When describing a painting, proceed in the following steps :

- Identify the painting : portrait, self-portrait, landscape, still life

- describe the painting : elements which compose the painting, colours, shapes, textures, lines and vanishing point...

- analyse the symbols, the meaning of the general direction... Make hypotheses... (We may assume that... We can consider that...)

- give your impressions, feelings... when you look at the painting, the general atmosphere, mood...

- give your opinion.