Zinzan Brooke

Hello, today at Enrich I did affective study. We had to chose someone who is gifted or that suits Renzulli's model of giftedness (task commitment, above average ability and creativity). I'm doing Zinzan Brooke who was an All Black in 1987 and he was in the very first world cup that New Zealand won. He played as a number 8. But the only thing I'm worried about is if he is actually creative. We have to present our person on a poster, prezi etc. We got a list of things we had to include in our presentation including pictures of mentors/coaches, pictures and facts about our person and lots more. I really enjoy doing this but I'm under pressure with time. Wish me luck!

Impressionism

Hello, today at Enrich I went to the second art workshop with Katie. We looked at Claud Monet's impression art - it is really cool, I like how it's your impression and you can do what ever you want with it as long as you see the picture. We got to paint lily pads in the water which was really cool because we just mixed random colours together and made really cool colours in our water. Claud Monet made simple easy flowers but really effective. The way he painted was called "tache" which is french for touch. In Claud Monet's paintings he brushed landscape for the bits he wanted to stand out,  and vertical for the backgrounds. In paintings today,  people make sure it is perfect but it doesn't have to be perfect. I really like Claud Monets paintings.

The Art Gallery

Hello, today at Enrich I went on an adventure to the Bank Art Gallery. We went to the gallery because we were looking at patterns in art. There were loads of patterns everywhere I was amazed. On the way to the gallery we saw every type of pattern. At the gallery we saw lots of different things like wood carvings, oil on canvas paintings and lots more. My favourite type of paintings was oil on canvas because it stood out and it looked 3d. I didn't like the wood carving because I didn't like the design of it. The trip
was absolutely awesome!