Sabhat's Neilson Art Center Experience

            Dear reader:

Before I begin my blog, I wanted to show you a little poem:

           Roses are red.

           Violets are blue,

           I went to an Art center,

           And you should too!

          You'll hear about my thoughts,

          And how it was for me,

          From a random idea to a masterpiece.

          Not all would agree,

          That I did quite well,

          But in my opinion, 

          My painting was swell.

          From imagination in air,

          to sitting in a chair,

          I had a great time,

          and then filled a questionnaire!

The rest is all below!

           One of our recent trips has been to the Neilson Art Center.  Before we had even gotten to the center, there was excitement. Someone even missed the TTC bus, but its okay, in the end we all made it.

When we arrived, we were told to grab some imagination from the air. Pretty weird, especially for skeptical 12 and 13 year olds (and trust me, a lot of us are very skeptical). I think the air imagination paid off in the end (and middle, and beginning) , because the paintings and discussions were amazing.

I would say, by far, one of the best parts would be sharing time. My painting was a bunch of patterns and colours ,and my sharing group actually turned my mess on paper (I’m saying that in the best way possible) into something that inspired my next drawing. They told me it was a birthday party. Our sharing group had such nice paintings and even nicer comments. There was a Bigfoot, aliens, octopus tentacles (which later turned into Mitch), a movie theater, a birthday party, a universe, a web of thoughts, people connected through lines, and so much more! 

I personally think that, the fact that we are able to create even the most random paintings and have them recognized by someone is amazing. It turns your work of art into an absolute story.  I was super surprised (and happy) when I was told (by Joshua) that the blue splat in the corner of my page was actually blue kool-aid that spilled at the party.  There was one paintings (by Saksham) of a movie theater. I had fun predicting the topic of the movie, but I did. The scene, colours, and overall  drawing reminded me of a horror movie! Trust me, I mean that in the best way possible. 

The bottom painting is my first and the top is my second.

I don't know if it's just me, but sometimes I feel a bit awkward as the people walk around looking at your painting. I just get stuck every time someone comes around to look at it, as if my ideas have stopped freezing. It only happens at the Art Center, I find that peculiar. 
I have been there four times now and it is truly amazing. I wonder though, how they choose the paintings that they display. How do they choose the arrangement and layout? Was building was originally constructed for the purpose of a museum or something else?

The best part of all, which I would absolutely never forget….were the…..COOKIES! I’m just kidding, the cookies can’t compare to my awesome sharing group who inspired my second painting.

All in all, it was fun, and I was very proud of the random scribbles I created on paper! I'm glad we were giving the opportunity to participate in the program. I'm also glad that I got to meet an artist. But then again,  there were artists all around me! My classmates!