Question

You have studied painting-related words like palette, brushstrokes, shades, hue, colours, and canvas. Now, read the following paragraph and discuss in pairs what the underlined painting-related words might mean. Discuss this way:

I think ______ means ______ because the passage talks about ______.

Example: I think portrait means a picture of someone’s face because the passage talks about capturing a friend’s features.

In the art studio, young painters eagerly approached their easels, each framing a canvas that they had to work on. The teacher encouraged them to experiment with a diverse tonal range, playing with shades and hues to bring their paintings to life. One student focused on a detailed portrait, capturing his friend’s features, first with careful underpainting and then filling the final colours. Another student worked on a mural, depicting a Spring Day on the right wall of the classroom. The room continued to buzz with artistic energy.

Answer 1

1. Easels: I think easels means stands used to hold a canvas while painting because the passage talks about young painters working on their canvases.
2. Canvas: I think canvas means a surface or cloth on which a painting is made because the students have to work on it.
3. Tonal range: I think tonal range means a range of light and dark shades because the teacher asks the students to experiment with different shades and hues.
4. Shades: I think shades means different variations of a colour because the students use them to make their paintings attractive.
5. Hues: I think hues means different colours or tones of colours because the students play with them to bring their paintings to life.
6. Portrait: I think portrait means a painting or picture of a person because the student is capturing his friend’s features.
7. Underpainting: I think underpainting means the first layer of colours put on a painting because the student uses it before adding the final colours.
8. Mural: I think mural means a large painting made directly on a wall because the student is painting a Spring Day on the classroom wall.