✏️The Power Of A Pencil Summary Post✏️

Posted on November 24, 2021 by caitling under Maker

Hi lovely people of the internet, I see you have found my blog. Good news today’s post is about one of my favourite things… DRAWING! In this post I will be sharing about the maker project we just did.

EMILY CARR!

We started of this project by learning about Emily Carr, the person inspiring this project. She was an artist from Canada who’s artwork was inspired by the indigenous people. She got the most recognition with her landscape portraits. Learned about her art techniques so we would be able to use them in our art.

USING PRESSURE

The first class we did in this unit we played with using patterns and all of the different tools and brushes. Our assignment for that day was to write our names in bubble letters using fun patterns that reflected our personalities!

Inside of the C is a small drawing I did of my family because they are important to me and I thought they should be included. Inside of the A and the I, I did the ocean and some plants because I love nature. Inside of the T i drew my doggy Loki who I love a lot. Inside of the L I drew butterflies for the sole purpose of looking cute. Inside of the other I, I did ice cream because it is the best food in the entire world, and finally inside the N I did some pretty flowers because why not? After I added some black shadows at the bottom and some white shiny stuff at the top and VOILA it was ready to be turned in.

DOODLING

In our second class we started of by jus drawing a whole bunch of circles on our page. WE uses different colours to make them pop out and we practiced using pressure to make them look different

After that we used our circle knowledge to draw our emoji’s. Our emojis were supposed to reflect our mood that day and that day I was feeling happy so I drew a happy face emoji. Somewhere along the lines I got confused and made my emoji in a sun.

SKETCH NOTES!

We started this class by watching a Ted Talk about how doodling is good for learning, and i created this sketch note on doodling. If you find yourself looking at it and thinking “wow what a lovely bunch of random scribbles” that is completely okay, trust me you are not alone, because this was the very fist sketch note that I have ever created in my life, so of course it is a bit sloppy.

Then we looked at some of the basics of sketch noting.

I made this guide for sketch noting about some of the elements you could incorporate like boarders, fonts, symbols etc.

I also made a symbol library for sketch noting

SHADING AND SHAPES

For this day we practiced shading using this shading guide

We also identified the key shapes in a mug

LOGO!

This was the final day of this unit. We came into class and FaceTimed with Chloe Devine: A graphic designer from New York. We created a KWL chart on what we learned

Then we created our own logos!

This was by far my favourite thing we learned I had so much fun making up a business and a logo for it! I made a Sunscreen brand called solis and i was very proud of the logo that I made for it. I used Keynote and Sketches Pro to make this logo. Below are my planning sheet and my logo

In conclusion I had so much fun doing this project. I think maybe next time I should add more shading to the mug drawings I made. I really loved this project and I would gladly do something similar in the future. Byeeeeee <3

P.S

here are all the things I made that I didn’t feel I needed to showcase in this post but i just wanted to share

🍉SCIMATICS TECTONIC CHANCES🍉

Posted on November 23, 2021 by caitling under Scimatics

For this project the driving question was “how are thematic and mathematical elements used in game design.” For this project I worked with Kira and Gwenyth. Check out their blogs by clicking their names. The name of the board game was called the ring of flames with was supposed to spark your interest about the game.

When we first started brainstorming ideas for our board game we thought we should make a board game called Slug Island about a bunch of slugs stuck on an island, but as we learned more about the board game criteria we decided against slug island.

Here is a mind map I made in the early stages of this project

Obviously these weren’t our formal plans because they are messy and confusing

I teamed up with Kira and Gwen and we worked as a group to create these thoughts

Then it was time to create! I used my artsy skills to write some of the cards and draw the board for the game. Kira and I had lots of fun using the paper cutter to make our cards. Our game pieces were rocks the Kira and I had coloured on and they were very pretty

Here are the final game rules:

Curricular competencies

1. Evaluating: Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence

I think that we didn’t use enough probability in risking the rolls and that we should try to incorporate more math into it nexts time.

2. Questioning and predicting: Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest

My group did a good job of making really good rules and very detailed cards. We were very fast making our game and we played it a couple of times to make sure it works. We had a lot of fun making our game and we divided all the rolls equally so we all had a good time

3. Understanding and solving: Develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and problem solving

We spent most of our time planning so our game went very smoothly. Gwen and I spent lots of time on the cards making sure we have numerous different outcomes to keep the game fun and exciting

Thinking about the driving question again “How are thematic and mathematical elements used in game design” I think that the most important elements in a board game are the big thing you are working towards for example: In snakes and ladders the object of the the game is to get to the top, and the other thing is that risk and gamble that you have to make in order to win. Thinking about the driving question again “How are thematic and mathematical elements used in game design”

In conclusion I think that there is a lot of thought that goes into board games and a lot of strategy and so when making a board game remember to keep it fun and risky with lots of probability.

P.S I prefer card games

🍩BECOMING A PLP LEARNER BLOG POST🍩

Posted on November 14, 2021 by caitling under Uncategorized

If someone would of told me that within my first two months of grade eight I would be presenting my work in front of all the PLP parents I would have said they were insane. Now here I am almost a week later reflecting on that very thing.

The night of the PLP presentation I was sick so I couldn’t go to it so I am going to reflect on what I learned building up to it

We learned a lot about ourselves using the BLJ

The BLJ aka the Big Life Journal was a series of activities to help us get to know ourselves