1. A Surreal World

3. Joan Miro liked to use shapes like triangles, circles, stars and squares in his paintings. These are called geometric shapes.

4. Joan Miro also liked to make up curvy blob shapes that look like something in nature. These are called natural shapes. This painting is called “Hand catching a bird”

5. We call Joan Miro’s paintings Surreal because they are like a something from a dream. Can you find natural and geometric shapes in this? Can you find animals and people he made with the shapes?

6. Can you name the shapes you see? Joan Miro sometimes drew lines to make shapes into animals or people. What is happening in this painting?

7. What kind of shapes do you see? What is happening in this painting? Where is it?

9. When a picture shows the outdoor world, we call it a landscape. Can you see where the ground ends and the sky begins?

10. Where is this place? What color is the sky?

11. Can you tell a story about this picture?