Dhiyanah Hassan, 12B

I was excited when I heard we were going to go on a workshop with a professional artist. I was especially interested as to see how the work with the cardboards would progress. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to paint on them but I did enjoyed learning about installation and painting on the beach – we ended up using the cardboard as the border for all our finger-painted abstract works put together.

It was fascinating to see all our works together like that, it reminded me of the work we had seen in the exhibition earlier on. I found the abstract paintings really expressive and free in terms of technique although it was nothing I was used to, I really found it appealing. The exhibition itself has taught me to appreciate abstract art for its expressive and simplistic element. I also enjoyed Sana’s speech about her work and what she has to say about abstract art, which was that the only way you could get to a good end result is if you’re not afraid to express yourself and cover up the plain canvas.