Dad and I went on a big outing. We went to the Royal Academy of Art, where we saw the exhibition, Treasure from Budapest, which had art from the Museum of Fine arts in Budapest. It was very fun! Then we went to Fortnum & Mason, a fancy store with very fun window (and food!) displays and yummy tasters. Then we walked along Oxford Street and dropped into Selfridges, another BIG fancy story with lots of displays and more yummy tasters.
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| Paolo Veronese's Portrait of a Man |
Chapter 2:
We go often to the V&A on Friday evenings to meet my Dad after work, and one night in Nov, I walked there with my Mom. We stopped at a store with a GIANT teacup and other interesting things. Then we went to an awesome chocolate store with marshmallow chairs (and tasters!) and then on to the V&A. At the museum, we saw Islamic art; I liked the picture of six women doing different things in different poses, which was painted on 33 and 2/6 tiles.
Chapter 3:
Another night in November brought us to the Courtauld Gallery, where we saw an exhibition on Cezanne's "Card Players." I really like his stuff. Then we saw other things in the museum.
Chapter 4:
The next night, we went to the National Gallery. We met at the bookstore, where we sampled chocolates and minced pies (our first in London: they were very tasty, sweeter than I expected); we all entered a lottery to win a "hamper" (big basket) of chocolate goodies. Then we looked at a few rooms, and Dad left to meet his friend Doug and see a play. Then I drew objects from my favorite paintings, The Four Elements by Joachim Beuckelaer.
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| Earth, My favourite element. |
Chapter 5:
Nine miles was the walk that we took to get to the museum! On the walk, we went to Brixton, with lots of Middle Eastern shops and things. Then we reached the Dulwich Gallery and saw many good paintings; there was also an exhibition of the paintings of Salvator Rosa. My favorite painting from the museum was a small Head of a Hound by Pieter Boel, with a gray background. It felt like he was going to leap off the canvas!
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| Hound |
I really like to see art, and London has so much!
