Who do you love most in the world?

Victoria Atkinson loves her mum. After her mother died, Victoria made this artwork of her because she always dreams about her. She likes to imagine her mum watching over her and looking down from the clouds like an angel. Her mum is painted with bold colours and striking shapes. LED lights shine behind her to give her a beautiful glow like the sun.

How would you paint or draw the person you love?

Have you noticed this building in Sydney?

Will Cooke created this striking design for the side of a building in Darlinghurst. You can see it from outside the Art Gallery, down the south side, if you look up towards the tall buildings in the distance above the trainline. Notice how the triangle shapes are painted with vivid pinks that darken towards their point to create the illusion of depth and space. The geometric design is bright and colourful and enlivens the building. Will painted it to cheer up the community.

If you could transform the appearance of a building, what would you paint on it?

Can you spot the little rivets and circular holes in this artwork?

This dramatic scene of a Japanese warrior fighting a demon has been painted on a metal panel from an old helicopter. The curved shape of the panel adds to the drama of the action as it extends towards us. Rope is tied and plaited to the surface, adding an extra dimension and texture. Look at the expressions of the two characters and how they bare their teeth.

Imagine if you could hear them battling each other. What noises would you hear?

What is your favourite animal?

Noel McKenna loves to paint dachshunds because they are full of character. He has elongated this dog called Tamara, stretching her out to emphasise her long body and short legs. Tamara isn’t the only animal depicted in this interior. If you look closely, you can see several animals hidden throughout the two rooms and on the artworks that decorate the walls. How many can you find?

What do you think the human who cares for this dachshund looks like?

Why do you think this zebra is standing in a field of cows?

Zebras usually live in Africa, so seeing one in an Australian paddock would be very unusual. How many cows can you see behind the zebra? Can you spot the building at the top of the hill? What time of year do you think it is? Rodney Pople wants us to make up our own minds about why this zebra has come to live on a dairy farm.

Can you invent a story about what the zebra is going to do next?

How would you feel if you found a giant gold nugget?

One lucky person found a nugget like this one in Victoria over 40 years ago and kept the location a secret for a very long time. The yellow flowers frame the nugget, which rises like a giant hand from the earth. The path winds into the distance through the trees, and the use of perspective adds to the three-dimensional quality of the scene.

Look closely at the surface of the leaves and twigs in the foreground. How do you think Charles Rose created the textures?

Look closely at this shiny artwork.

Can you see yourself reflected on the surface? Do the colours change as you move from side to side and the light catches on different parts of it? Sophie Victoria is interested in using light and unexpected materials to create sensory experiences so the viewer looks at the artwork more closely.

What can you see through the shiny outer layer?