LO’s: (L2:  Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken developing new skills, )(L5:  Demonstrate skills and benefits of working collaboratively)

I am always inclined towards visual arts, I have been practising visual arts from grade 2. I have spent almost 13 years in the school. I always wanted to paint the empty walls in school and make something memorable , more like leaving a mark before graduation. I took CAS as an opportunity to do this. It was my first time making murals. Before actually making the murals, we listed some places where we could do that. Like the glass door  of the VA room, at block 5. 

First we decided to paint the door glass of the VA room. While painting the glass, I got to know that the brush moves really smoothly on the glass when compared to paper. It was my first time painting on glass. I used acrylic as the medium. We unitedly decided to make sunflowers on the glass. We took reference from the series “Sunflowers” by Vincent Van Gogh. We first figured out the colour pallet in the series and took out colour in our pallet accordingly. We tried adding strokes, for me making strokes was challenging but from the peers I learned this skill and I was able to make strokes. After learning how to make strokes in specific directions, I gained confidence to paint more sunflowers. I really enjoyed working with my grade mates. We got to know each other’s style of painting and we developed a bond.

All in all, it was a great experience making murals in school, leaving a memorable mark in school which I hope stays after my graduation. I thoroughly enjoyed working collaboratively and I look forward to doing more creative things like this in the future 🙂

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-Parisha Jain