Let`s go to Barcelona!

This week we`re off to Spain to see the works of art in Barcelona. We go first to the Picasso Museum. As the museum was closed during lockdown, the head of security was asked to film some of the rooms so that they could be displayed to you. If you`re inspired by that, you may want to watch a short art demo video from the Tate on portrait painting in the style of Picasso. We then take a guided video tour of the highly individualised buildings created by the famous architect, Gaudi.

Paint like Picasso

Here is a short 5 minute art demonstration from the Tate. It features the artist, Selwyn Leamy, who shows us how to paint a portrait in the style of Picasso. We can see how he lays out his palette, the size and shape of the brushes he uses as well his canvas.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jcs0VB5ZUk

Take a video tour of Gaudi`s buildings in Barcelona

If you have ever been to Barcelona you must have seen some of the famous Gaudi buildings. Gaudi`s architecture was an exponent of Catalan Modernism and featured ceramics, stained glass, wrought ironwork forging and carpentry. His masterpiece is the church, Sagrada Familia which is the most visited monument in Spain. When planning his buildings he preferred to make a 3D scale model rather than draw out a detailed plan on paper.

You can take a guided  tour of Gaudi`s buildings by clicking on the link

                               https://youtu.be/MHA6r1Ke3As

National Galleries of Scotland - Portraits for Mother`s Day

As many people were unable to see their mothers on Mother`s Day due to lockdown, Alice Strang, a Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary art, looked at some of the works which examine motherhood from chilbirth to Grandmotherhood in the National Galleries of Scotland

If you`d like to see the paintings with written commentary, click the link below.

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/mothering-sunday-no-other