Weekly study tours to various important places were one of the most awaited and fun filled times for us who study at AOD. We were required to take down information as much as we want and in the end of the semester, we were required to submit a journal out of all the visits we have gone. It was quite challenging in the beginning, because the requirement was 10 pages per study tour.
However, I soon realized that it was not as much difficult as it seemed to be. We were allowed to include whatever influence we got and make our own new designs and arts.
On our first ever study tour, we went to the National Museum in Colombo.
The replicas of Sigiriya frescoes were able to steal our attention. The Sigiriya frescoes are one of the most important creations of the Sri Lankan art history. Apart from the fact that they are drawn on a rock surface, the fact of using natural colors should also be taken into consideration.
In the past when coloring drawings, artists used natural colors which were abstracted from various flowers, leaves, soil, etc, After applying such colors, they had to use some kind of wax which would leave the drawings preserved for a long period of time.
The following colors were abstracted from natural elements.
What is important is that, in order to make something creative you do not need the best materials. As long as you can think creative, you can always produce an exceptional invention with simple and cheap things which you can find easily.
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