On the 29th and 30th of April, all of 7th grade went to the Vancouver Art Gallery. It was... fine, I suppose. On the 29th, we were a lot more busy travelling around. One thing for sure on both days, it was so. Hot. So very. Very. Hot. Like, the heat took out a quarter of the field trip for me.
It was kind of fun. I mean, there's been more fun things in life. It's not boring to look at art, but there are other things I'd rather be doing. Well, I don't know how the experience could've been enhanced anymore when we were looking at art and taking note of all the little things that made it so very, very artistic.
In the workshops we had to make a painting with oil pastels and put water on that. It had an interesting effect. The next day we had to take picture of landscapes that we made in a sandbox. Extraordinary, I know. Don't worry, it wasn't that hard.
We learned stuff we already learned in school. But we were only taught it at school in anticipation of our trip to the Art Gallery. The only difference was that we got to see the actual pictures. And there was a lot more gushing over Burtynsky's pictures. That was mostly the tour guide.
All in all, I'm glad we didn't have to do any school work for 2 days, and we had a Pro-D day in the same week.
Now, I'd post a picture of one of Burtynsky's photos (we looked at Lawren Harris and Emily Carr too. Their pictures. Not them, of course. They're dead) but the laptop I'm using right now is giving me grief, so if you want to look at pictures so badly, look them up yourself.
Cheers,
Miwa.
It was kind of fun. I mean, there's been more fun things in life. It's not boring to look at art, but there are other things I'd rather be doing. Well, I don't know how the experience could've been enhanced anymore when we were looking at art and taking note of all the little things that made it so very, very artistic.
In the workshops we had to make a painting with oil pastels and put water on that. It had an interesting effect. The next day we had to take picture of landscapes that we made in a sandbox. Extraordinary, I know. Don't worry, it wasn't that hard.
We learned stuff we already learned in school. But we were only taught it at school in anticipation of our trip to the Art Gallery. The only difference was that we got to see the actual pictures. And there was a lot more gushing over Burtynsky's pictures. That was mostly the tour guide.
All in all, I'm glad we didn't have to do any school work for 2 days, and we had a Pro-D day in the same week.
Now, I'd post a picture of one of Burtynsky's photos (we looked at Lawren Harris and Emily Carr too. Their pictures. Not them, of course. They're dead) but the laptop I'm using right now is giving me grief, so if you want to look at pictures so badly, look them up yourself.
Cheers,
Miwa.