types of painting.

1. Do you like painting? Can you name some famous artist you are familiar with?

2. How many of different types of paintings do you know?

Step 3: Introduction

Look at the paintings and talk about them.

Picture 1:

What is a mural?

What are the characteristics of a mural?

Picture 2:

What is a still life picture?

What are the characteristics of a still life picture?

Picture 3:

What do you know about abstract art?

Do you think it easy or difficult to understand abstract painting?

Picture 4:

What do you know about paintings of nature?

Picture 5:

What do you know about a portrait?

Do you know any famous portrait in the world?

Step 4: Practice

　Match the different types of paintings with the right pictures.

Step 5: Discussion:

1. Nowadays more and more people would like to spend lots of money buying some paintings to decorate their house. Do you know the reason?

2. Do you think painting is also a kind of language?

Step 6: Exercises

1. His theory is so ____ that few people can understand it.

A.practical B. concrete C: abstract D. reasonable

2. Usually in a formal article, there is a (n) ____before the main body.

A. abstract B. outline C.summary D. introduction