For the Q4 botany benchmark, we had to compare different greening projects that can create a more food secure future for our community. I thought this was an interesting project to do because I got to learn about different gardening methods that help benefit the society. I learned about tower gardening, urban farming, crop rotation and self-water systems. These 4 different growing methods play a crucial role in food security. After researching 4 different growing methods for plants I wonder what will the future bring for more greening projects that are even better than the ones we currently have and use now for our plants.

For my quarter 4 benchmark we had to create a drawing is[iyedes by or similar to our artist study artwork. I decided to create a drawing that was inspired by  Käthe Kollwitz drawing known as ‘’ Woman with Dead Child’’ I decided to create a sprawling based of this crawling because I wanted to challenge myself and see If I could draw a person. The person I drew was a girl crying on her knees in a dark room. I did this because in the ‘’ woman with dead child’’ drawing there is a woman holding a child in her arms crying.

I want to work to communicate to my audience that the things that I draw play a role in my growth as an artist.   The tools I used to create my art piece was charcoal sticks, smudge sticks, and pencils. I used the pencil to draw the weeping girl in the corner. I used the charcoal to darken the room. I used the smudge stick to lighten some parts of the room. This artwork is similar to previous artwork I have made before because I have drawn someone crying before. The only difference is that in the previous drawing I drew a person's face with tears coming down it. In my current drawing, you don’t see the persons tears you just seem them curled up in the corner in a dark room.

The overall process of the drawing was fairly simple. I didn’t take too much time to draw the person it took about 20 minutes to draw. The thing I spent the most time with was drawing the one point perspective of the room and cooling it with charcoal. It took a while with the charcoal because I Keep leaving fingerprints on the drawing and had to keep calling the paper again. An artist work who I was inspired by and has similar work is Käthe Kollwitz who I did an art study project on. This is the images I was inspired by that I wanted to create an image similar to https://www.artsy.net/artwork/kathe-kollwitz-woman-with-dead-child. A certain technique is import to this work is different shading techniques you can do. Learning about different drawing textures can really bring a drawing to life if it is done right. I learned different shading techniques I can do with charcoal sticks.

The thing I am most proud of in my work in the person I drew. I thought it can out really nice and also like how the person in the corner is the only source of light you can see in the dark room with no windows or light.  If I could change one thing about this drawing it would be to have made the girl I little bit bigger in the drawing because she looks really small. I have learned that learning about an artist and drawing in a style like theirs can show you a new type of art style you have never done before and may enjoy.

For our senior capstone, my partner Theresa Debrah and I decided to create a video about friendship. We wanted to create a video that expresses how the friendships you make at SLA shape you into the person you are today. For the 4 years of attending SLA@Beeber, there has been some ups and downs within friends. Meanwhile, there has always been a great support system within our friendships, whether it is emotionally, physically and intellectually. Which we fail to realize because we end up to become too prideful and let certain things get to us. However, starting the 10th-grade year, Theresa Debrah and I became friends. Then, became closer through the years and decided to do our capstone together.

The capstone process has been long and stressful. My partner Theresa and I  have struggled with coming up what to do for our capstone. We first decided to do a fashion show, but unfortunately, we weren’t able to do so. Similarly to doing the fashion show, we decided to put on a school plays which, also didn't really work out the way we wanted it to. As a result of our unsuccessful capstone ideas, my partner and I finally decided on creating a video, that was inspired by our Principal Mr. Johnson who spoke about friends helping each other out to succeed. Although, we had encountered many ups and down on the capstone journey we had finally produced the final product to our capstone that we can say we are proud of.

For my Q2 benchmark, I  decided to work on a still life drawing. The goal of this project was to create a representation of 2-4 inanimate objects. This representation must be done from life, and not from your imagination. For my still life, I decided to draw a stack on books on type of each other with a piece of paper sticking out between the books. I want my work to communicate to the audience how drawing can really bring something like a still life drawing to life. This work really does not reflect my culture in any way.  However, still, life drawing has been done throughout art history.

For my still life drawing, I decided to keep my picture blank and white. I wanted to challenge myself to see if I can just use charcoal pencil and sticks to create a realistic drawing without any color. I wanted to put together a still life representation that I know I could incorporate wide ranges of values, lines, and textures within my drawing. In my drawing, I tried using different shading techniques. Each book had a different type of shading work. I did blending, stippling, hatching, and smudging. My current work relates to my previous work because I have completed a still life drawing before. The process was pretty much the same for the current art project I am work on now and the one I have done previously. In my opinion, the process for the still life drawing was very simple. I say this because I chose the still life drawing because I already was thinking about what I wanted to draw when reading over the project description.  After that, I knew that I just had to gather my objects and being doing a preliminary sketch in my sketchbook to see if I liked what I wanted to draw.  Artists who have similar work to mines would be a famous painter named Willem Kalf. He was a Dutch painter who was known for his still life drawings. An example of one of his most famous still lifes would be http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/57562/

A certain technique that is important in a still life drawing is how detailed and realistic you make the drawing. You want to make the still life drawing come to life. It's it important to know how you different values, lines and textures in your drawing to achieve your real vision. A new technique I learned and experimented with in the process of making my art pieces was manipulation. I had learned this by manipulating different art materials to create different effects in my drawing. I am most proud of my shading work. I feel like I spent the most time on that than anything else in the drawing. I really wanted to make it look nice. I  would personally change the size of the paper for the project. I would probably make the paper size bigger because I think it would look better in my opinion. I learned that I really enjoy making still life drawing. It a fun way to play around with different art techniques.

Quarter 1 project type/ The overall vision and goals) of the project

• The purpose of this project was to create a website that showcases who I am. The project is supposed to include  3 pages. The pages you have to have on the website is an about me page. A page with your resume and a page project to show what you  completed inside or outside of school. For the process of this project we had to complete certain checkpoints throughout the quarter to check on what we have completed so far on the project. My overall vision for the project was to create a website that was simple and intriguing for people to look at. Also to make the website look somewhat professional for colleges to look at so they can learn about who I am.

For my project this quarter I decided to create a sculpture of a cherry blossom tree. I wanted to do a sculpture because I thought it would be a fun idea to create something out of different material like a mixed medium project. I wanted to make a cherry blossom tree because my name is Sakura and in Japanese culture Sakura means cherry blossom which is a tree. My overall vision for my sculpture project was for me to create a cherry blossom tree out of clay. I decided to not complete my at piece in clay  but instead copper wire. I decided to make the tree out of copper wire because when I was looking up videos of how to make tree sculpture I came across a video of someone making a tree out of wire. I thought that it was cool idea to make the tree out of the wire. I found out that it was easier for me to shape and make the branches with the wire than with the clay. The clay was too much of a hassle for me because the clay keep cracking and wasn’t holding it shape really. I think that I made a good decision to change my sculpture idea from clay to wire because it had a better turnout overall. I think my work shows the viewer that my art is a creative piece. I think I achieved the visually appeal my art piece draws to viewers. My sculpture relates to previous work because it is similar to mix media which is a type of art wear you use different materials to create an art piece. I believe my work fits in with sculpture  artwork.  When I looked at artwork on artsy.com I looked up sculptures. When I looked up and saw different type of sculptures I saw many similarities and differences between the artwork. Most of the art work I was on the website were made up of different materials like mines and others were made out of clay. When completing my benchmark had encountered  many failures during the project. The failures I had encountered was making the tree out of clay. This was difficult  to be because of how the clay keep trying out fast and how it didn’t really hold it shape well. I also had a hard time making the cherry blossom flowers out of clay. When I was frustrated with how things turned out with the clay I decided to go on YouTube and look up pictures online on how to create a cherry blossom tree sculpture. I saw that most of the sculptures on YouTube and online was made out of wire. After I saw a YouTube video of someone making a tree out of wire i decided to change my concept. When moving forward with my project I found that it was easier to make my tree out of wire because I was able to bend it many different ways to make the shape of the tree. For the truck of the tree I decided to do paper mache at the bottom so I could cover up the wire. I also wanted to put paper mache at the trunk of the tree because I wanted that part of the tree to be thicker and the braces be skinny. The branches for the tree was just made up of wire. I had painted the whole tree brown because the copper wire I used to make the tree was red. On the branches of the tree I had put pink flowers on their to represent cherry blossom flowers since it was a cherry blossom tree. I had made origami flowers which I learned how to do from YouTube. I really didn't like how the flowers turned out when I was done with them. However when I put them on the tree I thought it really made the tree look nice. My inspiration came from google and youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ojsLZxYcwA&list=WL&index=19

https://nspa.in/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/style-hive.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQGoVx8xMdM. My work could influence people to step out their comfort zone and try new ways to experience themselves through art instead of traditional drawings and paintings. My work could influence people to step out their comfort zone and try to create new things that they want to make. From this project I learned that there are many ways to make a tree sculpture.

The project choice I choose to do for my Q2 benchmark was Value line and Texture Drawing. I decided to choose this because I wanted to create an image that uses various techniques that would make my drawing realistic. When thinking about doing this project I had many different vision and ideas of what I wanted to do. I had did 2 rough draft of sample drawings I wanted to do. The first idea I had, was for me to do a one point perspective drawing of my name. The second Idea I had was to do a necker cube illusion. The reason why I didn’t go through with those ideas was because I didn’t like how the drawing turned out. I finally then decided, that I wanted to draw a human skull because when I was looking up realistic human skull drawings, I like what I saw and I decided I wanted to make a skull drawing. I think my work communicate to the viewer because of realistic aspect of the drawing. I think I achieved the realist aspect of the skull drawing. My current work relates to my previous work because I have done a value line and texture drawing in the 9 th grade. We had did still life drawings.

I believe my work fits in with contemporary art because of portraiture art work. When I looked at artwork on artsy.com I saw portraiture and when i had clikced on it, I saw that it was portaits and relaistic drawlings  that looked simlair to my darwling. When I finally decided to draw a skull for my benchmark, I had went online to looked up different skull ideas I could draw. When I found the one I thought I could replicate, I went on youtube to see different examples on how to draw a skull. I also watched some drawing videos about shading. When I had got an idea of what I wanted to draw a had started to draw my rough draft  to see how the skull would turn out. After I was done my rough draft I pretty pleased with what I had. However when I was working on my final drawing I realised that something was missing that would make my skull different from the skulls I saw on the internet. I then decided to add bones inside the skull mouth to make it look like a pirate flag symbol.My inspiration came from google because I was looking up different ideas for realistic drawing and I saw a skull which I thought was pretty nice. My work could have an impact on the world by showing people they can and try new things like I did when completing this project. My work could influence people to step out their comfort zone and try new drawing techniques. A certain technique I used in my drawing was the shading. When shading in the skull it gave it more value and realism to it which I think is really cool. I learn how to make different textures with a pencil and how to shade had realism to the drawing.

For my Q2 benchmark I chose to do A Graphic design project. For this project you had to create a road sign that represents a situation that is real or fictional. The road sign should have words on it the message your are trying to convey has to be told through the image. The message I have for my road sign is ‘’Thinking outside the box’’.  When doing this project I found it very hard to do because Instead of using icons to create our sign we had to basically make it from scratch using different shapes to make what we want. For example a person, you would have to use lines, circles and rectangles. I also found it difficult to move the shapes and making them the same size to look neat. The failures I had on the project was trying to making a person. My success me able  to create a image without words and people understand the message behind the image.

When thinking about doing this project I decided to make my color wheel out of a spider web because, I really like the design of the spider web. I also didn’t want to do a basic color wheel because other people were doing it.  My overall vision was to create a huge spider web with different sections to show the color wheel.  I expect my audience to see the difference between the tints and original colors. My current work relates to this color wheel project because in middle school I had did something similar to the color wheel. The only thing that was different about it was  that the paper we had to color had numbers on it that corresponding with the color.I think my work relates a little bit to contemporary art because when I looked up what it was I saw how the artwork was colorful and eye catching.

For  this project we had to work in groups and research, and make travel packages for a trip to a Spanish-speaking country of our choice. In our groups we had  to make a  final presentation that consists of a PowerPoint, a research based travel brochure and a commercial for our travel agency.

Spanish Benchmark

Stephanie Devlin

Theresa Debrah

Sakura Seals

Ashton Woodson

Niemi Smith

Alexus Tomlinson

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNF8UFh-EtQ

City: Ciudad de Nueva York

Anchors- Stephanie & Theresa

-Greeting/Introduction

-Farewell and Conclusion

Reporters-

Ashton- Fashion News

Alexus- Health

Nemo- Breaking News

Meteorologist- Sakura

-7 day forecast

El saludo:

Spanish:

Stephanie- Buenos días todos! Mi nombre es Stephanie y ella es Theresa Debrah- Good morning everyone! My name is Stephanie Devlin with me is Theresa.

Theresa-  Buenos días el  ciudad de Nueva York!- Good morning New York City

Stephanie- Ay dios mio, el tráfico era malo hoy-  Oh my god, The traffic was bad today.
Theresa -Probablemente por la tormenta de nieve. Vamos a ir a Sakura para ver si el tiempo va a mejorar. - Let’s go to Sakura to see if the weather will get better!

Stephanie & Theresa- Buenos dias Sakura. -Good Morning Sakura

Sakura- Hola damas!-Hello ladies!

Sakura- Buenos dias Nueva York! - Good Morning New York.

English:

Stephanie- Buenos días todos! Mi nombre es Stephanie  y (she) es Theresa Debrah   -Good morning everyone! My name is Stephanie Devlin with me is Theresa.

Theresa-  Buenos días el ciudad de Nueva York! -Good morning New York City

Stephanie- Ay dios mio, el tráfico era malo hoy - Oh my god, The traffic was bad today.
Theresa -Probablemente por la tormenta de nieve. Vamos a ir a Sakura para ver si el tiempo va a mejorar - Probably because of the snow.  Let’s go to Sakura to see if the weather will get better!

Stephanie & Theresa- Buenos dias Sakura -Good morning Sakura

Sakura- Hola damas! -Hola ladies

Sakura- Buenos dias Nueva York! - Good morning New York

El tiempo:

Spanish:

Sakura- Hoy es será treinta y seis grados, va a ser hace frío fuera , pero sobre todo soleado.

Ayer fue la primera  nieve de tormenta en el año dos mil dieciséis ese nos dejó con  veintiséis  pulgadas de nieve. Es fue veintiocho grados y muy frío fuera.  

El lunes , será treinta y cinco  grados, pero sobre todo soleado.
El martes, será cuarenta y tres  grados y nublado afuera

El miércoles será  cuarenta  grados y parcialmente nublado afuera

El jueves será  treinta y ocho grados , frío y ventoso fuera  

El viernes será  treinta y tres grados  grados  con sol y nubes.

English:

Today it will be 36 degrees ,it is  going to be cold out , but mostly sunny. Yesterday we had the first snow storm in 2016 that left us with 26 inches of snow . It was 28 degrees and very chilly out. On Monday it will be 35 degrees out , but mostly sunny.On Tuesday it will be 43  degrees and cloudy out. On Wednesday  40 it will be  degrees and partly cloudy out.On Thursday   it will be 38 degrees , cold and breezy out. On Friday  it will be 33 degrees with sun and clouds.

La salud:

Alexus Tomlinson

Fuente:  http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2016/pr002-16.shtml,

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/diseases/ebola.shtml

Spanish:

Hola, Buenos Días ciudad de Nueva York, Yo soy Alexus Tomlinson. En este día nublado, estoy aquí a hablar de enfermedad ébola que ha afectado gente y difundió sentimientos ansiosos. Aquí está un poco de información sobre la enfermedad.

El enfermedad de Ébola es una enfermedad muy serio. Fue descubierto en mil novecientos setenta y seis en África. Ébola fue encontrado, primero en los Estados Unidos al final de septiembre del dos mil trece, cuando una paciente viajó desde áfrica occidental a Texas.  

Gente puede coger Ebola

• a través de contacto directo con ciertas partes del cuerpo como los ojos, la nariz, o la boca que es infectado con el virus Ébola.

• tocar aguja que han estado en contacto con una persona que está enfermo con Ébola

• tener relaciones sexuales a través del intercambio de fluidos corporales como semen

Algunos síntomas de la enfermedad de Ébola eres

• dolor del estómago

• dolor de la cabeza

• dolores de los músculos

• dolor de garganta

• sangrado dentro del cuerpo

• ojos rojos

• dolor en el pecho

• sarpullido en distinto áreas como los brazos o las piernas.     

Mas de cinco mil persona en el Ciudad de Nueva York fueron monitorizaron para síntomas de Ébola. Ahora treinta y nueve años después del descubrimiento de la enfermedad terrible , Guinea, un país en áfrica occidental, acaba de ser declarado libre de Ebola. Esto significa que el departamento de salud no es monitorización él viajeros entrantes para la enfermedad Ebola.

Eso sido un placer repotalejes. Yo soy Alexus Tomlinson, Grande Manzana canal quince.

English:

Hi, Good Morning, I am Alexus Tomlinson. On this cloudy day, I am here to talk about the scary disease Ebola that has had people all over the country feeling anxious. Here is some background on the disease.The disease Ebola is a serious very disease.  It was first discovered in 1976 in Africa. Ebola was first found in the United States in late September of 2013, when a patient traveled from West Africa to Texas. People can catch Ebola

• through direct contact of things like the eyes, nose or mouth that is infected with Ebola.

• touching needles that have been in contact with a person who is sick with Ebola

• having sex through the exchange of bodily fluids like semen

Some symptoms of Ebola are

• Pain in the stomach

• Pain in the head

• aches in muscles

• soreness of throat

• bleeding inside the body

• red eyes

• chest pain

• rashes on different areas like the arms or legs

More than 5,000 people in New York City were monitored for symptoms of Ebola.  Now 39 years after the discovery of the dreadful disease, Guinea, a country in West Africa, has just been declared Ebola-Free. This means that The Health Department is no longer watching for incoming travelers.

  It has been a pleasure reporting. I am Alexus Tomlinson, Big Apple Channel 15.

Noticia de ultima hora

Fuente:

http://www.10news.com/news/san-diego-twin-babies-born-in-different-years-010116

Spanish:

Niemai Smith- Buenos días ciudad de Nueva York. Mi nombre es Niemai Smith. Hoy voy a hablar de la hermosa gemelo  bebés eso  nacido en diferentes años. El primero gemelo  Jaelyn Valencia   nació en diciembre treinta y uno veinte quince en son las once y cincuenta y nueve por la noche, dos minutos más tarde su hermano gemelo Luis Valencia Jr. nació el primero de enero veinte dieciséis en son las doce y uno por la mañana. En esta foto Jaelyn tiene su ojos abiertos mientras que su hermano está dormido. Jaelyn llevaba un traje de impresión guepardo y un sombrero de color rosa mientras que su hermano llevaba la camiseta más linda que dice "perfecto caballero" y un sombrero azul. Hablamos con sus padre que Luis Valencia Sr. Luis dijo que estaba muy emocionado porque no esperaban a gemelos! Mientras que los gemelos eran aún están en el vientre materno Luis Jr fue en posición de nalgas, es por eso los gemelos eran llevados tres minutos aparte. Esta es una buen historia para el nuevo año. ¿No tú está de acuerdo Ashton?

English:

Good Morning New York City! I am Niemai Smith. Today I will be talking about the beautiful twin babies that were born in different years! The first twin Jaelyn Valencia was born on December 31 2015 at 11:59 at night, two minutes later her twin brother Luis Valencia Jr. was born January first 2016 at 12:01 in the morning. In this picture Jaelyn has her eyes open while her brother is asleep. Jaelyn was wearing a cheetah print outfit and a pink hat while her brother wore the cutest shirt that said “perfect gentleman” and a blue hat.  We caught up with her father Luis Valencia Sr. Luis said that he was so excited because they weren’t expecting twins at all! While the twins were still in the womb Luis Jr was in breech position, which is why the twins were born three minutes apart. This is a perfect story for the new year. Don’t you agree Ashton?

La Moda

Ashton-

Fuente- http://www.elle.com/fashion/a33138/mary-kate-ashley-olsen-the-row-shoes/

Spanish:

Buenos días Nueva York esos gemelos de bebé están demasiada lindos. Pero hoy dará que hablar, alrededor el  primera línea de zapato de gemelos de Olsen

Bien vamos desarrollo está empezar! actualmente dejar mí justo saltarse a la cazar. La Olsen Twins con sus primero zapato línea. Cómo emocionante es esa. Sí vamos estar sincera aquí soy tambíen joven para abuela contemplación zapatos. Pero para bueno calidad yo condicional compraré estos cualquier día. Aún si la finalizar mí bolsillo. En serio estos zapatos la finalizar tu bolsillo. Estos llegaré de Ochocientos cincuenta dólares a mil trescientos cincuenta dólares. Estos zapatos son por completo italiano-hecho y muy cómodo para tu pies. También, ellas pasas en diversidad de color, la tela y disenas , y ellos bueno para tibia la primavera el dia. Ellos golper la tienda pronto tan guardar un ojo fruer estos el zaptos. No asunto como ellos apariencia , solo seguas el dicho a te comodo. Estas dos ellos acuerdo ocupado con su la imperio. Ahora todo ellos necesitar en la máximo de su lista es cambiante la mente sobre unirse el Netflix original serie Full House derivado. Que es Full House sin Michelle Tanner, Estoy yo correcto o estoy yo correcto.  

Theresa-  Tú eres tan correcto!  

Steph- Estoy de acuerdo, yo crecí viendo “Full House” y me encantaria verlos de nuevo!   

Theresa-  Ahora que no quién encantaría verlos?

English:

Good Morning New York City those baby twins are just too cute. But today I will be talking about, The Olsen twins first shoe line.Well let’s get it started! Now let me just skip to the chase The Olsen Twins with their first shoe line. How exciting is that. Ok let's be honest here i'm too young for grandma looking shoes. But for good quality I would buy these shoes any day. Even if it kills my pockets. Like seriously these shoes will kill your pockets. These go from $850 to $1,350. These shoes are completely Italian-made and very comfortable for your feet. Also, Comes in array of colors,fabrics and prints and good for warm spring days. They will hit stores soon so keep an eye out for these shoes. No matter how bad they look just keep saying to yourself comfy feet. These two are keeping busy with their fashion empire. Now all they need at the top of their list is changing their mind about joining the Netflix original series full house spin off. Like what’s full house without Michelle Tanner am I right or am I right.

La despedida

Spanish:

Theresa- Una vez más hola nueva york, espero que todo el mundo ha escuchado porque es una locura.

Stephanie- Estoy de acuerdo Theresa, primero la enfermedad de Ébola, luego esta tormenta de nieve.  

Theresa-  No nos olvidemos de los hermosos gemelos, que nacieron exactamente un año aparte..

Stephanie-  Son realmente bonitas! Por lo menos hay algunas buenas noticias en el mundo de hoy.

Theresa- Eso es cierto, que espero que todo el mundo está seguro durante la tormenta..

Stephanie- Todo mundo no se olvide ropa caliente y quedarse dentro hasta que la tormenta terminar.

Theresa-  Estaremos detrás mañana sobre más información sobre el tiempo y Ébola.

Stephanie- Mi nombre es Stephanie Devlin

Theresa- Yo soy Theresa Debrah

Theresa- Esto es grande manzana Canal quince.

English:

Once again hello everyone, hope everyone listened because it’s crazy.  I agree Theresa, first Ebola, then this crazy snow storm. Let’s not forget about the beautiful twins, who were born exactly a year apart. They really are beautiful! At least there is some good news in today’s world.

That is true, I hope everyone is safe during the snowstorm. Everyone do not forget to wear warm clothing and stay indoors until the storm finishes. We will be back tomorrow about more information about the weather and Ebola. My name is Stephanie Devlin.  I am Theresa Debrah. This is Big Apple Channel 15

Me: Describe your perfect day ?

A: The perfect day us any day where i am engaged in activities that makes me happy and allows me to enjoy myself with no worries.

Me: If you could travel anywhere in the world where would it be and why?

A:if i could travel anywhere , I would travel to the Bahamas or Jamaica for the beautiful scenery , clear water and experiences. oh yeah it’s just simply gorgeous.

Me: What is your favorite memory ?

Whatʼs the best thing about being a teenager? The worst?

The best thing about being a teenager is not have all the responsibilities as an adult and having some freedom , and the worst things is not being taken seriously and not having to do what we are expected to do.  

Describe your perfect day?

Being with my best friends and not  doing anything specific, just having fun with my best friends

How would you like to be remembered?

I wanna be remembered for being a good person and being appreciated

What do you want to be when you grown up?

I don’t know exactly want I want to be, but something to do with animals like a marine biologist and zoologist.