Hey guys.
On November 29th, 2012, our class 7/8G went on a
class trip to the Neilson Creative Art Centre. We took a long and tedious TTC
bus ride there in the cold. We took a walk that lasted a few minutes to the
centre itself. The building itself looked great!
When we walked in, we were told to take off our jackets and
put them in the coat room. We performed an exercise which included reaching up
into the air and putting some 'imagination' into our heads. How bizarre does
that sound?
We then walked into the art gallery. This contained dozens
of artwork that looked amazing. Did you see all of it? We were told to pick the
artwork we liked best and study it. We were then brought to another room where
we had to colour and draw an imitation of the artwork we chose, using the same
colours. I used the colours orange, purple, green, red, yellow, and blue in my
drawing. I thought the painting I studied resembled a waterfall of multiple
colours, so I decided to draw a river.
After finishing, we brought our drawings back to the art
gallery to share it with our assigned groups. Some people thought my drawing
was the tentacles of an octopus, while others thought it was a bunch of cacti.
What did you think it was?
Soon we ate lunch and began our second session. This time,
we took our drawings from the morning and examined it, choosing colours and
using them in our second drawing. I used the idea that someone gave me that my
first drawing was an octopus, and integrated it into my second drawing. This
time, I decided to be a bit random with my drawing and made a scene of a park,
with a floating octopus in a top hat holding a door. The feedback I got was
amazing! People gave me stories like how the door was the doorway to his soul,
and how the hat belonged to Frosty the snowman.
I had a great time during this trip, and at the end we even
got freezies! I would totally recommend this trip, as it allows you to get your
imagination going with ease.
Who wrote this
ReplyDeleteBrian....he's referring to Mitch the Octopus.
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