Creating
Visual Metaphors
for Esperanza Rising
A Metaphor
• is a word or words used to represent
something else.
• is a figure of speech in which a word or
phrase that ordinarily designates one thing
is used to designate another, thus making a
comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All
the world's a stage" (Shakespeare).
A Visual Metaphor
is an image used to suggest something other
than what it is.
Examples of visual metaphors
What do the following images mean to you?
• Heart
• Lightbulb
• Tear
Examples of visual metaphors used on
maps
• Gas stations
• Camping sites
• Food
• High ways
• Rivers
Examples of visual metaphors used in
cartoons
What do you think the
artist wanted you to
think when he drew
this?
Examples of visual metaphors used in
our environment
• Bathrooms
• Logos
Metaphors used in
Esperanza Rising
• Why did Pam Munoz Ryan use fruits and vegetables
to title her chapters?
• What do you think the figs represent in the 3rd
chapter?
Examples of visual metaphors used in
Esperanza Rising
Today you are going to create a
painting of one of the following.
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Uvas – grapes
papayas - papayas
higos – figs
Guayabas - guavas
Melones - cantaloupes
Cebollas - onions
Almendras - almonds
Ciruelas – plums
Las papas - potatoes
Los Aguacates - avocados
Los Esparragos - asparagus
Duraznos – peaches
What you will need:
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Cup of water
Paper (put your name on the back)
Pencil
Brushes
Paint
Paper towels
Fruit and Fruit stencils
Step 1 Setting up your desk
Setting up your desk
• Cover desk with newspapers
• Cup or bowl of clean water
• Brushes
• Palette (paper plate) to mix paint
• Two pieces of paper – one for practice.
• Paper towels for spills and brushes
• Prepare the papers (write your name on
the back)
Step 2: Looking at your subject
• What shapes do you see?
• What colors do you see?
Step 3: Drawing your subject
Choose a
stencil that is
the shape of
your fruit.
Step 3: Drawing your subject
Using this
stencil, draw the
fruit or
vegetable three
times.
Overlap the
shapes and
touch three
sides of the
paper.
The Color Wheel
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Primary
Secondary
Analogous
Complementary
Warm
Cool
Step 5: Oil Pastel
Now take the paper
with your pencil
drawing and fill
these shapes with a
basic color
Step 5: Oil Pastel
Add white to
show where the
light is coming
from. Add a
darker color to
show what is in
the shadow.
Step 6 - Adding a complementary color
Look again at the color
wheel and find a color
opposite your colors on
the color wheel.
Use this color to paint
the background of your
painting.
Step 6 - Adding a complementary color
Look again at the color
wheel and find a color
opposite your colors on
the color wheel.
Use this color to paint
the background of your
painting.
Step 6 - Adding a complementary color
• If you have yellows and
orange , choose blue or
green.
• If you have greens and
blues, choose red.
• If you have blues and
purples choose yellow.
Step 5: Oil Pastel
Choose a color
for the
background that
is opposite on the
color wheel from
the color of your
fruit or vegetable.
Use this color to
paint the entire
background.
Step 6: Oil Pastel
Think
Think about the fruit
you have drawn and
the chapter of
Esperanza Rising that
used this fruit for a title.
Why do you think the
author chose this fruit
for the chapter. What
ideas come to mind
when you see it?
Ripeness, dryness,
whithered, full of hope?
Step 7 - Clean up
• Clean your brush in your leftover water
• Return water and brushes to the sink
• Move your painting to the drying rack
• Complete the check list.
Pamela Hunt Lee
Pamela Hunt Lee
Pamela Hunt Lee
Pamela Hunt Lee
Pamela Hunt Lee