Leighton Art Centre Field Trip

On Thursday November 14,  we went to the Leighton Art Centre. It took us  one hour to get there on the school bus because it is outside of Calgary. When we got there we went into the red house which is the main studio. The red house used to be a one room school house that was moved to the property many years ago.

The first activity we did was a blind contour of our partner across from us. They turned out super funny and weird. Then we learned about our first art project which was a wire sculpture of a person. We followed the instructor, Coreen, to make sure that the proportions were correct so I didn't end up with one leg longer than the other. When the wire person was finished we got to dress our person up into its own identity. Some of us even put accessories to add details.

Then we went for a walk to see Mrs. and Mr. Leighton's house. It is now a museum and art gallery for the public to see. We learned that Mrs. Leighton loved to teach art in her house. She made batik fabric and stamps out of wood. Mr and Mrs. Leighton loved to paint mountains! It was a good place to have their house. Mr. Leighton worked for the CP Railway and would paint the landscapes he saw while travelling on the train.

Our second project was working with clay. We practiced using different tools to make textures on our clay cookie. Then we created a winter scene using what we learned. At school, we will paint our winter landscape projects when they dry.

We went on a nature walk and saw lots of different antlers and bones from animals that inhabit the area. Then we went up to a place called Echo Hill. As a team, we yelled the word "Echo" and it bounced off the mountains and came back to us so we could hear it.

It was a fun learning day!