WELCOME TO THE GALLERY Hello and welcome I'm Mai and I work in this gallery I'm going to teach you all about Post Impressionism I'm also going to show you how to create some Post Impressionist artwork in time for opening night Museums and Galleries Museums and galleries are buildings that are used for showing art to the public Some galleries and museums might buy art Others might borrow art from other museums or galleries By lending art to another museum or gallery it means that people all over the world can see art from different times and places 4
PE TYPES OF ART There are lots of different types of art that an artist can create Some of these include photography assemblage or sculpture The Post Impressionists are known for their paintings That means we need to know which words to use to help us describe paintings Impasto is when paint is layered thickly on a canvas so that it sticks out from the surface a Boo Brushstrokes are marks that are made with paintbrushes Brushstrokes can be long and smooth or thick and short Palette knives are blunt tools that can be used for mixing paint or putting paint onto a canvas 5
POST IMPRESSIONISM WİNG Welcome The wing might not look like much just yet but soon it will be filled with all the pieces of art that we will create in the style of Post Impressionism here Place artwork Place artwork here Museums and galleries can have different rooms or areas These different areas might have art from one specific artist or from a particular movement or time period This gallery has lots of different wings that are dedicated to different art movements 6
7 Post Impressionist artists were mostly painters so we need to make sure we have lots of frames on the walls to hang the paintings in We need to paint these walls a plain color such as gray or white MODERN GALLERY WALLS ARE OFTEN PAINTED WHITE IT WAS AROUND THE TIME OF POST IMPRESSIONISM THAT MANY GALLERIES BEGAN TO PAINT THEIR COLORFUL WALLS LIGHTER COLORS SUCH AS WHITE OR GRAY Place artwork here Now that we have the gallery set up it's time to learn more about some Post Impressionist artists and create some art
