Introduction
Introduce painting and artist
Background information is optional
Thesis (What is artist communicating? How does s/he communicate it?)
Description
Who is in the painting
Setting
What is happening
Art element 1/Design Principle 1/Technique 1 that supports thesis (How does artist communicate message through element/principle/technique?)
Topic sentence
3 detailed sentences explaining how that element/principle/technique is used to communicate the message
Concluding sentence on this topic
Element 2, etc
a. Topic sentence
b. 3 detailed sentences
c. Concluding sentence
Element 3, etc
Topic sentence
3 detailed sentences
Concluding sentence