road - route

path - chemin

mud - boue

field - champ

muddy - boueux

bent over - plié

wear - porter ( vêtements)

cold - froid

poor -pauvre

drab - fade, terne

smoke - fumée

crows - corbeaux

Talking about a painting

1) The painting is from ............, it is by ............,  the title is ............

2) The style of  the painting is ............and ............. The technique used is ............

3) In this painting, we can see a group of ............ ..............., they are ................ing .................Their backs are .................. because the sacks are ................ Their clothes are very ................ and ................ on their feet, they have ...............Their work must be very ................ and ..........

The season is ...................., there is a lot of ...................... and the ground is .............. so it must be very .........................

In the background, we can see a .......................... with ................... and a factory with big .................The women are walking towards .........................., they may be taking .................. to the .................

Along the road, there are a lot of ................... trees. Between the women and the village, we can see a lot of ....................

4) The main colour of this painting is ................, the women are ..................... and ..............., they are very ..................... There is a big contrast between the ......................... and the .......................

There is not a lot of ....................... in this painting, so the overall effect is ..................... and .................

5) This painting shows the ............................... of poor women and their ...................... and ..................... working conditions. Maybe Van Gogh painted this to .........................

6) When we look at this painting, we feel very ................ for the women. It is ............... to imagine such ...................... work.

7) I like this painting because ...........................  I don't like it because ...................

For me, this painting is ...................... and .................. because .............................

According to me, it is .............................

Women miners Van Gogh - La Hague Belgium - 1882 - watercolour

Vocabulary

factory - usine

industry

chimney - cheminée

church - église

carry - porter

sacks - sacs

coal - charbon

clogs - sabots