Conversation Questions
Painting
A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.
- Do you like paintings?
- What are some famous paintings that you like? You don't like?
- Can you paint?
- What type of painting do you do?
- Have you ever sold one of your paintings
- Are you impressed with people who know how to paint?
- Do you have a painting of yourself?
- Would you like to pose for a painting of yourself?
- Do you know anyone who had been paid to pose for a nude painting?
- Do you like to watch a person painting?
- What's the most expensive and most beautiful painting you have ever seen?
- How much are you willing to pay for a beautiful painting?
- Do you know Leonardo da Vinci and his paintings?
- Can you name some of his paintings?
- Do have paintings at home for decoration?
- If you could be given the talent to paint, what would you paint?
- Would you sell your paintings?
Can You Say a Few Things About this Painting?
(Bring some pictures to class and ask these questions.)- How do the colors make you feel?
- How is the perspective of the painting?
- Does the painting make you feel happy or sad?
- Is it a somber or a energetic painting?
- How about the color sequence? Is it cool or warm?
- Do you like the touch of the painting?
- Can you paint like this?
- How do you get those colors?
- How does an artist get this color?
- Do you like the brush strokes?
- Isn`t this a dynamic painting?
- Isn`t this a somber painting?
- How does one draw like this?
- Does this painting look three dimensional to you? Why?
- What time of day is this painting?
- I wonder what the artist wanted to say?
- What does the artist want to say?
If you can think of another good question for this list, please add it.
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Thanks to Tim Barnes who suggested this topic and contributed the first 30 questions in November 2011.
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