Verbal Description Drawings

Students listen to a description of a master work of art without knowing how it appears and create their own version prior to being shown the actual masterpiece.

The Repast of the Lion ca. 1907

Henri Rousseau (le Douanier) French

Henri Rousseau (le Douanier) | The Repast of the Lion | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

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Vincent van Gogh Dutch

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436533?&pkgids=413&ft=*&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=14

Ophelia

(Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7)March 1, 1866

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/368061?&pkgids=397&ft=*&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=7