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Posted by Jordan Williams on
Jordan Williams La Poesia y Mi Reflexión_Proyecto
This was a Spanish 2 project. For this project we had to look up a famous Spanish poet and write some key information about them. We also had to write one of they're famous poems and also write one of our own similar to the poets. This whole prohject had to be in Spanish.  

Spanish Projects Konstantina Angelis

Posted by Konstantina Angelis in SPANISH 2 - Moran - A on
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​"The things above are the past projects I have done this year in Spanish 2. The first project is a eulogy for the day of the dead. I chose to make a mask representing my father. The second one is two poems we had to create. The first poem is about regret and the second poem is about my father. In the third project it is a book another classmate and I created. The book is about a boy named Carlos who has a dream about his first day at school the night before his first day of school. In the fourth project it is a video of a Spanish news report. I also collaborated with another classmate for this project too. In the video we describe the weather, fashion and health for Philadelphia. In the fifth project I created a power point that shows a couple of sentences using Ser and Estar in different forms." 
                ~Konstantina Angelis

Project:Unit 6 Are Women Free? By Eliza Meketon

Posted by Eliza Meketon in WORLD HISTORY - Roy - D on
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My Artist Statemnt:


My philosophical question that I had the job of answering was determining whether women are free. With already preknown knowledge and additional research I have determined that the answer to that question is no, women are not free. When creating my artistic representation I had looked up some images. I had specifically looked for plastic surgery models and on the very first page of google images it was  pretty evident that majority of the plastic surgery models that were being used were of woman. Now at first this may seem far fetched however I was intrigued. I  did some additional research and according to statistics I found at The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, in 2013, 91% of all cosmetic procedures were carried by women. While only 9% percent of cosmetic procedures were carried out by men. If this is not enough the number one cosmetic surgical procedures in 2013, was breast augmentations. Apparently 290,000 patients had gotten breast augmentations. These statistics were all too real for me. It made me question what beauty even was. So I decide to look it up. The first site that came up was for a makeup and cosmetic store. I have come to realize that the media, and society has pushed an image of what it means to be a woman , what it means to be beautiful has been shoved down womens throats since the beginning of time. The expectation to maintain an idealistic, beautiful, and attractive exterior and interior has been vocalized since man has learned to talk. It is clear that women can never truly escape the the grip of societies idea of perfection.


I have looked at  multiple ideas of famous philosophers regarding women and their purpose in the world. Philosophers such as the highly regarded Aristotle as well as the well recognized Plato. Each of these MEN have vastly different views on the role of women.  First, I looked at Aristotle’s view. He had determined that women’s role was to be the caretaker and the submissive position in a relationship between a man and wife. That women lack the courage to even be on a man’s level even in a biological way. He believed that men were the main stars in reproduction and that sperm gave the fetus it’s being. While Plato was more progressive for his time and believed that women should be in the “guardian class” and should have a role in society. He thought that women were capable of holding roles of authority and it was also said that he thought that to have a contributing position in society, you should be measured by your ability and and aptitude not by gender. However, no matter how forward thinking Plato’s ideas are about women, the fact that there is even a discussion about a woman’s capabilities without a woman's perspective even being reliable is proof that women are not free from criticism and the questioning of ability and intelligence.


When creating my art piece I thought about all the things I have seen and heard regarding what it means to be a woman. Whether it is specified to gender, beauty, or society. Then I thought, who determines what it means to even be a woman? Then I remembered a documentary I had watched. This documentary was comparing and contrasting three women. They were all different ages and at different stages in life. The documentary discussed about the role of sex and beauty in their lives. It talked about how the standards of beauty had been dramatically altered in the past couple centuries. It is also talked about what it meant to be a sexy and attractive woman in this day in age. How words had evolved to not only objectify, but also brainwash millions of women into thinking that perfection is achievable and that there is an answer to what is beautiful. In my art piece I strived to demonstrate the ways that women are impacted by words and institutions that affect even the deepest forms of alteration on one self. The woman I drew is supposed to represent a an average woman. The lines on her represent some of the hundreds of types of plastic surgery women can get on themselves such as breast augmentation, liposuction, facelift, and many more. Some of the lines that appear on her body are drawn to mark where a patient would undergo plastic surgery. On those lines I wrote words that could affect a woman to change her physical appearance. Her wrist is also shackled to a wall.  On her shackle it says the word beauty. This shows that women are being put into a metaphorical box when it comes to what makes them beautiful. The main reason I had decided to use the word beauty on the shackle was to demonstrate how that word can hold a woman back in life. Especially if the world finds flaws with a woman’s physical appearance. On her eyes is the word perfection. This represents how what she thinks no longer matters and that she is being blinded by what the world wants from her and her ideas and opinions no longer matter. She is no longer free from society, the world’s expectations, or even herself.


Art Project 3

Posted by Cameron Lockett in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on

  1. Describe your project
    I made a drawing of a bird that I first sketched then painted over.

  2. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?

    I had made sketches for my last two projects. I had little knowledge with painting for this subject.

  3. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?
    I wanted to learn how to paint over sketches seamlessly. I want to be better at painting, so I started out with sketches first and then painted over them.


  4. Did you accomplish this goal?
    I did since I made a painting through sketches and painting techniques.


  5. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?
    I know i accomplished the goal since I made the bird painting to my liking. The paint clashes somewhat and isn’t the neatest, but it was something knew that I tried. I feel like it turned out ok.


  6. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?
    I learned different techniques for painting. Such as how different strokes and dexterity of the water change the way the painting turns out.


  7. What are you most proud of in this project?

    I’m most proud of the way the bird turned out. I like the color scheme of it since the blue makes a sky like feel and brown is seen common on birds.

  8. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?


I would change the background. The background doesn’t fit as much as I would like it to with the bird.
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GAG

Posted by Ryan Swann in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on

  1. Describe your project

I wanted to create a gag manga that was 12 pages. However, I was only able to finish a few pages of it.

  1. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?

I had already read and studied manga styles for several years.

  1. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?

I wanted to specifically learn about the style of gag manga.

  1. Did you accomplish this goal?

I didn’t accomplish my goal. I wasn’t able to get all 12 pages.

  1. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?

I didn’t accomplish my goal, because I redid all the pages I had already done.

  1. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?

I learned how to do the shading in this style of manga.

  1. What are you most proud of in this project?

I think I was able to make the artwork look very professionally done.

  1. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?


I wouldn’t have redone some of my art, so that I could have done more pages.
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Animoto

Posted by Imani Washington in TECH (INTRO TO DESIGN MULTIMEDIA) - Hertz - C1 on
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  • an explanation of your project
  • new knowledge you gained through completing the project
  • challenges you ran into while completing the project
  • what you are most proud of
  • what you would do differently if you had to do the project over
My project is a video with pictures and text about my life and goals for the future. I learned how to use a new online application. The challenges I ran into where editing my project. I am most proud that I got to create something that was actually meaningful to me. I would add more to my project if I could do it over.
https://animoto.com/project/RkUiJ53MJqZgAHM6hOItug 

Eye Sketches

Posted by Angelica Reed in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on

Art Elective Project Reflection

Please answer the questions below. Do not delete the prompts!


  1. Describe your project

I drew different kinds of eyes with lots of detail.

  1. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?
    I knew how to draw still life objects and have experience drawing things while looking at them.

  2. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?
    I was never particularly good at drawing eyes, I believe them to be the most difficult human feature to depict. I wanted to improve my eye drawing skills, with humans as well as animals.

  3. Did you accomplish this goal?
    I accomplished this goal by taking my time and practicing drawing not only one kind of eye, but three different variations, including a human eye, a cat eye and a lizard eye.

  4. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?
    I know I accomplished this goal because I compared my eyes to the original eyes that I modeled mine over and I think I drew them just as good, if not better.

  5. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?
    I learned sketching skills with pencil and improved on drawing objects while looking at them.

  6. What are you most proud of in this project?
    I am very proud of the accuracy of my drawings and how realistic they look.

  7. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?

If I were to do the project over again, I would allot more time to my project instead of

focusing on the accomplishments and the goals and proposals and such.


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Abstract Art

Posted by Ashley Bailey in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on

  1. Describe your project

My project is a form of abstract art. You see a stream of crayola crayons dripping down the canvas with the word grow highlighted at the bottom. To me it’s sorta like the crayons dripping are continuously growing and me as a person I feel like I am always continuously growing. Even at the roughest times, I always want to grow in some kind of way.


  1. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?

I had just knew that the crayons were made of of wax and once anything wax getting heated it starts leaking. Also, I knew what materials I needed and what techniques to test out so I could have made up my final decision come time for the final project.


  1. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?

Going into this project I wanted to learn how to be in control of the crayons. What that means is the way the crayons dripped and how much they dripped I wanted to be determined by me. I did not just want to make a blob of colors.


  1. Did you accomplish this goal?

Yes, I have accomplished this goal and I loved completing this project. If, I could I would do this again.


  1. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?

I am very pleased with what I created and I’m not just saying that as a settlement. I really love what I have created. I love the feedback that I have been getting as well. When you look at something and really admire it that’s how you know that you have created something well and I feel as though I am going to actually use this piece and hang it somewhere.



  1. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?

I learned that when melting the crayons it was better not to hold the heat gun too close to the crayons because this would created blobs of the colors to come out. Whereas what I had to do was hold the heating gun away and on an angle to get just drips to come out of the crayons.  



  1. What are you most proud of in this project?

I am most proud that I have completed the project only because it seemed like I kept hesitating about my ideas. I knew that I wanted to do something with melting crayons, but I was so unsure about the concept behind what I was actually going to do. Now, that I have created this piece I am so proud that I finished it, it’s on time, and I am so proud of what I have done.


  1. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?

If I had to do this project over again the only thing that I would change is maybe trying to do a different picture. Maybe, I would try to make an actual picture instead of just lines. I would learn how to use a different method in regards to making the crayons move different ways.
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Geometric Abstract

Posted by Taaysia Jones in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on

Art Elective Project Reflection

Please answer the questions below. Do not delete the prompts!



  1. Describe your project

My project is a geometric tempera painting. It has very spring and bright colors and I even mixed a few. I guess it  is supposed to be abstract.


  1. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?

     I've done a lot of geometric paintings and drawings before.  I know that with geometric paintings  your lines have to be neat and precise.



  1. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?
    I hope to learn differents techniques on how to make my painting more vivid and also different styles of geometric painting.


  2. Did you accomplish this goal?

    Yes

  3. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?

    I used different paint and a different technique

  4. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?
    Nothing really


  5. What are you most proud of in this project?
    The coloring of the painting


  6. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?

Explore different paint textures
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Surreal Slime Dream

Posted by David Wilson in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on

This Project was an achievement for me as it was my first time painting and it included something from a mission in a game called First Time Together, and the boss of the mission was a Slime. The slime I guess represents me in a dream on a plane staring at the sky, which is supposed to be Surrealism right? Anyways, here's my reflection. Peace.

  1. Describe your project
    My project is pretty much just a small, purple slime (with one black string with a purple ball on its end sticking out of the top of the slime) staring up at the blue-sprayed clouds.

  2. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?

    I knew about how to take care of acrylic paint and painting materials, as well as what they’re made of and how best to use them in techniques.

  3. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?

    I wanted to learn about how exactly acrylic paint works. What I was looking for was some experimentation and experience to accompany the previous knowledge that i’d looked up.

  4. Did you accomplish this goal?

    Yes.

  5. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?

    I know I accomplished this goal because I was able to experiment with different tones and shades and apply them on different plates. In my blog post i’ll show you what I came up with in the end, well before it all got swirled. Still looks pretty cool.

  6. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?

    I learned about making different shades, and painting small areas. Making shades requires that you have space for making different variations and occasionally going over the variation line to refill certain shades. Painting small areas really depends on the look that is wished to be gained, which can be gained with different size brushes, and applying water to different areas.

  7. What are you most proud of in this project?

    I’m most proud of the painting in itself. The Slime could have came out better, but the blue painted sky, the blue and white mixed clouds that don’t look the same from each other, and the greenish-yellowish grass are beautiful to me. On top of that, I finished my entire project in one day, and was able to get my work done on time, which was truly a miracle for my schedule.


  8. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?


I would have done it sooner.
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Golden flower

Posted by Leyitha Achoute in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on
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Describe your project Golden flower. It’s a chalk draw of a yellow flower in a garden. There’s vines and little flowers accompanying the yellow in the middle. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started? I had the knowledge how to draw flowers and vines. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project? I learn how to work with messy thing like chalk. It can get on your clothes easily. Did you accomplish this goal? Yes I did accomplished the goal I’ve set in the beginning. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is? I know I accomplished the goal because I wanted to create something that’s meaningful to me and a presentation of my value and it did. Also I think it look cute and I like it. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way? I learn that when you mess up just try to make something out of it. What are you most proud of in this project? I’m proud of how the piece came out, not perfect but still like it. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again? I would have not put the black on the background of the flower.

ANIMAL KINGDOM

Posted by Jada Martin in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on
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  1. Describe your project

  • For my project I decided to try fauvism. I wanted to do something with animals so I drew the main animals in the animal kingdom which is the lion, elephant, and gorilla. It’s colorful because that’s what fauvism is a lot of colors that pop out.


  1. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?
    - I knew that fauvism is a regular painting with a lot of colors that pop out. You can draw anything you want but the goal is to have bright colors or colors that get’s people attention.


  2. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?
    The skill I wanted to learn in this project is how to put realistic values into my project.


  3. Did you accomplish this goal?
    Yes, I accomplished this goal because I feel like the animals I drew look like what I wanted them to. They have so much details.


  4. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?
    I know that I accomplished my goal because I took the time to draw my pictures to make them have so much real value to them. I try very hard to make them actually look like what they’re suppose to be.


  5. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?
    I learned how to draw different animals.


  6. What are you most proud of in this project?
    I’m most proud that I got it accomplished and that It looks very nice. I’m happy about my project overall because it looks like how I wanted it to be


  7. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?

I would make my animals bigger and I would add more animals to make it look more like a jungle.

Life with crayola

Posted by Khabreah Rodgers in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on
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  1. Describe your project
    My project is melted crayons on a canvas with flowers towards the end. It basically describes my life. Right now it’s all a blur, but at the end I hope it will be peaceful.

  2. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?
    Before I started this project, the only knowledge I had was that I knew crayons melted easily.


  3. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?
    I wanted to learn how to turn something so messy, and childish into something with a great meaning behind it.


  4. Did you accomplish this goal?
    I did accomplish this goal, because of my answer to question one.


  5. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?

    1. I think I accomplished the goal, because the whole point of the project was to be a reflection piece, and in the end I can see how it does actually reflects on my life, both positive and negative.

  6. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?
    I learned that when melting crayons, be careful because they are really running.


  7. What are you most proud of in this project?
    I most proud of the meaning behind the project, that still correlates with the vision of the canvas.


  8. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?

    1. I would see which colors mix together, because originally I had a specific color scheme in my head, but when I started melting the crayons, the mixes came out different.

Kunai

Posted by Serenity Harris in ART ADV - Hertz - b2 on
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  1. Describe your project
    It’s origami

  2. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?

    I’m a pro at origami as long as I have the right materials

  3. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?

    I wanted to learn to have more patience because it was my first time doing a piece that required other things than just paper.

  4. Did you accomplish this goal?

    Yes.

  5. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?

    I know because I can make things quicker.

  6. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?

    That I have to follow exact measurements.

  7. What are you most proud of in this project?

    I’m proud of the kunai itself

  8. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?


nothing. I like it.