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These activities come before reading the poem . They get you thinking about gardens and paintings.
I. Work in pairs. Discuss what all you see in a garden. Think of the colours you see and where you see them. Share your responses with your teacher.
Discuss what all you see in a garden, the colours you see and where you see them.
[Discussion]
How to answer:
Walk through a garden in your mind — flowers, leaves, soil, sky, butterflies — and attach a colour to each thing you “see”.
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Sample discussion answer:
In a garden I see
flowers
of many colours —
red
roses,
yellow
marigolds,
pink
and
white
blossoms on the plants. I see different shades of
green
in the grass, the leaves and the hedges. The
brown
soil lies below the plants, and the
blue
sky spreads above. I also see
colourful butterflies
on the flowers,
grey
stone paths between the flower beds and
orange-red
earthen pots along the border.
II. Look at the picture of a garden and a painting given below. Speak about any similarities between the garden and the painting.
Speak using the following:
- Just as a garden ______________, similarly, a painting ______________
- A garden and a painting, both ________.
- ______________ is common to both a garden and a painting.
- Like a garden, a painting too __________.
Complete the four sentence prompts to speak about similarities between the garden and the painting.
How to answer:
Think of what BOTH have — colours, beauty, careful arrangement, and a creator (gardener / painter). Fit one idea into each prompt.
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Model completions:
1. Just as a garden is full of beautiful colours , similarly, a painting is full of beautiful colours .
2. A garden and a painting, both please our eyes and fill us with joy .
3. The use of many colours and shades is common to both a garden and a painting.
4. Like a garden, a painting too is created slowly, with care, skill and imagination .
1. Just as a garden is full of beautiful colours , similarly, a painting is full of beautiful colours .
2. A garden and a painting, both please our eyes and fill us with joy .
3. The use of many colours and shades is common to both a garden and a painting.
4. Like a garden, a painting too is created slowly, with care, skill and imagination .
III. Let us acquaint ourselves with the meanings of palette, hue, and canvas.
- Palette: a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes colours on.
- Hue: shade of a colour
- Canvas: (here) painting
Now, look at the painting given above and identify palette, canvas, and select a hue.
Identify palette, canvas, and select a hue in the painting.
How to answer:
Use the three meanings just given — the board in the painter’s hand, the surface being painted on, and any one shade of colour you like.
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Model answer:
In the painting, the
palette
is the flat board the painter holds in one hand, with little blobs of mixed colours on it. The
canvas
is the painting itself — the stretched surface on the stand (easel) on which the picture is being made. For a
hue
, I select
sky blue
— one of the shades of blue I can see in the painting.
