This week, the seventh grade class went to the Huntington Library. There were many gardens, paintings, and sculptures at the Huntington Library. My favorite gardens was the Chinese and Japanese gardens. They were remotely the same besides the bamboo garden in the China area and the Bonsai and Zen garden in the Japan area. The China garden had a giant lake with a bridge over it. The lake contained many sorts of wildlife including plants, koi, smaller fish, and one red-eyed duck. There was a pathway leading through the backside of a waterfall. It was very peaceful there. The Japan garden had birds and trees native to Japan. It contained a beautiful Zen garden and countless bonsai trees. This area was also extraordinarily peaceful so Ms. Stronks took a picture of us meditating. The paintings that really caught my attention were “Blue Boy” made by Thomas Gainsborough, and “Pinkie” made by Thomas Lawrence. These paintings are in my dining room also. The painter of “Blue Boy” used his neighbor’s son as the boy. He ended up winning an artist’s competition with his artwork. “Pinkie” was the portrait of a girl in Jamaica that was wanted by her grandma. Unfortunately, she died of a disease in Jamaica. The painting was the only thing to remember her, so the grandma gave the painting to the parents. These paintings have a lot of color and stand out to me. http://www.huntington.org/
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