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HELLO fellow bloggers..... THIS IS MY FIRST POST IN THE WORLD OF BLOGGERDOM!! weeeeee. wow. I already sound like a nerd.....

So last weeked I went on an art retreat to Menucha with my AP-3D class. Menucha is this retreat center in the Gorge. It was soooo beautiful there!! The weather was perfect, besides it being a little cold early the first day. Sarah, our guest artist was really talented and really inspired me to venture out of my comfort zone and create pieces made out of clay cylinders we had extruded in class. I feel like in order to improve as an artist, you can't be afraid to try new things and experiment. Will you fail sometimes? Yeah, probably. But you will also gain knowledge and experience that you didn't have before.

The next day we went out and created pieces of art made out of materials found in nature. They were inspired by artist Andy Goldsworthy. The piece I made, pictured here, is made out of this dry, long grass that I wove around a frame made of sticks. For pops of color, I used berries and flowers I found nearby. It took me a good three hours to make this... but I think it was worth it. I think the close-up pictures turned out better so I posted one of those in addition to a zoomed-out picture.

In general, the retreat was wayyy more fun than I expected. I think we really "bonded" as a class. (Yeah, I know, its terribly cliche.) Everyone was really nice and I also think that it was good we had something in common to connect us all... our love of art. We had SOOOO much food. And my favorite part had to be watching "The Last Unicorn". Quality film.

I'm pretty sure this post is getting ridiculously long so I should stop typing now. Seeya next week!.... or maybe sooner.....