0:00:33 > 0:00:35Are you going somewhere nice this weekend?
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Perhaps you're off to see your rellies.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38A trip to the seaside.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Or maybe you're even camping in the Outer Hebrides.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Why not turn your trip into a work of art.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47I'm off to Paris for the day.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48I've got my passport,
0:00:48 > 0:00:49my sketch pad
0:00:49 > 0:00:53and a change of undies...I think.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56But the inspiration starts here.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Now, my idea is to sketch as many landmarks on my journey as possible.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04I live in London, so Marble Arch is an excellent starting point.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09But the thing is,
0:01:09 > 0:01:10I've only got a day to do this,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13so I can't spend too much time on detail.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16In fact, I better get cracking.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Now, I'm on my way to the train station,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20but THIS is too good not to sketch.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32This is the London Eye, which stands an impressive 135 metres
0:01:32 > 0:01:33above the River Thames.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38And on this side of the river
0:01:38 > 0:01:40there's great view of the Houses of Parliament,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42although I'll just stick to drawing Big Ben
0:01:42 > 0:01:44otherwise I'll miss my train!
0:01:49 > 0:01:50CLOCK CHIMES
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Blimey, is that the time? I better dash!
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Good morning, sir.- Morning. Here.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Your seat will be on the right on this coach.- Thank you.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Sorry!
0:02:04 > 0:02:05- HE SIGHS - Phew!
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Just made it.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Paris, here I come!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Ooh la la! Je suis here, en Paris!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Le French capital, non?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Oui!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27And here we are at Paris's most famous landmark.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29The Tour d'Eiffel.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31The Eiffel Tower.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37This is the Arc de Triomphe
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and I'm telling you, It's very, very, busy!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46The Sacre Coeur is the best-selling picture postcard
0:02:46 > 0:02:47in Paris!
0:02:52 > 0:02:55This is a bit of a fun reference for my picture -
0:02:55 > 0:02:57it's the windmill at the Moulin Rouge.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00The Moulin Rouge is one of the world's most famous cabaret clubs,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03made famous by the film Moulin Rouge,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05with Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I've got all my sketches I made on my day trip
0:03:10 > 0:03:13and I'm going to put them together to make a fictional cityscape.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Now, first of all I've got to split my page in half
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and then work out my composition.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I'll start with the London end first.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26The great thing about doing this
0:03:26 > 0:03:29is you can put your buildings next to each other.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Cos Marble Arch certainly isn't behind The Wheel,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34but in my picture it is!
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Right, now I'm finished my London cityscape,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41now I'm going to work on my Paris cityscape
0:03:41 > 0:03:43simply by turning the picture round
0:03:43 > 0:03:47and having Paris as the reflection of London.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower
0:03:49 > 0:03:52look very good sitting opposite each other.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Now, here is an obvious one.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Marble Arch and Arc de Triomphe.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Don't worry if your landmarks are all different sizes - after all,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03it is a fantasy cityscape. They can be as big or as small as you like.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10London and Paris have quite recognisable landmarks,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12but you could sketch anything you like,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15as long as it reminds you of your day out and catches your eye.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I've come to the beautiful city of Bath for the day
0:04:29 > 0:04:32to have a look around, maybe do some sketching.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36But you know me - I don't like to do things in the normal pedestrian way.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I like to do things a little bit differently
0:04:39 > 0:04:41and see things a little bit differently
0:04:41 > 0:04:43and what could be more different
0:04:43 > 0:04:45than looking at the world from the air?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52You can see the graveyard and the church, there.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Everything's so peaceful and you go so slowly
0:04:56 > 0:05:01that you can really take your time to investigate all the sights.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Right, I'm ready to do some sightseeing from the ground now,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16and I have found the abbey, which looks beautiful there,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19but on my map it's just a boring cross.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22If only they put as much detail on maps
0:05:22 > 0:05:24as I could see from the balloon.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26If I sketch onto the map
0:05:26 > 0:05:28rather than my sketchbook,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30that way I'll be able to have a memory
0:05:30 > 0:05:33of what the abbey actually looked like
0:05:33 > 0:05:34as well as its location.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38I'm going to start by just lightly sketching out
0:05:38 > 0:05:40the shape of the abbey.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Add in this white paint
0:05:41 > 0:05:45to blot out the bits of the map underneath
0:05:45 > 0:05:48where it shows the road names - I don't want to see that -
0:05:48 > 0:05:50where my abbey is.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Now for the best bit - colouring in!
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Let's see what we've got.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07This is looking really good.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I'm really happy with that!
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Whilst I'm here,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17I might as well sketch a few more things onto this map as well.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I love this sign.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Look at that!
0:06:28 > 0:06:32That's worthy of adding on to my map, I think.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37Let's find it. It's river there, bridge there.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Perfect. Right,
0:06:39 > 0:06:40onwards!
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Ha-ha!
0:06:47 > 0:06:50What a stunning street of houses.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51I would love to live here!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55This is definitely going on my map.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58look at this, it's filling up nicely.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01This is where I am, the Royal Crescent,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04and I'm sitting right in the middle
0:07:04 > 0:07:07so I can take in the panorama of this building.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Phew!
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I'm exhausted!
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I love my map the way it is,
0:07:22 > 0:07:26but I've had a really clever idea of a way to bring this to life.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Watch this.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I'm just popping my cutting mat underneath the map,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33then using this very sharp knife,
0:07:33 > 0:07:38I'm going to go round the outline of each of the things I've drawn -
0:07:38 > 0:07:40you could use scissors if you were doing this,
0:07:40 > 0:07:41but as I go round,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45I'm just going to stop at the bottom of each thing -
0:07:45 > 0:07:47You'll see why in a moment!
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It's a bit fiddly.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I don't want to lop any bits off
0:07:51 > 0:07:54having spent all this time drawing them.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58There it is - my 3D map of Bath.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02And the detail now looks a lot more like it did from the air.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Just put my bike up.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Oh, it looks so cool!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10What a great way to look at a city
0:08:10 > 0:08:13and what an arty way to remember my day out in Bath.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Why don't you have a go at making your own 3D map of where you live?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Barcelona is said to have the greatest collection
0:08:32 > 0:08:35of art nouveau buildings of any European city.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41And this is mainly thanks to the work of one man -
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Antoni Gaudi.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49Born in 1852, he spent almost all his career working in Barcelona.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52One of the first things he designed was the Casa Vicens,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55which he covered with multi-coloured tiles -
0:08:55 > 0:08:58something he was to do throughout his life.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Decorating with tiles wasn't a new idea.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04It had been introduced to Spain in the 8th century AD.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09What Gaudi did was continue this tradition but add his own twist.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Even the chimneys didn't escape.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Gaudi formed a strong relationship
0:09:16 > 0:09:19with a family of industrialists called Guell,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22who commissioned him to build a number of things,
0:09:22 > 0:09:23including a garden city.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29The result was Parque Guell, one of his most colourful creations.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38As a child, he loved to go for walks in the countryside
0:09:38 > 0:09:41and in the mountains, taking a note of everything that he saw.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43When he was older, he'd incorporate
0:09:43 > 0:09:47the things he'd seen on these walks into his designs.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Columns look like trees.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Dragons instead of gates.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59And sometimes his buildings almost look like living things themselves.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Like the Casa Mila,
0:10:01 > 0:10:05which has the nickname La Pedrera, or "stone quarry".
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I think it looks a bit like a cliff at a seaside
0:10:08 > 0:10:10with bits of seaweed hanging off it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Apparently, there's no straight walls in there.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17And it's not just the front that looks unusual -
0:10:17 > 0:10:19the roof's pretty spectacular too.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Today, this building is thought of as one of Gaudi's greatest contributions
0:10:24 > 0:10:26to Barcelona's architecture.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29However, when it was finished in 1910,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32it was so different to anything that had ever been seen before
0:10:32 > 0:10:34that it was criticised and ridiculed.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36After finishing the Casa Mila,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Gaudi decided to dedicate himself
0:10:39 > 0:10:41to the building of one thing and one thing only -
0:10:41 > 0:10:44the Sagrada Familia.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Gaudi was a profoundly religious man
0:10:47 > 0:10:52and was keen to help build what was to be Barcelona's new cathedral.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58This part of the building is called the facade of the Nativity,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01which he decorated with scenes from the Bible
0:11:01 > 0:11:04along with all sorts of plants and animals.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Gaudi had great plans for the cathedral.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Sadly, he only ever saw a small part of his vision created,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19because on the 7th June 1926
0:11:19 > 0:11:22he was hit by a tram while crossing the road.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Fortunately, Gaudi left detailed plans for the cathedral,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29and nearly 80 years later the work still goes on.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Here's a card you can make to remind you of your favourite places.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I'm going to do my favourite holiday destinations.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48You need a chunk of card,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52slightly bigger than a postcard, and two frames.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55The way I made the frames is just by measuring the width of a ruler,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58all the way round, cutting out the middles.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Put those aside for a second.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03I'm going to start at the back. Now you need some pictures.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I've got this lovely beach for starters,
0:12:06 > 0:12:07you could use holiday snaps
0:12:07 > 0:12:09or bits out of magazines,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12if you like. That's a nice beach scene there.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I'm going to pop it in the middle so it's not covered by the frame.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Then just start to work forward.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20The next picture I've got is the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona,
0:12:20 > 0:12:21which I love going to.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24If I put it there it's going to hide the tree.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27You've got to think about the composition.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30And it needs a frame, so let's just...
0:12:30 > 0:12:35stick it onto my frame with a bit of tape to hold it in place,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37like so. Turn that back round.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Yes, that's working well.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41As you get to the front, you need your pictures to be smaller
0:12:41 > 0:12:43so they don't block out the background.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47The last thing I've got is a New York taxi,
0:12:47 > 0:12:48cos I love going to New York as well.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50That's great, but it's a bit flat.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52To bring it to life, make it 3D.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55I'm going to move those frames out the way.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Start from the back with some concertinas.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00All these are are some nice yellow card,
0:13:00 > 0:13:03and they're the height of my postcard edge,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06and again, four rulers' widths across.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07You just do the old
0:13:07 > 0:13:09fold it one way, fold it the other, and backwards
0:13:09 > 0:13:11so you've got a concertina effect.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Then, either side, a bit of double-sided tape
0:13:15 > 0:13:17and just stick it to the sides.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19That's one, like that.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Do it on the other side. Get rid of the double-sided.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Two. And then I need to add my first picture,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31which was the Sagrada. In the frame, stick it on.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33You see, it springs to life.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37If you add the cab on top of that it'll look 3D like that one, there.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42Come to life, all my favourite holiday destinations.
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