10 Art is All Around Us

Art is All Around us written by Diana Freeman

People have always made pictures to tell stories. There are drawings that were made inside caves long, long ago. cave drawing These old pictures show us how people lived in the time before there were any books.

Artists paint pictures of all kinds of things. The best paintings are in places called art galleries. People go there to look at the art. Some of these paintings are very old. art gallery Before there were any photographs, artists made paintings of people to show what they looked like. These paintings are called portraits.

Some artists like to work making shapes. They make statues and sculptures from things like clay or stone or wood. sculpture Sometimes statues are made to help us learn about people who lived a long time ago.

Some artists are called potters. They use clay to make all kinds of plates, cups, and bowls. Potters work on a wheel to make the shapes. Then they add their own colours and patterns. pottery

Artists can work with glass to make beautiful things. They make windows with pieces of bright coloured glass. This is called stained glass work. stained glass Some of these windows have patterns, and others have pictures that tell stories.