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Couldn't find the group l was going to meet because l had the weeks mixed up.  So what to do.  I walked the streets and saw wonderful street art. The street art festival was on in March and l saw many new pieces. Do you have a street art festival where you live.?

Can you paint like this?  A few weeks ago l had to go into an Arts Centre to buy some tickets.  While l was there l looked around their current exhibition. 9 by 5. So many paintings and all of them so good. If only l could paint like this. Yet another skill l don't have. I would love to go out into the countryside, set up an easel and paint what was in front of me. Alas, not to be.  Can you paint and draw? Let's start a conversation.

 If only l could paint like The French Impressionists.  Thank you to Boston's Fine Arts Museum for allowing these paintings to come to Australia.  I took some short videos inside the gallery because it looked like a salon in the late 1800s. I've also taken photos of some of the paintings.  Please look at the whole video to see what a wonderful exhibition it is. If any of you are coming to Melbourne this Winter it is well worth seeing. I have never been disappointed by The Winter Masterpiece Exhibition that's held every year.  How lucky are we here in Melbourne to have such a wonderful arts scene.  It may be cold but there's still so much to see.

I'm talking about galleries in Prahran, an inner city suburb in Melbourne. You can get there on the tram or via the Sandringham train. I counted 12 galleries in the suburb. I'm also talking about a few other galleries and bits and pieces. Melbourne is a city that loves the arts. All through the suburbs we have galleries, arts centres halls and even churches that are used for the arts. Love it!   singulart.com johnstoncollections.org

I think Monet was one of the greatest impressionist painters. Do you agree. This is an interesting video explaining Monet and how he painted. If any of you paint l hope you find it interesting.

It took 2 buses and 2 trains to get there. If you look at my photo in front of the world famous waterfall window that fronts the National Gallery of Victoria it shows my frustration at the travel time. Was it all worth it? Oh yes, it was worth it. Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) was a French painter, illustrator and photographer. Walking around the exhibition shows the range of skill he had in all these disciplines. I loved his painting of Paris streetscapes in the late 1800's. He painted a series of home life under the lamp, showing what happens under the glow of a pre electricity life. Bonnard lived for many years in Paris and painted the life there. Being a ballet lover l could not resist this painting. He also painted a lot of everyday still lives. Notice his use of bright colours. He also used Japanese blockwork techniques in his earlier work. I was smiling by the time l got out. Bonnard worked with theatre groups to produce flyers, was an early user of photography, did lithographs...

 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8593178050323909"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> It has been a long 2 years but now Melbourne is roaring back to life. The Winter Masterpieces Exhibition has returned. We couldn't wait to see it. The Picasso Century is a very interesting exhibition of various Picasso pieces and those who were his contemporaries. Some l had heard of and some l hadn't. They even had one piece from my favourite, Salvador Dali. The exhibition is well worth a visit and running until early October.