NCERT Solutions Kaveri Chapter 3 Canvas of Soil — Vocabulary in Context

The poet refers to the shades of green, red, and blue in the poem. Let us read some of the names of different shades of these colours.

You have studied painting-related words like palette, brushstrokes, shades, hue, colours, and canvas. Now, read the following paragraph and discuss in pairs what the underlined painting-related words might mean. Discuss this way: I think ____________ means ____________ because the passage talks about ____________. Example: I think portrait means a picture of someone’s face because the passage talks about capturing a friend’s features. In the art studio, young painters eagerly approached their easels, each framing a canvas that they had to work on. The teacher encouraged them to experiment with a diverse tonal range, playing with shades and hues to bring their paintings to life. One student focused on a detailed portrait, capturing his friend’s features, first with careful underpainting and then filling the final colours. Another student worked on a mural, depicting a Spring Day on the right wall of the classroom. The room continued to buzz with artistic energy.