We woke up early on Wednesday morning and went on the bus to the Winmalee Christian Conference Centre near the Blue Mountains. We arrived at morning tea time and were allocated our cabins. We met the Tyndale students, had lunch then were off on our first activity.
We went for a bush walk. We had to collect leaves, gum nuts and anything we found interesting. After this (which was very tiring) we went to an outdoor ‘chapel’. We sat on the benches and our task was to draw a piece of bush in front of us, some drew trees, some drew bushes and others drew gum nuts.
After that we came back and studied different artist’s techniques. We used different 2D media to make our own piece of art. Some students used oil pastels, paint and twigs to bring out the first colours.
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We had dinner, and some people swam in the heated pool (which was actually quite cold). We had supper and devotions, played games and went to bed.
The next morning we woke up late, had breakfast (which was exquisite), finished off our paintings from the day before, had a devotion by Mr. Rusin, then we listened to a visiting artist who gave us some inspiration.
Our next workshop was ceramics. We made pieces that resembled nature, the shape, texture and patterns of each one was different. We had lunch and then started a printmaking workshop. We were shown how to do a lino print, a collagraph and a lithograph. We could choose to do two of these printing methods. Each student had to do part of a large picture of a tree, in the end they would all be joined together. Since each student did two prints it meant that two large tree pictures could be made, one for school each school.
After this, we had dinner, watched Benchwarmers, had supper, and went to bed. We were all exhausted from the day’s art.
The next day was the last. We had our Art Exhibition and wandered around, marveling at the work people had done. We went on the flying fox, after that, we had a BBQ lunch, packed our bags, and after a tearful goodbye, went home. On the way back, everyone was happy to be going home, but still missing our new friends. We look forward to seeing them again at the beach.
Thank you Teachers for giving us this experience, we will never forget it.
Kathleen Purkis
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