Panel 2 Update

 My panel 2 for art has been improving with all the feedback I have received from teachers. With the latest feedback, here is my Panel 2.

Do now Art

 

Panel 2 Update

My panel 2 in art is somewhat finished. I have been given feedback by miss Keene to try and bring orange colour for panel 2 to start panel 3. Here is a screenshot of my panel 2.

Panel 3 Draft

 In art, I have decided to go with a more rectangle/square type of building architecture in panel 3. With this, I have edited some of my images and have made a bit of progress. This is my progress at the moment.

Art panel 2 Extended thinking

 For art, I have decided to go with the feedback I have been given by Miss Keene and Miss Clemence. they have commented that I should stick to the idea of Arch for panel 2. That is why I have decided to work with the photographs I have and crop out different parts of any architecture with arches.

Alexander the Great (primary sources writing practice)

Alexander the great has burned down Persepolis. However, there are a few arguments that say that He did not burn it down on purpose. Some say that he burnt it down on purpose. In my opinion, however, I think that he has burned it down not on purpose. He was too drunk when he did it which means that he wasn't in the right mind when he burned it down. According to Plutarch, the fire started at the end of the drinking party. During the party, there came a Greek prostitute gave a speech that encouraged Alexander to burn down Persepolis.

Understanding the events in Alexander's journey, a reliable primary source is necessary. Knowing Alexander, there can be different interpretations of men about him. There are sources that are biased or inaccurate. Sadly, there is no writing from his close friends and his family has stayed. Most of the stories written about Alexander were written long after his death; This type of writing is called a "Secondary" source. There are also histories that have been written earlier and are called "Primary" sources. Secondary sources may be biased in some way which highly depends on their point of view as historians. It can also depend on how subjective he can be regarding the information he was collecting. Moreover, it can also depend on why he was writing about him. 

There are five main sources for studying Alexander the great; Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Curtius Rufus and Justin. These sources may vary in different writings about Alexander. Also, these writers have written different stories about Alexander's life.

Art Panel 2 Progress

 In Art for panel 2, I have decided to go with arched patterns within my images. For this, I chose to focus on Vivian Maier as my photographer on this panel.

Here is a screenshot of my panel 2 draft:

And here is a screenshot of the look I am trying to achieve.

To achieve this look, I would have to include people in the image to mimick her photographic style.

Alexander the Great (A military Genius)

 Alexander the great is a military genius because he used different tactics to battle against their enemies. Alexander has equipped his troops with long 'Sarissa'. He has fought in a 'Phalanx' formation.

This is what a Phalanx formation looks like:

This formation is able to swap troops when the ones at the front get tired; Together with their long Sarissa, they are able to reach the enemies without them being in contact with them. Not only that, the people at the back are also able to attack and combat the enemies.

There were also the Thracian Peltasts. They are the archers, slingers and javelins. They are only lightly armoured.

Light troops are similar to the Thracian Peltasts, they are also archers for alexander.

The Companion Cavalry are the elite troops. They consist of 8 Squadrons who make up Macedonian nobles. They charge in a wedge-shaped formation.

Blog post 11 (ART)

 In art we are tasked to choose one photographer from our previous blog (blog post 5). For this blog, I have chosen André Kertész as my artist. 

André Kertész works by 'walking around' his subjects and observing the subject from different angles. And then he arranges them in a composition that looks pleasing to his eye. For the series of images I have taken, I have copied his style of work. I walked around the subject and arranged it in a way that looks pleasing in my opinion. 

Here are the images that I have taken.

I have chosen these images because for these particular images, I had to walk around and look for different angles to portray these buildings in a way that looks not only pleasing but unique.

Blogpost 10 (ART)

 

Classical Myths Alexander the Great (Writing)

 

Blogpost 9

In Art, we are tasked to create or fake a darkroom in class. With this task, we try to mimic the vintage look of images using photoshop.

Here is my attempt at trying to mimic this look.

To achieve this look, I have chosen a photo I took of an old building and I have overlayed it ontop of a scratched piece of metal to create the same effect.

Classics

What is propaganda?

For me, propaganda is a type of power misuse to try and force people to believe some things which in some cases aren't true.

 Who was Aristobulus?

Aristobulus was the first Hasmonean king of Judea. He was a king from 104 BCE until his death in 103 BCE.

Blog post five

In art, we are tasked to choose one traditional, one contemporary and one Aotearoa artist. These are the artists I have chosen.

In this image, Andre has used a monochromatic colour profile in his image. The use of this technique has greatly improved the dramatics of the photograph.

For this image, the artist has chosen a vibrant colour for the edited look of the final image.

In this image, the artist has chosen to compose a balanced image where the centre is the focus of the whole image. This has been contrasted because the centre has a bright light but the outer rims are dark.

Alexander the great

 In classics, we have started with the topic of Alexander the Great. However, my knowledge of Alexander the Great is limited. That is why I have made some notes about Alexander the Great.

Here are my notes about him:

Alexander the Great was considered great at the time because he was one of the greatest militaries at the time. His father Philip the second was the one that introduced and taught him in the military. In addition to that, He has named 20 cities after himself. Not only that but he was also tutored by one of the greatest Phillisoper of the time Aristotel in literature. 

Steps in art for panel 1

 

This is my first draft for my folio. However, I think it doesn't work quite well. 

 That is why I decided to remove the second layer of images because it doesn't seem to work together.

Peer Critique

Today in art, we have gathered together to critique and give feedforward on each other's photographs. 

For this critique, I have made some notes. These notes are:

• Try to look at different artists like David Hillard, William Eggleston and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
• Look into geometrics eg. shape/line.
• Consider adding abstract patterns.
• Connection of lines within the photograph.
• Start with black and white and try to introduce colour.
• Look at building shadows which can create interesting patterns.
• Try to look at the different textures of the buildings.
• Add contrast to the images.

Blog post 8

 

Blog post 7

For art, we are tasked to edit and create different looks in our photographs. 

Here are my edited images:

 

Building 1 Edit 1

Building 1 Edit 2

Buidling 1 Edit 3

Critique: In the first series of photographs, the edit number 2 is the best looking image. This is true because the image on the first edit looks flat. 

Building 2 Edit 1

Building 2 Edit 2

Building 2 Edit 3

Critique: In this second image. The edit number 1 is the best looking as it is the only image with the most contrast and most detail in the building. It isn't over exposed. Edit number 2 is to flat.

Building 3 Edit 1

Building 3 Edit 2

Building 3 Edit 3

Critique:

For this particular image, edit number 3 goes well. This is because it creates a certain mood in the overall look of the photograph. It is also the image with the most balance as it lacks colour, it creates balance in the busyness of the overall image.

Blog post 6 ( photogram )

                                                                                                                 What is the most successful and why?

In the photogram I took, I think the successful part is the part where I put the newspaper which adds a layer of interest to the bland first photo.

 What were you trying to achieve when you created these? 

For this photogram, I was trying to put together different layers and create a layer of nature and man-made things.

What are your next steps?

My next step in this task is to create more interesting layers within the photogram and increase the contrast of the whole look.

Week 10 Do now Art

 

Do now Art week 9

 

Power Sentence - Demeter and Persephone

 Persephone is the beautiful daughter of the Greek goddess Demeter.

Week 7 Do now Art

 

Theseus and the Minotaur - Adverb Start

Shockingly, Poseidon has made his wife a hollow cow so that she could be able to hide to get closer to the white bull. Surprisingly, after a few months, she gave birth to a son, half-man, half-bull. where she named him Asterion.

Book: Theseus and the Minotaur

Written by:Yvan Pommaux 

Do now week 8 Art

 

Week 6 Do now art

 

Pompei and Herculaneum Book

 

Horrible Histories Book

 In the book, Horrible histories, a different viewpoints of individuals are shown. The book portrays that in every situation, there are both right and wrong ways. It even says that "teachers will try to tell you there are 'right' and 'wrong' answers even if there really aren't". This is why history can be horrible sometimes because from a different standpoint, history can be viewed as a bad thing or a good thing.

Title: Horrible History

Written by: Terry Deary

Illustrated by: Martin Brown

Published on: 2013 by Scholastic Limited

Do now week 5 Art

Do now week 4

 

Do now week 3 Art

 

Do now Art

 For Art, we continuously work on different steps to maximise our ability to photograph images. The current do now that I am doing requires an understanding of the different aspects of camera modes. This includes aperture setting, shutter speed, and iso. 

Greek Vase

 In classics, we have been learning about the Olympians and their domains. I have turned my focus on the Greek god Poseidon. Poseidon is the god of the sea who has a very bad temper. 

Here is a picture of the vase I have made using photoshop. I have added different layers in photoshop to create this vase.

L3 Contact Sheet

 In the past few weeks, we were continuously taking photos to create a contact sheet for us to annotate. Using photoshop I have created a contact sheet that allows me to show relationships or the similarities of the images.

This is a screenshot of one of my contact sheets.

In these contact sheets, you can see my annotations on each of the grouped images. I have written annotations like underexposed and overexposed, tilted sideways, etc. 

Here are the screenshots of my contact sheet.

I will still need to take more photos for my mood board. This is just draft 1 of my contact sheet.