Published Date: 09 July 2008 All of these inspirational places can be found in and around the National Museum on Chambers Street in Edinburgh. 1 LOOKING UP CHAMBERS STREET TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM'S TOWER This view shows you great historical and architectural progression. The scale and drama of the tower, the movement of people and the combination of traditional and moder n, all in the one area, make this a perfect place for a large- scale oil painting. 2 THE EARLY PEOPLE GALLERY Here you can take inspiration from the old and the new. Sit on a bench and play around with charcoal and chalk sketches of Paolozzi's contemporary machine/man sculptures that have so many intense, hard modern shapes. Or look at the collection of Pictish stones; they have it all – texture, pattern, shapes and colour for influence – you could create...
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