Describe, Listen, Draw: Object One

Describe and Sketch

  • When it is your turn to be a “describer,“ use lots of detail to describe the object in the picture below. Use Vocabulary for Describing an Artwork where helpful.
  • Be specific—the sketcher relies completely on the your words to draw the object without seeing it.
  • Describe the shape, size, decoration, lines, patterns, and other details. The sketcher's drawing will only be as accurate as your description!
Vase with two people fighting a hydra

Caeretan Hydria, 520–510 B.C.E., Attributed to Eagle Painter (Greek). Terracotta, 17 9/16 × 14 15/16 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 83.AE.346

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