Cardiff art gallery

As I was in Wales for the Royal Wedding I thought I would go to Cardiff to the museum and art gallery. The main reason to go there was to see the impressionist paintings. The main contributer was Monet. The only painting of Monet's I have ever seen before was was my Grandad's replica that he painted himself. To see these paintings upclose and personal was quite exciting, however I was kind of disappointed as the pictures appeared to be slightly faded.  This is not unusual as they were painted many years ago and therefore may have been subjected to light along the way. I find however that my Grandad's painting inspires me more than the originals. There is no distiguishing colours to the paintings apart from maybe the blue. The main thing I like about paintings is their detail but with Monet there isn't any. There are no straight lines and edges with distingushing details. This may be to the taste of some people who have an indepth knowledge of art and Monet but for an amatuer like me these pictures have no more depth and meaning  than splodges of paint.