Girl in Hyacinth Blue Portrait

One of your final assessments over the book will be the opportunity for you to create the painting of the "Girl in Hyacinth Blue." Don’t worry if you’re not a fabulous artist! That’s okay! What you will be doing is finding descriptions of the portrait from all of the stories and using them to help with your portrait.

This assignment will be worth 30 points.

You also have the opportunity to earn 15 points of extra credit. Fifteen points is a vocab test or three quizzes, so it will make a difference in your grade!

 

 

Step One:

As you are reading the stories, write down page numbers and quotes where the portrait is mentioned. To get you started, write down pages 4, 7, and 8.

 

Step Two:

After you have finished the book, pick at least 15 lines from the stories which specifically describe the painting (appearance, mood, tone, etc.). Make sure the lines you pick discuss the whole painting—not all the 15 lines should be about the girl’s face.

 

Step Three:

Type the 15 quotes. Include the page number after each quote.

 

Step Four:

Pick your favorite quote from the 15 you chose. Include a paragraph explaining why you liked that quote. (the words used, imagery, what it reminds you of, etc.)

 

Extra Credit Option:

Skip Step Four.

Based on the descriptions in the book and your 15 quotes, create a portrait of the girl. You can use chalk, watercolor, paint, cuttings from magazines, parts from photos you’ve taken, etc. (I suggest using a big piece of paper or posterboard for this.)

Make sure to use details from the book! Don’t decide to make the girl’s dress red just because you want to. You are recreating a Vermeer painting!

Write (or type) the 15 lines from the book around the portrait. For example, if you have a line about the girl’s hand, put the quote by her hand. The lines should be in quotation marks (because you took them directly from the book). Include the page number where you found the line.

  • Example: "The face of the girl in the painting almost glowed, her blue eyes, cheeks , the corners of her mouth all bright and glossy…" p. 41

    If you leave out a word or two, or end before the end of the sentence, add three periods. (…)

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    • Please note:

    While you may have many of the same quotes as your neighbor, your assignments should in no way be identical or incredibly similar.