Composition by the painting "Friends" by E. Shirokov

Writing a text on a picture in high school implies the ability to formulate general impressions of the seen work, and explain them, and talk about those details that create the mood. In addition, the student must show the skills of a consistent and logical presentation of his thoughts, structuring the text and observing the composition. The composition-description of Shirokov’s painting “Friends” usually does not cause difficulties in motivating the task, since the plot of the work is close to most teenagers. In order to prepare them for the successful completion of the assignment, you should pay attention to the significant details, colors, composition of the picture, and also help formulate your thoughts and associations.

General plot and errors of his perception

Before the student begins to write an essay on the painting "Friends", it is necessary that he understand the overall plot of the picture. Oddly enough, important details often interfere with schoolchildren, which hinder the understanding of the seemingly obvious. So, for example, in many school essays one can read that the plot of the picture is that “the dog is looking at the boy, trying to catch his mood and comfort”, while the picture, as you know, depicts the exact opposite. Children often make mistakes even in where the characters are (from them you can hear that the boy and the dog "are sitting on the couch").

Help in understanding the plot

To organize the author’s attention and help him write an essay-story based on the picture “Friends”, without making a mistake in understanding the general content of the work, you can ask him the following approximate questions:

1. Where is the dog lying? Where is the boy sitting?
2. Where do the characters look? Why?
3. What pose is the dog in? What can be said about her condition?
4. What is the boy’s position? What is the expression on his face? What can be said about his mood?
5. What can be said about what is happening in their life?
6. What are the colors of the picture? What impression do they make? What are the plot insights?

Character Location

The composition-description of Shirokov’s painting “Friends” can be started precisely from where the characters are located.

The boy and the dog are on the floor: either on the bedding of the dog, or on a blanket specially laid out for them. The fact that the boy is sitting on the floor next to the dog indicates their close relationship, that the dog occupies a large place in his life. The size of the litter blanket, which is enough for both the animal and its young friend, suggests that they often spend time like this.

Character Poses

Children often intuitively understand the poses of people and animals, and E. Shirokov’s picture “Friends”, the composition of which implies the ability to “read” the language of bodies and gestures, is a good opportunity for a student to use his life experience and intuition. The positions of the bodies of the characters are very talking. An essay-description of the painting “Friends” by E. Shirokov cannot do without a story about them.

The dog lies on its stomach, laying its face on its paws. This pose is usually associated with the dog’s stress. In reality, just a tired animal may lie this way, but traditionally this pose is associated with illness, sadness or expectation. The dog’s eyes are open, which indicates that she is not just resting.

The boy sits comfortably and habitually. He didn’t just sit down to pet the animal for a minute, but he was in this position for a long time and, most likely, he won’t leave for a long time.

Character Views

Thinking about how to continue the essay on the film "Friends", the student will readily pay attention to the direction of the views of the characters.

The eyes of the dog, as already mentioned, are open. She does not sleep or doze, nor is her gaze focused on either the boy, the viewer, or anything else. She seems to be looking into the void. This view excludes the understanding of her posture as a position of rest, peace, rest. She either listens sensitively to the boy, or suffers from pain, or expects something with tension.

The boy's attention is completely focused on the animal. He not only looks at the dog - his whole pose is turned to her. He either thinks hard about her, or turns to the dog in his expectations, experiences, finds an understanding listener in her. It is with the dog at the moment that all the thoughts, feelings and expectations of the boy are connected.

What is going on in their life?

The composition of the painting “Friends” by E. Shirokov, like any other text about a painting, does not exclude thoughts about what happens in the lives of the characters.

The position, postures and views of the characters dictate possible interpretations of the plot.

The characters are clearly united by common experiences. Perhaps the dog is sick, and the boy is worried about her and is near, because it can not be otherwise. In his pose there is something doomed, unhurried. There is no despair in her, rather, humility.

Perhaps the boy and the dog will be separated. In the pose of the animal, loneliness, detachment and humility are felt. Neither she nor her friend resist what is happening, neither despair nor protest is read in their images. Perhaps they are not going through this for the first time.

Maybe something irreparable happened in the life of the dog, and the boy is trying to somehow smooth out her loneliness, comfort and reassure.

In addition, the student may well interpret this picture in a different way. It is quite possible that the boy himself seeks reassurance in understanding the dog, addresses his experiences to her. However, if you read all the details of the picture as significant, then the dog’s intense look resists this interpretation. It is likely that each of them is worried about something else.

Fantasizing on the subject of these possible plots can take up a significant part of the work. Here, the story of the case from his life experience will be appropriate.

Colors

The composition of the film "Friends" easily lends itself to the logic of interpretation of basic colors. A poorly colored work primarily focuses on the red plaid of the color of blood. This background creates a feeling of anxiety, tension. The "children's" plot - a boy and his four-legged friend, associated with carelessness and life, contradicts a sense of anxiety and tension. This contradiction is reinforced by a combination of blue and red - unsuccessful in terms of color harmony. The gray color of the walls emphasizes the contradiction and the feeling of anxiety, longing.

Title

The name “Friends” may turn out to be a rich field of thought for the author of the work. It will be appropriate in one form or another to express the idea that friendship is not only joint joys, but also joint grief, this is also a fear of loss.

In general, the essay-description in the picture "Friends", which reflects a story that is understandable for schoolchildren, provides great opportunities for children of any degree of interest in the subject to express themselves, since its writing is based on the child’s life and personal experience. If you correctly organize his impressions, direct attention and help structure the future text, writing an essay will not be difficult.