Italian words easily learned from art Works and Art Museums; house, museum and more

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It is easy to learn Italian words for foods from menus in restaurants or online and from recipes and good sold in supermarkets.
Another fun way to learn Italian is by looking at list of works by your favourite Italian artists. I just looked at works by de Chirico.

Some Italian words translated

Italian - English

A
amore - love

anatomico - anatomical

anniversario - anniversary

autoritratto - self-portrait

B
bagno - bath

bagni - baths

biscotti - biscuits

busto - bust

C
casa - house
cavalli - horses

con - with

D
del - of the

di - of

donna - woman

due - two

F
frutta - fruit

I
interno - interior

L
le - the

M
mare - sea

maschere - mask

metafisico - metaphysical
museo - museum

mysteriosi - mysterious

N
nudo - nude

P
principe - prince

R
rimorso - remorse
riposa - rest

ritratto - portrait

T
test - head

triangolo - triangle

English - Italian

Some Italian words translated

love - amore

A
anatomical - anatomico

anniversary - anniversario

B

bath - bagno 

Baths - bagni 

biscuits - biscotti 

bust - busto 

F
fruit - frutta

H
horses - cavalli
house - casa

I
interior - interno 
L
love - amore

le - the

M 
mask - maschere 

metaphysical - metafisico 
museum - museo

mysterious -  mysteriosi
N

nude - nudo 
O
of - di
of the - del
P
portrait - ritratto

prince - principe 
R
remorse - rimorso 

rest - riposa 

S
sea - mare
self-portrait - autoritratto

T
the - le
test - head

triangolo - triangle

two -due

W

with - con

woman - donna

Useful Websites

duolingo.com

wikipedia

wikivoyage


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Author of twenty books including: Quick Quotations; Who Said What When.
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Learn Welsh words: from castle park to red roses

Welsh - English
hostel - hostel
parc - park
Castell - castle
y n y s - island
cerrig - stone
picnic - picnic
b a e - bay
pen - head
llan - church
rhos - roses
goch - red
sain - saint/St
ffordd - ford

Adjectives
Adjectives go after the noun in Welsh. So the Welsh for red roses is rhos goch.

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A New Perspective On Painting Holidays

Self portrait by Angela Lansbury. 

Problem
Will I learn anything on a painting holiday or just left to sketch on my own - which I could do at home or without paying for a holiday?

Answer
You do learn just by doing. I learned that when you paint using a mirror you are reversed right to left, and when you are right handed you appear to be left-handed, as shown in this picture.
If you need a babysitter to make you paint consistently, stock up on paper and paints. even the worst painting holiday would be better than nothing, very relaxing.

If you have painting and want help with it, take it along or print a copy.

I can only recommend one painting holiday which I have taken recently. Susan Alison ran two courses at the start and end of the week at Writers' Holiday in Fishguard, Wales. She was brilliant in instructing us how to use colour to show perspective, use different brushes for different effects, and use proportions for the human head and body. She also looked at our paintings and showed us how make the paint thicker or more transparent and how to add interest in the foreground. 

She will be doing another course at Writers' Holiday next February. Highly recommended. She is on Facebook.
So is writers holiday.
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Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.

The Frog in the Well

Problem
I saw an advertisement in a Singaporean newspaper saying, 'Don't be a frog in the well'. What did it mean? It sounds like the the phrase, an ostrich with its head in the sand.

Answer
It means don't be narrow minded.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.