Field Trip Day!!

Today we spent the day in the cities at the Walker and the Bell museum.  The walker was interesting as usual, after being there umpteen times I still get lost! They had a lot of interesting works though, most noteably a large amount of Yves Klein's work.  I was very intrigued with the fire paintings.  It was great to see them up close instead of from a picture, I feel like so much gets distorted in photos.  I was also excited to see a photograph by Cindy Sherman, I find her whole process very interesting.  After the Walker and a short bus ride we ended up at the Bell Museum, which I had never been to before. I quickly made myself at home in the fossil room.  After wandering around for a little while I found a skeleton of a bird that I thought was interesting, little did I know that it was a turkey skeleton, very festive! The bird was in pretty rough condition, I'm thinking he was from quite a few Thanksgivings' ago.  His neck vertebrae was pretty wonky and looked a little beat up, so I did the best I could to understand how it all connected. I also took the opportunity today to use shading and crosshatching to my hearts content and it was great :)!  Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of my drawing before jetting off for home, but I'll take a picture next week when I get back and post it.  Until then, here's a little diagram to see what I was working from.

  Between breaks we were able to pet a resident snake and a few turtles that live in the museum, very friendly little guys! It was nice to sit and relax for awhile and draw from non living things (they tend to be a little more patient). Overall it was a very fun trip, but I was definitely ready to get home for Thanksgiving break! Bring on the Turkey!  I hope everyone had a safe drive home and has a good break!