And that's where Dr. Braverman comes in to the scene:

Dr. Irwin Braverman, a professor of dermatology for over fifty years, had long been frustrated by the difficulty students had in describing findings of the skin. It might have been a knowledge deficit—easily remedied with books, pictures, and tests. But Braverman suspected that what his students principally lacked was the skill of close observation. Too often they wanted to cut straight to the answer without paying attention to the details that took them there.

- Every patient tells a story

You look, but you don't observe

Physical exam, but for paintings

The Death of Chatterton,
by Henry Wallis

In case you wanted to try this on some paintings, I suggest these:

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Painter's honeymoon,
By Frederic Leighton

By William Holman Hunt

One last note:
using only concrete descriptive terms. If you think a character looks sad, figure out what you are seeing that makes you think that and describe it. If you think that the picture suggests a certain place or class, describe the details that lead you to that conclusion.

Also, If you wanna play this game of deduction, I'll be happy to hear about what you saw in these paintings 🍻

More is missed by not looking, than by not knowing.

- Thomas McCrae

Gnossienne No.1
By Erik Satie

Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions.

- Daniel Webster

تؤخَذُ النوايا الطيبةُ حُجةً في كل مرةٍ يحاولُ المرء بها تولي السلطة. بالكاد يمكن أنْ يُعتَبَر مبالغةً القولُ بأنّ الدستور وُضِعَ ليحمي الناس من خَطَرِ النوايا الطيبة.

ولأنّه لا يُعوِّل في شيءٍ إلا على نفسه، فإنّه يأخذها بكل الحزم والشدة، ويراقبها بكل اليقظة والاحتراس. «صفةُ الجاهل وأمارتُه أنّه لا يرتقب النفعَ ولا الضررَ من نفسِه بل من الأشياء الخارجية. وصفةُ الفيلسوف وأمارتُه أنّه يرتقِب كل النفع والضرر من نفسه. أماراتُ المتقدم على دربِ الحكمة هي أنّه لا يَذُم أحدًا ولا يُطري أحدًا ولا يلومُ أحدًا ولا يَتَّهِم أحدًا، ولا يتحدّث عن نفسِه كما لو كان شيئًا ما أو كان لديه علمٌ ما. وإذا أُعيقَ أو تعثَّر يتّهِمُ نفسَه. وإذا مُدِحَ يسخرُ في نفسِه من المادِح. وإذا انتُقِد لا يرُد. إذا بدا غبيًا أو جاهلًا لا يُبالي. وباختصار، يُراقِب نفسَه كما لو كان عدوًا مترصّدًا لها في مَكمَن.»

- المختصَر، إبكتيتوس