0:00:20 > 0:00:24This story belongs to Meredith and her mum Julie.
0:00:28 > 0:00:33It's a tiny tale about Julie and the things she used to do.
0:00:35 > 0:00:41- You know how you can paint and draw anywhere?- Yeah.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Well, you can also show...
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Now it's time for her to share her memories
0:00:45 > 0:00:49and take Meredith on a journey of discovery.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Mum Julie is an artist.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58That means she makes works of art, like paintings, drawings
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and sculptures.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07Mum Julie is helping Meredith make a print.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Meredith can makes lots of copies of the same picture this way.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11What fun!
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Meredith is using a roller covered in bright orange paint,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22which she uses to colour the template.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Then, Meredith takes a piece of paper,
0:01:29 > 0:01:35places it on top of the template and rubs it very, very, very hard.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45The last thing Meredith needs to do is carefully peel off
0:01:45 > 0:01:49the piece of paper to show her print.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Meredith's print makes a lovely picture.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Wow!
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Mum Julie knows lots of different ways to make art.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Let's find out what else Julie can make.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08What are these boxes for?
0:02:08 > 0:02:12These boxes, Meredith, are part of a sculpture I made
0:02:12 > 0:02:18and they were inset into the ground. Do you know what a sculpture is?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Yes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22A sculpture is...
0:02:22 > 0:02:27You can touch and you can walk round it, but a drawing is...
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- You just draw it and you just look at it. You can't feel it.- Yes.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Shall I show you what I mean by the pictures?- Yes.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Julie's sculpture was made up of big yellow boxes,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40which were dug into the ground.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44There are 49 of these boxes in this sculpture. That's a lot of boxes!
0:02:44 > 0:02:47What time of day do you think that was taken?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- The morning?- In the morning, yes.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54So isn't it amazing from a very simple thing, like a box or a block,
0:02:54 > 0:02:59you can make a work of art like this, something really quite beautiful?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Look at these other sculptures.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06This is a big angel made out of metal.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13And this looks like a sculpture made out of stone.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17But hang on a minute, you can bounce on it!
0:03:17 > 0:03:18What fun!
0:03:22 > 0:03:24What about this giant horse?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Sculptures can be made out of lots of different things
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and come in all shapes and sizes.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47I remember really enjoying drawing and painting when I was little,
0:03:47 > 0:03:53but I think it wasn't until a little later when I was in my early teens
0:03:53 > 0:03:58that I began to really love drawing and taking it very seriously.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02And I also loved making things with my hands.
0:04:04 > 0:04:10I especially enjoy drawing landscapes like sea cliffs
0:04:10 > 0:04:15and being on the beach and hills and mountains.
0:04:27 > 0:04:33When Julie left school, she decided she wanted to be an artist.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38She went to an art school in Oxford, which is a very busy town.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41There she got better and better at art.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45When she left art school, Julie decided to go on an adventure
0:04:45 > 0:04:48to see where and what she could paint.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52She travelled to a tiny island in the Scottish sea called Mingulay.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57And this is Mingulay. Families used to live on the island.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Look at this very old film.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04They lived off the land by growing their own crops,
0:05:04 > 0:05:08keeping their own animals and fishing from the sea.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12But now everyone is gone and only the old houses remain.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20And here's Julie from a while back on the island
0:05:20 > 0:05:23deciding what to paint. And do you know what?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25She still goes back every summer.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29This island has many different landscapes for her to paint.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33There are beautiful sandy beaches on one side of the island
0:05:33 > 0:05:36and rugged, craggy cliffs on the other.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40And, of course, the deep, blue sea.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Mum Julie also teaches art in this primary school
0:05:49 > 0:05:52where the children speak Gaelic,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55a language still spoken in parts of Scotland.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59This school is also Meredith's school.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01THEY SPEAK IN GAELIC
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Mum Julie couldn't speak Gaelic
0:06:06 > 0:06:10so she decided to learn so she could join in the fun.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Julie is taking Meredith and her classmates
0:06:15 > 0:06:17outside for an art lesson.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21She talks to the children in Gaelic all the time.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23It's very different from English.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26THEY SPEAK IN GAELIC
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I wonder what they're saying?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Ah! Meredith's classmate, Eva,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38is telling Julie about how she likes to draw waves.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Then mum Julie took Meredith into the place where she works.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51It's called an artist's studio.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Julie has lots of room in the studio
0:06:53 > 0:06:57so she can make big sculptures and big paintings.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00It's also the place where she keeps all her paints,
0:07:00 > 0:07:05paintbrushes and tools - everything she needs to make art.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Mum Julie is going to teach Meredith how to make paint.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13First of all you need a pigment to make the paint colour.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17They are using this deep red pigment to make a deep red colour.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21But look at these jars - inside there are other pigments,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24bright blues and greens to make blue and green paint.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Pigments make all sorts of colours.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31First of all, with this particular pigment, it's quite lumpy.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Can you put some in their in the pestle, here? That's great.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Do you see it's quite hard, isn't it? - Yeah, it's quite stony.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42The first thing Meredith has to do
0:07:42 > 0:07:45is break the pigment into smaller pieces.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- It's got into all smaller bits now. - Exactly.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- It's getting slowly smaller, so shall we try sieving it?- Yeah!
0:07:53 > 0:07:57She then separates the big lumps from the small lumps.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Only the smallest bits of pigment
0:08:00 > 0:08:03will go through the sieve into the big tub.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06OK, and then why don't I lift it up and you tap it?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Do you see what's happening?
0:08:09 > 0:08:14Yeah, it's turned into powder. It's like chocolate sprinkles!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16It is a bit like sprinkles.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Look - Meredith has made the pigment into a powder.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23If you pour a pile on to there...
0:08:23 > 0:08:25That's it.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Then they pour out the lovely pigment powder
0:08:28 > 0:08:31on to a big flat stone, add some water...
0:08:31 > 0:08:34We start mixing it in.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39- Why don't you try mixing it in?- ..and mix it together to make a paste.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- It's very creamy, isn't it? - Wow! It's like cream.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Then they take a special artist's tool called a muller.
0:08:47 > 0:08:54- Have you ever done this before?- No. It's my first time. It's really fun.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Which they use to make the paste even smoother.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Really press down hard. Brilliant.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- Would you like to try and paint with it, now that it's ready?- Yeah.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Do you want to try using the brush?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12You wet the brush quite well, I think.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Why don't you try a little bit of the paint?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Try painting it on.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Wow. It's a really strong colour. It's really nice to paint.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27What colour does it remind you of?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Meredith and mum Julie made paint using pigment
0:09:30 > 0:09:33like people used to do a long time ago.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Look at these cave paintings.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38These are some of the oldest paintings in the world
0:09:38 > 0:09:41and they were made using pigment.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45We can still see paintings that are very old even today
0:09:45 > 0:09:49and lots of people still come to see them.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54The best place to see paintings is in an art gallery. Look at this one.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57It's very busy. Lots of families go to art galleries,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00not just to view all sorts of art -
0:10:00 > 0:10:03it's a great place to meet up and spend the day having fun
0:10:03 > 0:10:07and finding out about lots of different things.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13What a fantastic time!
0:10:17 > 0:10:19For all the family.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Meredith and mum Julie are going to make their very own painting.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33They found a beautiful spot to paint from.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37This was one of Julie's favourite things to do when she was little.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48Meredith and mum Julie have found a lovely pebble beach.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52The blue sea is in front of them and the hills are far away.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55There are lots of things for Meredith to paint.
0:10:55 > 0:11:01First of all, Meredith has to draw the hills and the sea with a pencil.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Meredith starts by drawing the hills.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06The hills are different shapes and sizes.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10There are lovely, green, round ones and big, sharp, pointy ones.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14That's good.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18And then do you remember the sharp mountains at the back?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Yeah.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25They're just hiding behind the round ones, aren't they?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Meredith has finished drawing the hills and the sea.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Now she's ready to start adding lots of different colours.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Meredith is using lots of lovely bright colours.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40She's using blue for the sea...
0:11:40 > 0:11:45I think you're ready to do the mountains and the roundy hills.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48..and greens and yellows and browns for the hills.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Really try and keep the sharpness of the contour
0:11:52 > 0:11:57that you drew of those mountains. They are so sharp, aren't they?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- What colour are the clouds?- White.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04- Well, not just white.- Grey. - And they're grey.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09To finish Meredith's picture, she's painting the sky.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13That's brilliant. Really nicely observed. Maybe a little bit whiter.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17She has lots of fluffy clouds to paint.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- And what about writing your name?- OK.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Well done. Really. Are you pleased with it?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- Yeah.- Good.- Very.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- Shall we go and make a cup of hot chocolate now?- Yeah.- Very good.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37You worked really hard.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44That is a beautiful painting.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47A wonderful piece of art.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- So, Meredith, have you enjoyed listening to some of my story?- Yes.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- And what was your favourite part? - Painting.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- When we were painting outside? - Yeah.- Very good.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09We'll have to do some more.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17What a fabulous heap of fun!
0:13:17 > 0:13:21That was Meredith and her mum, Julie's, tiny tale
0:13:21 > 0:13:25about the things she used to do and the fun she had.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28And why she has a big yellow box.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Mum Julie has shared her story with Meredith
0:13:31 > 0:13:35and now Meredith is starting her own story.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Do you know someone who has a story to share?
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