A simple description done to help my students

1. DESCRIBING A PICTURE
YOU CAN DO IT IN AN EASY WAY
FOLLOWING THE STEPS AND USING
STRUCTURES YOU KNOW

2. LET´S HAVE AN EXAMPLE

3. THIS PAINTING IS the saint dinner by
Leonardo Da Vinci
This painting was made by Leonardo Da Vinci. It
was painted in ……. And it is in Milán in a
cathedral.
He wanted to represent the moment in which
Jesus Christ is betrayed by Judas.
HOW CAN WE DESCRIBE IT? ´LET´S SEE…..

4. WHAT WE CAN SEE
AT THE BACK
AT THE TOP
IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE PICTURE
ON THE LEFT ON THE RIGHT
AT THE BOTTOM
AT THE FRONT

5. LET´S START WRITING
IN THE MIDDLE
• INTHE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE
WE CAN SEE THE IMAGE OF
JESUS CHRIST. HE IS SITTING
DOWN WITH HIS HANDS OPEN
ON THE TABLE. WE CAN SEE
THAT HE IS QUIET AND SEEMS
TO BE SMILING.HE IS WEARING
RED AND BLUE CLOTHES.
• IN MY OPINION HE IS JOINING
ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE
PICTURE.

6. LEFT
ON THE LEFT THERE ARE SIX MEN
LOOKING AT JESUS CHRIST. THERE
ARE THREE STANDING UP. The first
man is wearing dark green clothes.
He is laughing. The following man
wearing red clothes is putting his
hand on the other man´s shoulder.
The white haired man is expresing
something with his hands open.
Close to the figure of Jesus Christ there are three men. One of them is
lying on the table watching the rest of the group. The one with long,
brown hair is sad with his eyes closed. The colours of their clothes
are blue, black and dark red.

7. RIGHT
ON THE RIGHT THERE ARE SIX
MEN SPEAKING AND
SHOWING SURPRISE.
THEIR HANDS ARE REALLY
MEANINGFUL. AND SO
THEIR FACES ARE.THEY ARE
SPEAKING ABOUT
SOMETHING IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THEY ARE
WORRIED AND ARE ASKING
FOR SOME EXPLANATIONS.

8. AT THE TOP
AT THE BACK
• AT THE TOP THERE IS A
CEILING DECORATED WITH
BLACK SQUARES AND AT THE
BACK THERE ARE THREE
WINDOWS. THE LIGHT OF THE
PAINTING IS GETTING INTO
THE ROOM AND WE CAN SEE
THE COUNTRYSIDE THROUGH
THEM.

9. AT THE BOTTOM
AT THE FRONT
• AT THE BOTTOM WE CAN SEE THE TABLE WITH THE
WHITE TABLECLOTH AND THE FOOD THEY ARE
SHARING . AT THE FRONT THERE IS A DECORATED
SQUARE. IT DOESN´T LET US SEE IF JESUS CHRIST IS
SITTING OR STANDING UP.
• WE CAN SEE THE MEN´S FEET WITH PART OF
THEIR CLOTHES AND THE FLOOR OF THE ROOM.

10. WHAT THEY ARE DOING
• THE MEN ARE SPEAKING AND DISCUSSING
ABOUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT. THEIR FACES
ARE EXPRESSING SURPRISE, WORRY AND
CONCERN.
• THE FIGURE OF JESUS CHRIST IS GIVING PEACE
TO THE SCENE FROM THE MIDDLE-

11. MY OPINION
• I LIKE THE PAINTING BECAUSE THE ARTIST IS
PLAYING WITH THE COLOURS : ON THE ONE
HAND, WHITE, BLACK AND GREY IN THE
FURNITURE AND WALLS AND ,ON THE OTHER
HAND, GREEN, BLUE, RED AND LIGHT BROWN IN
THE HUMAN PART.
• MOREOVER, I FANCY THE WAY HE MADE THE
STRUCTURE: THREE SCENES INSIDE ONE- ONE
GROUP OF MEN .. JESUS CHRIST.. THE OTHER
GROUP OF MEN. IT MEANS BALANCE AMONG
ALL PARTS.