Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Sandra has brought some leaves and flowers for Marie to draw. She stresses the importance of drawing what you see, not what you think you see.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Lionel and Michel talk about the heyday of Marsal, which used to be a thriving city during the Vauban period thanks to the saltworks. Nowadays, though, it's a small tourist village. Find out how many visitors come to Marsal each year.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Sandra is giving Marie her first drawing lesson, starting with an exercise called "blind drawing." Try it out yourself!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
We continue our visit to Marsal inside the abbey church, where we learn more about the recumbent figures commemorating the owners of the local salt mines.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Marie is taking her first drawing lesson with Sandra, so she brought all her new material to show her tutor. In the process, you will learn a ton of vocabulary!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Still in the village of Marsal, we're going inside the collégiale, or abbey church, with Michel, Juliette, and Lionel. Juliette teaches us about the three gisants located inside the church.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Marie is interested in learning how to draw and paint. She decides to take classes with Sandra, a local art teacher, who gives her a list of all the supplies she'll need.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The little village of Marsal is gearing up for the eight hundredth anniversary of the abbey church of Saint-Léger, featuring a concert by a world-renowned German pianist.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Michel talks about the role his father played in the creation of the museum. And do you know the origin of the word "salary"?
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In addition to its saltworks, the town of Marsal boasts some interesting artwork, such as the bovine statue by the Hungarian artist Sandor Kiss. And Michel will explain the town's connection with Louis XIV and French military engineer Vauban.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Lionel takes us to the Salt Museum in Marsal, dedicated to the history of the town's saltworks. He introduces us to Michel, president of the Friends of the Museum, and to Juliette, who is starting her first day on the job.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
We end our visit to the museum where Josef Pyrz's beautiful wooden statues are displayed. Find out why some heads are represented upside down and a few are not.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Enjoy the exquisite statues of Josef Pyrz, a Polish sculptor who finally found recognition thanks to the famous composer Olivier Messiaen who propelled his career. The statues are made of various woods and many have a religious theme.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Jacqueline explains how the building that now houses Josef Pyrz's sculptures came about.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Jacqueline shows Lionel some magnificent wooden statues by a Polish sculptor who settled in France.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The Calendar of Peace includes three figures depicted with their eyes closed, signifying their "inward-looking" lives: Jesus, Buddha, and Louis Braille.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In part two of this series, we continue our visit of the little village of Schorbach and join Jacqueline and Lionel at the Calendar of Peace Museum, which depicts famous figures throughout history, from Buddha to Louis Braille.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Lionel and Jacqueline take us to the Moselle region in the little town of Schorbach, which is renowned for its pink sandstone sculptures and its Path of the Ten Covenants.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Belgium, France
Axel did some work for the Belgium quarterly magazine Médor, which sees itself as a media watchdog focusing on investigative journalism. For this edition, the magazine called on punk artists to illustrate the articles.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Coryn Wolk makes exquisite creations out of stained glass. She uses several techniques, such as the lead and Tiffany methods, as well as oven fusion.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Véronique Schneider is a milliner, or hatmaker, who worked for the Comédie-Française in Paris and then moved to the Cour des Arts in Vauréal to make custom hats that anyone can wear.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Caroline and Amal are in front of the Centre Georges Pompidou, a contemporary art museum built by, you guessed it, President Georges Pompidou! Its unusual architectural design created some controversy initially, but it has since become a very popular spot in Paris.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Amal and Caroline are sitting in front the Louvre Museum and its famous glass pyramid. Once controversial, the pyramid is now considered one of the museum's finest works of art.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Gilles Martineau is a craftsman who makes beautiful objects out of concrete. Using 3D software, he first designs a mold that he prints himself with a 3D printer. Then he pours concrete into the mold to create his art.
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