Additional Strategies TO INITIATE DISCUSSION What's going on in this painting? What clues does the painting give to you (character, setting, time of day, season, conflict, etc.)? TO PERPETUATE THE DISCUSSION What else can you find? What more do you see? Who can add to that? Who sees something else? Does anyone see something different? EXPLORE THE PEOPLE IN THE ARTWORK What do you think the people in the painting saying? How do you think they feel? What makes you say that? EXPLORE THE SCENE IN THE ARTWORK If you could hop into the painting, what would you do there? How long would you stay? Why? What would your five senses tell you if you were in the middle of the scene? (Would you feel the sun shining on your face? Would you feel a breeze? How does the artist let you “feel” these things? Is it noisy or quiet? Which one of the senses does the work best fit? Why?) EXPLORE THE STUDENTS' INTERPRETATIONS/FEELINGS ABOUT THE ARTWORK What would you title this painting? Why do you think the artist entitled this painting _______________? How does this painting make you feel? Why do you say this? How is the image in the painting similar to/different from your own lives? Would you like this painting hanging in your room? Why or why not?