1. Using Art as a Writing Prompt
Prof. Myrna Monllor Jiménez
Prof. Helen Domenech

2. My Cat by Barbara Esbensen

3. My cat is asleep-white paws Stay in your holes mice!
folded under his chin My cat sees you
He is a soft grey in his dreams
smudge on the round rug and has left
his motor running.
Dozing in the sun
He is a warm round stone
with a fur collar
My cat is taking a nap
Not a whisker Trembles
Not a hair Moves
His breath goes softly
in and out

4. Definition
A description is your vivid observation in words of someone or something that you have seen and want to convey to your reader. When you write descriptions your objective should be to create a lively picture in your reader's mind.
Johannes Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring

5. “The painting was like none of his others
“The painting was like none of his others. It was just of me, of my head and shoulders, with no tables or curtains, no windows or powder-brushes to soften and distract. He had painted me with my eyes wide, the light falling across my face but the left side of me left in shadow. I was wearing blue and yellow and brown. The cloth wound round my head made me look not like myself, but like Griet from another town, even from another country altogether. The background was black, making me appear very much alone, although I was clearly looking at someone. I seemed to be waiting for something I did not think would ever happen.”
Griet, main character Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.

6. Procedure Choose one of the following pictures
Look carefully at the painting you selected
Think of the following: Where are we? What is happening? What do you see? What attracts your attention? What words would you use to describe what you have seen?

7. Roots, Frida Kahlo

8. The Tragedy, Pablo Picasso

9. The Procuress
Johannes Vermeer

10. Café au nuit, Van Gogh

11. Don Miguel Antonio de Ustariz, José Campeche

12. La Consulta, Mike Hernández

13. Exploration of the Source of the Orinoco River, Remedios Varo

14. Visit to the Plastic Surgeon
Remedios Varo

15. Borges o El Aleph
Francisco Rodón

16. Autorretrato No.1
María de Mater O’Neill

17. El estudiante
Francisco Oller
Louvre Museum

18. Paintings Roots, Frida Kahlo The Tragedy, Pablo Picasso
Café au nuit, Van Gogh
The Procuress, Johannes Vermeer
Don Miguel Antonio de Ustariz, José Campeche
La Consulta, Mike Hernández
Exploration of the Source of the Orinoco River, Remedios Varo
Visit to the Plastic Surgeon, Remedios Varo
Borges o El Aleph, Francisco Rodón
Autorretrato No. 1, María de Mater O’Neill
El Estudiante, Francisco Oller