1 year: SUMMER UPDATES

Hey guys, its been so long since I've posted anything hasn't it? Well hope you guys are having a wonderful summer, I am now at Mid Pacific Institute but I have some updates on this art blog to share. I am now going in to the eighth grade and signed up for some arts I really enjoyed taking last year. The experience at my new school has been amazing, and I would like to spread the word on how fantastic their art program is there, the teachers are truly amazing because they really make you enjoy what your studying and put so much passion into making you better and better in what you do. I've been in the music program for one year now and got really into music, I now love playing bassoon. For those of you who never heard of that instrument, a bassoon is a double reed instrument commonly played in orchestras and symphonies but can played in band as well. If I haven't come to Mid Pacific I don't think I would have appreciated music as much as I do now, music taught me so much, it taught me how hard work and dedication can lead to success (not just in music but in life).   I've made some drawings on most of the common band instruments played in our school band

At Mid Pacific I have really enjoyed their dance program most because the class feel like a safe learning environment, and the teachers are knowledgeable about dance, and are in your best interest. The classes are challenging and always give you something where you can improve. Before I joined their dance program, I didn't have very much interests, I didn't see all these wonderful opportunities Mid Pacific gave me, not just Mid Pac, but dance it self, has taught me that if you can put your mind to it you can succeed in anything. It was funny a year ago before I started dance I thought wow I never getting to level 2, now the time has come and I look back and realized I have a come a long way, dance has changed how I see the world, dance has taught me how to express my self and  how important team work is
Thanks I'm looking forward to a great year!

The Art of Magic

Hello and welcome back to the arts blog, long time no see! Anyway today I am going to be talking about a kind of art that you probably have not even thought up as art, but todays art, is magic. I have been learning magic for two years now, it started at a summer school class that teaches you all the secrets of a magician. Now I am learning even more tricks from my sister who is a TA for that class. This is a great art because this involves acting, and different techniques and styles of how a magician performs. There is many ways you can express your feeling such as excited, puzzled, etc. when performing. It is a great way to entertain you and other people, it is a true art of acting. For example a card trick and here is one. There is also many kinds of magic tricks performed, such as card tricks, rope tricks, ball tricks, vanishing, and reappearing tricks, etc. There is also so many ways to perform the same magic trick. Well I hope this video gives you an idea how magic and the performing of it makes up a true art talent.

How to Draw a Tessellation

Hey guys, it's me here today! I would like to teach you guys how to draw a tessellation! First of all for those of you who don't know what a tessellation is, well tessellations are flat surface of geometric shapes creating a pattern there are many kinds of tessellations, such as the ones you see on many fabrics. Today you are lucky and get to draw one! Some tools you will need

1. Pencil
2. A square trace
3. Math compass
4. Ruler
5. graph paper

Now that you have those items you are set to go, tessellations are quite simple but take a long time to complete depending on what design or how big your paper is. The first steps

1. Start by drawing a point in the middle of your graph paper
2. Get your square and make a square around the dot should be even such as having four squares around the dot
3. Now get you compass and trace your circle right by the edges of the square, this guides you for the next square you will draw
4. Now draw rotate you sqaure about 1/4 of a way and make sure to line it up between the circle and the lines you should end up with something like this

Now you can either erase the circle and the inside of the outline and make an 8 pointed star or you can make a more complex pattern such as this one, if you would like to make the more complex one continue reading the instructions below

1. Use your ruler to make lines between each little corner of the outline your result should look something like this below

Now all you have to do is erase the circle around it, erase the little squares the corners of the darker outline pictured above, now you will have to erase the inside and you should end up with this pattern continue the same process until you fill the page.

Here should what it look like when done erasing. Then once you have this and filled the page up with the same shape now decorate the shapes with designs and you got your tessellation!

Best of 2015 Drawings Video

Enjoy!:)

Up Coming Spring Concert at LJA (For LJA Students or People who Live in Hawaii)

Hello everyone, recently at my school we have been rotating around arts again, for students in quarter three and quarter four chorus, will be putting together a spring concert as well as the seventh and eighth grade chorus and band. This concert we will be singing the song ABC by Jackson 5 and Don't Worry be Happy by  Bobby McFerrin.
Some information about the concert:

Welcome to LJA's Spring Concert!

Where: Le Jardin Academy Kailua HI (Gym)

When: May 18th, Wednesday, 6:30 (I think)

My Final Badge Product

Hello and welcome back to another post! I have not posted in such a long time, wow! Anyways for design over the past few weeks we have been working on our badge digitally to make it a vector graphics, we have been working on surveys filling out worksheets, sharing our designs again, etc. This finally came to my final badge design on the IB learner profile "principled." In this design I tried to focus things on unique designs that match as kind of a theme.

I you would like to take the time to fill out the survey please do, it would mean a lot to me! I really would like to get the best results for this badge and my design for my design class thank you for reading this!

My Survey

My Final Badge Design

Hello I am back on the arts blog and so sorry I haven't posted anything in awhile I have kind of took a break from drawing and have been working on my other blog http://animaljamfans4ever.blogspot.com/. Anyways if you have seen my previous post http://ljathearts.blogspot.com/2016/03/new-badge-assignment-for-design-tips-on.html. for designing badges then here is my final product that I will move into it digitally using vector graphics.

My badge I am designing is a badge that represents the word principled. The IB definition of principled means:We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness

and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences. So decided to draw someone doing the right thing in a cute way by using street signs and a path. As you can see there is a person following the right ways sign representing the the part of taking action for both actions and consequences.  

How I Draw Using Images!

Hey guys as you can see from my drawings I draw most of my drawings from images and try to mirror images but, today I want to share how I do make it turn into drawing!
Well how it basically works is I look at images such I don't know lets just say happy face! I look at each centimeter and try to figure out how it's put together. Sometimes I will draw with my finger  on the image which gives me the feeling of how it's suppose to be like.
Next I try to draw every inch carefully and precisely by taking my time it gives me the great smiley face I wanted! I try to do every shadow, shading, etc. to make it look exactly like the image! Also try to draw lines straight, curvy, etc. to the degree it is at! I study the the length of each line or curve on the image and calculate where each individual shape is to get the shape together! Finally it gives me a good product of a drawing!

The Noodle Doodle Box!

Hey guys yesterday as a middle school gang of drama students, we went to see a very great play called the noodle doodle box! The play was very entertaining because it very funny, exciting and most of all it included a very important lesson that I always thought was a very good one. The play also included our very great teacher Mr. Ganes playing the drummer in the story.
This play teaches you the story of team working in such a unique way but I think it also makes you appreciate that there are so many things that you like or want but many people forget that people are struggling to find water, or to collect money to survive, and that you can make your mind as small as you would like but, no matter what these people will still struggle so you should appreciate for what you have.
This cute story was about a guy named Pepper and Zacharias are constantly fighting over their boxes trying to show off and is unwilling to share. They call each other names but when this drummer comes by Zacharias and Pepper are interested and wanted to learn. So they take turns playing the drums. While the other one is gone the drummer says for them to take their box to teach the other a lesson and that they would become the top drummer. When they find out that they were scammed by the drummer who ran off. They realize that sticking together and working together made them a lot happier and more fun then keeping a box to themselves.

New Badge Assignment for Design+ Tips on How To Draw Them!

Hey guys it cooljammer again! I am so sorry you haven't heard anything from this blog in like ages, and I know I been slipping behind a lot on many, many posts. So today now that I am back, I would like to share about designing badges for a project in my school! Our assignment was to design badges  that match the learner profiles IB for grades 3 and 6 as the sixth grade team! Our lower school principle Mrs. Johansson wanted us to create better badges then the ones we are currently earning to encourage the kids more! She recommended for us to be using vector graphics to make it look clearer and easier to see. So one of our first tasks to complete this mission was to sketch out designs for our badges! I chose to create badges for the sixth graders to eventually be able to earn! so here are some of my drawings!

Somethings that you should consider when designing badges is that you want to to limit words if you are but sometimes words will help understand,  you want to keep it simple for younger kids and have it gradually get more complex as they age, you want it to be distinctive, unique, you want it to have interesting shapes not just one boring circle or square. Be creative to!

How to draw them!

1. When drawing these badges you want to think of something creative such as when I did risk taker my idea was to draw a thumbs up with a new sign next to it, recognizing that it is good to try something new in life
2. It helps to look up some ideas but, not directly copy the ideas(s). Such as the open minded I saw an image simalar but I changed or took some things out of the image to make it my own design!
3. Try relate it to things that happen in real life such as if planes fly by and you want to represent badges for the airport then try draw some plane designs!
4. When designing come up with a cool outline that shapes the picture together this way you get a clean nice looking badge.

Upcoming Drama Field Trip

If you read are previous posts on the Art classes, then you should know that in LJA there are four Art subjects you can pick from. On Wednesday (which is tomorrow) the whole 6th grade will go on a field trip. This field trip ties in with the Arts because the Drama teacher, Mr. Gaines, will be featuring in this field trip. We will be watching a play that Mr. Gaines will be in! The play we'll be watching is called "Noodle, Noodle Box". The play shows the 4 agreements and friendship. This post is just a friendly reminder to the 6th graders of LJA and something that we will be doing. I hope you guys like this post and I hope everyone enjoys the field trip tomorrow!

My Master Drawing Animal Jam Graham!

Hey guys just finished another animal jam drawing! This time the drawing is a portrait if Graham.

Fail of The Day Animal Jam Lynx Drawing!

Hey guys just finished drawing a lynx from  a game called Animal Jam but it turned out horrible because it's figure is really complicated there's a lot of details which make it hard to draw so heres my attempt!

New Drawings!

Hey guys the other day I was sitting by the lockers at my school drawing these drawings that I love such as flexibility cute animated animals etc. First drawing is a cute deer and penguin together! I used it off the internet to look at the image to get the right image of what they look like.

Finally comes the two silhouette drawings of people doing flexibility moves. So here it is!

Do My History Homework With Me! Exploring Egyptian Art and Facts!

Ok, you may be thinking Egyptians created easy designed drawing that were simple to draw. But once you try out your self you realize how hard it is and how complicated Egyptians were really when it comes to art. So today I was assigned for homework to draw a god/goddess of Egypt and to write down some info about it such as their role or responsibilities or just some cool facts about it using http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html. I decided to do isis. So lets get started. Ok, first were going to draw a picture of what she looks like:

So then I started with the skirt and the feet and worked my way up to the challenging part which was the face. Ok the face is so much harder then you think it took me about ten tries and it's still not quite right. Also the way it flows onto the hands is also challenging to draw. Next I added color to make it look like the goddess.I learned her role is she uses powerful magic to help others in need. Since pharaohs were called the living Horus then that makes Iris important. Another thing is she was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus. Now here's my drawing and hope you enjoyed this quick informative post. Happy Valentines and have a great Presidents day! Peace:  

sorry the marker was hard to get into tight spaces so it may look a little wonky in some areas.

My Final Flag Design Plus Sneak Peak on Next Assignment!

Hey guys remember my other post about designing simple small sketches about flags? http://ljathearts.blogspot.com/2016/01/draw-and-learn-with-me-about-what-makes.html Well since then a few classes ago my task was to create my final design of what my flag about me would look like. The challenging part was to make it simple but it was nice seeing how simple things really are. Now it's your turn to get ideas and try your own flag! Also don't forget to comment below on what you think the flag is using the checklist of what makes a good flag.

someone doing the scorpion 

Next project will be designing badges that use the learner profile attitudes (IB) Here was my homework for my research plan and see what you think. Do you have any ideas?

if so comment below for any suggestions. Thank you, your suggestions will help me for designing the badges and it will help for my homework tasks! Thank you for reading this it means a lot to the arts blog!

Taking Visuals at LJA!

Hey guys I just wanted to talk about what it's like to take visuals in LJA. Before I get started heres the list of project we did in my group of rotation that I can remember:
1. Hand Drawing
2. Milk Cloth Panting
3. Nature photographs for art vocab cards
4. Starry Night Piece
5. Egyptian letter to teacher
6. Egyptian summative project
How the class works:
1. Find your seat
2. The teacher explains what to do
3. You get busy and try to get as much work done as possible
In my opinion the project were fun and interesting. I really enjoyed visuals but the only thing I didn't like is that she only gave us to days to turn in the assignment so you have to be a fast worker and you also want to make it look like your best. I think if you love patterns, panting, and photographs then you'll enjoy the visuals. The hardest part was getting it done so I had almost got sent to this thing called study skills. I was so tired because that day I didn't go to bed till elven at night got up up at five thirty in the morning just to study for spelling bee! I didn't have breakfast then later had to miss my lunch! Not fun.........
Overall I think it was such a cool experience; I learned so much such as the vocab words, the styles and techniques in art. I learned a little bit about Egypt. If you love art as much as I do then you'll love visuals. I plan to take next year but, I'm not  a hundred percent sure because that means I'll be spending my year in study skills or in the art room.
I recommend that you try and take your time at the same time as work fast because that way you can get things done in a timely manner. If I were to go back I would have done that. Also try not to talk so much because that makes it hard to focus which then you get nothing done. I suggest you also use mechanical pencil 0.7 or less when drawing because it will make life much easier since you can get into small spaces easier.
Thank you for reading I ho[e you got a feeling of what it's like to take visuals.

How to Get Mostly A's In Visual Arts; Super Easy!

You see these A's? Well I want to show you how to get these A's step by step so for when you do visuals you can see your grades with all A's constantly!

1. Take your time. In visuals it's important to take your time that way you can get plenty of detail and your work quality will be greater. Maybe if your doing simple checker board, curly q patterns then take the time to nicely shade covering the whole square with nice clean strokes an in the lines or for curly q's take time to try to make the lines nice and rounded. Teachers look for who take their times and demonstrate their learning and efforts in class.
2. Another thing teachers look for is who's trying their best even though this subject can be hard. If you try your best for like maybe painting the lush green mountains off by your school or by your house then really try to follow the correct strokes of the mountain. Even though it can be hard for some people and your work may look messy but, you may find on your report card that the teacher says things like so and so really tries in art even though this subject is hard for him/her. That's always good to see because like anything many things are graded that you don't think of such as participation. 
3. Figure out what the teacher is looking for such as creativity, details, etc. Then maybe before actually starting your final product try drafting it first and see how it turns out. Try a few and when you feel more comfortable then try the final product making sure to follow steps one and two! Doing practices really help because they can get you more in the feeling and help get better techniques and have a better final product to!

Good luck! and hope these tips work. I feel like if you do these you'll get good teacher comments, good grades, and teachers will like you! Thank you for reading this and sorry I haven't been keep updated because of my other blog I've been participating. in. http://cooljammerajguide2middleschool.blogspot.com/ So thanks again!

Draw With Me! Basic Pie Drawing for English Homework

Hey guys if you enjoyed my recent posthttp://ljathearts.blogspot.com/2016/01/draw-and-learn-with-me-about-what-makes.html Then you'll enjoy this one! So lets get drawing!
First of all this is my english project which is to write a Limerick poem and draw an illustration!  Ok first of all my poem was about someone eating eight pies and was late to school. So my idea was just to draw a pie sadly not eight because that would take forever and yeah so heres my pie!

My pie

I like to start off just by simply doing a circle. Next I like to draw the design which could be anything like a fruit pie whipped cream  pie, or just a random design that looks yummy! Lastly I'll draw the crust which takes the most time depending on your design. You can make your crust look burnt, toasted or just nice round arches likes I did! Sorry I know that was a quick and lazy post but, I'm in the progress of setting an informative blog about middle school so feel free check that one out to! http://cooljammerajguid2middleschool.blogspot.com/

Drama Class At LJA Part 2

Hello everyone! Today I'm going to tell you about one of the Art classes you can take at Le Jardin Academy. There are four Art classes you can choose from; Arts (Visual), band, chorus, and drama. Today I'll be telling you about Drama class. Drama class is a very fun and interesting class. The teacher of this class is Mr. Gaines. He is very funny and very good at what he does. The class takes place in the Harold Theatre. You get to play a lot of awesome games, and learn about very interesting things about acting, staging, and much more. There are also many plays that you need to go to for homework. You also get to work in groups and even brainstorm and write your own play! Drama class has a very fun learning experience. I highly recommend this Art to LJA students.

You can read part 1 on our blog about the experience of taking Chorus at LJA.