories of language that is useful for describing art.
Tiny/ Miniscule/ Minute/ Microscopic
Huge/ Massive/ Gigantic/ Enormous
Fairly big
Life-sized
Medium-sized
Pretty small
Standing
Sitting
Lying (down)/ Reclining
Squatting
Leaning
Top right corner
Bottom edge
Right hand side
Centre/ Core
Platform/ Plinth
Stand
Base
Wide/ Width/ Broad/ Breadth
Narrow/ Narrowness
Long/ Length
High/ Height
Thick/ Thickness
Equilateral triangle
Semi-circle
Hourglass
Rectangle/ oblong
Ellipse/ oval/ egg shape
Diamond
Much wider
By far the tallest
A little bit thicker
On
Above
Under
In front of
Opposite
Behind
Near/ Close
Separate/ Distant
Adjacent/ Touching
Next to
Pyramid
Cone
Cut off cone
Tube/ Cylinder
Spiral/ Helix
Extended cube
Hemisphere
Straight
Zigzag/ Spiky
Parallel
Curve/ Bend
Wavy/ Wiggly
Vertical
Horizontal
Diagonal
At ninety degrees/ At right angles
At forty-five degrees
Transparent/ Translucent
Glowing/ Shining/ Emitting light
Reflective/ Glossy
Matt
Leaf
Pinecone
Twig
Bark
Stone
Ask your partner and then the teacher to explain any you don’t understand. Can you add any more to those categories?
Work together to quickly draw each of those things. Label each picture so your teacher can check.
Draw something that needs at least three things from the lists to describe and dictate it to your partner until they have drawn it correctly.
Choose one of the pictures on the page your teacher gives you that is easy to describe and do so until your partner has produced a reasonable picture of it. It’s not a guessing game, so you can mention what it is, its materials and colours etc – but no pointing or gestures!
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