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A Week Devoted to Drawing

A Week Devoted to Drawing

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Have you ever dedicated a whole 5 days solely to mastering the art of drawing? I have!

 “Why is drawing important?” This is the question I devoted my week to answering. In the midst of creating, learning and sketching, I came to a conclusion. Drawing is not just about lines and shapes, it is a way to express yourself and your emotions. Read forward to hear about my week where the importance of drawing, stretches farther than the blank canvas, becoming a powerful language to communicate and connect. 

Coming to The Conclusion 

The process of this project was neither long nor boring, but calming and fun. To come to my conclusion, I went through several assignments within the app Sketches Pro. I created a word art, I made a robot, I drew an emoji, and I designed a logo for a club I created. 

                                 Sketches Pro

Sketches pro is an app that allows you to draw and create art digitally. In the app, there is several drawing tools with different purposes that help you reach your artistic goals.

  My Word Art

 For this part of the project, I had to choose a word, and then draw and decorate it as an exquisite representation of the word itself. I believe that word art is very crucial because it makes the word more eye catching, it’s giving you something to look at rather than it just showing an old boring word. I decided to be-dazzle the word ‘swiftie’, referring to hardcore fans of Taylor Swift (AKA. me).  Each letter of this important word, I made to look like the cover of all of her albums. If I were to do this again, I would fix how messy the lettering is, I drew the letters by hand and very rushed which leaded them to be a little wonky. Next time, I would take more time on drawing my letters. 

My Robot

The next assignment within the project was to create a robot made out of shapes. While making this art piece I was really focused on shading, I wanted it to look like it was popping out of the page. Unfortunately, the end result did not look as real as I wanted it to, but I’m still proud of it as a whole. If I were to make another robot, I would take more time blending in the shading so it looks more lifelike. 

My Emoji

To help me answer the driving question, I was tasked with creating or recreating an emoji. I chose to create an emoji that looked as if it is judging something. Emojis are important because they help express an emotion that you can’t say with words.  I am very  proud of the shading work I did here, I think it looks very realistic and almost as if it is popping out of the page. If I were to do this again I would work on improving the expression to be more judging, I could do this by narrowing the eyes more.

Ladies Lead Club

This piece was the last part of our project, I was assigned with creating a new brand or cluband making a logo for it. Logos are very important because they give people a way to recognize your brand or organization. I thought up a new club called the ‘Ladies Lead Club’, it is for woman who notice the unfairness in the world and want to take action. While making my club, I first had to create a design brief that laid out all of the information. I then created my logo, I decided to go with a blue colour scheme because that is the stereo typical ‘colour for boys’, and by using it, we are implying the message that we don’t want to follow societies idea of a ‘woman’. If I had to do this again, I would try to make the lettering more neat because messy writing does not look professional.

F.A.I.L (First Attempts in Learning)

Something I could do better in this project would be managing my time better. I was sick for the first couple days of the assignment, so I never completed the work on time. I found myself working on all of the assignments in one night, which lead to them being a bit rushed and messy. I can manage my time better next time by messaging my teacher if I am away so I can work on the work at home and not two days late.

Why is Art so Important?

After finishing this project, I have come to the conclusion that art is very important because it is a way of expressing yourself and communicating when words can’t.

I Became a Learner in the PLP Program

I Became a Learner in the PLP Program

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Who am I as a PLP learner? Have you ever wondered what skills you need to have to be in PLP? Well here is my first project ever in the program and the things I learned that will help me be successful in my PLP journey.

My Assignment

For My first project in PLP, I was assigned with making a Keynote presentation answering the driving question, Who am I as a PLP learner?
Here is my presentation:

 

In making this presentation I learned many skills that will help me throughout my time in the program. When I first entered PLP in September I was only equipped with an iPad and basic tech skills. After completing this project, I have a such a more thorough understanding of my device and how to use it.

Skills I Learned and How I Can Apply Them On to Future Projects

While working towards answering the driving question, I learned many important abilities that are necessary to complete assignments in the program. 

 I learned how to use all of the drawing tools on the iPad, such as colour fill, pencil, marker, crayon, gradient fill, image fill, etc. These are very essential skills that I will use in several projects in the future, such as other presentations, drawings, editing photos, and much more. 

I learned my way around different apps on the iPad, such as Keynote, Wordpack, Pages, Photos, and emoji. This will help me in future presentations, design projects, any writing projects, when I’m editing photo’s and lots more.

I also learned how to animate my drawings and photos, and add transitions on my slides. These skills are very important for future presentations and videos.

What I’m Proud of

During this project I created many things I am very proud of. I am very happy with my Nike shoe, I was giving full creative freedom to colour in a Nike shoe as my dream shoe. My shoe is inspired by the famous ‘Lightning McQueen Croc’. To make this I found a picture of Lightning McQueens number 95 from Safari, I then removed the background using ‘remove background’, and I coloured in this shoe using trace and colour fill. I am proud of this shoe because it looks a lot like the ‘Lightning McQueen Croc’, it has a lot of detail and it is something I would one hundred percent wear. While making this shoe, I learned how important detail is to me, I believe it makes designs and drawings so much more interesting.

I am also very proud of my character settings, I believe they are very well written and take on my moods perfectly. While completing these settings they made me think hard about the four main values that are the most important to me. Read more about me and my settings here.

My First Attempts in Learning (F.A.I.L)

Almost everything in this project I could improve on, because nothing is ever fully perfect, but one thing that stood out to me is the aesthetics of my presentation. I dislike the dark colour palate I chose because it isn’t very eye catching. I also believe it is a bit messy and I could clean it up a bit. If I were to do this project again I would chose a more light and pastel colour theme. I would also type the titles rather than doing it by hand to make it more cleaned up.

What I Learned About Myself

During this project I learned how important aesthetics are to me. I believe that the content of this project is fairly good, but I am not very proud of it because the aesthetics of it aren’t on point. This project also forced me to think more about my values and the things that are most important to me. While writing my character settings I had to brainstorm my four main moods, this helped me learn more about who I am as a person and how I act. Also, when I was adding the stickers on to my MeMoji, it made me think about all of the things I love and cherish.

Who am I as a PLP Learner?

A big part of being a PLP learner is reflection on the work I do, now that I have finished my first maker project I have to reflect on what I have learned and created. I am a self motivated, hardworking, and creative learner, and I always try my hardest to bring something new and different into everything I do. After finishing my first PLP project in maker, I have learned many important skills throughout the process that are necessary to complete assignments within the program. I learned how to use all of the drawing tools, such as colour fill, pencil, marker, crayon, gradient fill, image fill, etc. I learned my way around different apps on the iPad, such as Keynote, Wordpack, Pages, Photos, Emoji, etc.  I also learned how to animate my drawings and photos, and add transitions on my slides. I really value equity, and making a change is very important to me. I also learned how essential good aesthetics are to me. In the last month I have been working on learning the basics that will make me a PLP learner, not only did I learn tech skills on my iPad, but I also learned lots about myself, my values, and who I am.

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