Mahi Toi That Will Blow Your Mind!!!

This week in Te Ngahere we started a new type of art for calendar art. In this art our focus was to draw continuous lines, draw curves, rule straight lines, select colours for effect and blend colours. We had to start with a practice sheet but then we moved onto our real sheet. We had to practice our actual design and our blending. For me the easy part is ruling the lines and the hard part was tracing over the curved bit in this art.

Do you know what Mahi Toi means in english?

Our Amazing Matariki Feathers

Last term on the last week of school we decorated Matariki feathers for Matariki. We had four choices and they were all different. When you were finished one you could do another one but I didn’t want to because I had already done the hardest one. We had to write our goals on the back and what we want to achieve.  It was really fun and it would be really fun to do again. I’m not a big fan of art but I still do it and this time I actually enjoyed it. We are making a korowai with the feathers because that’s what Te Ngahere has done for the past three years. What did you do to celebrate Matariki?

Our Amazing Pou Pou Art

For the past couple of weeks we have been doing some art called pou pou art. The first thing we did was to do our draft copy. After we had finished the draft we had to copy it onto our good copy, we drew and drew. Then we went over with a black vivid and started to color the pattern and pou pou with pastels. We had to use complementary colors and warm and cold colors. After we did that we did the background with the complementary colors from the actual pou pou. Then we were done. Have you ever thought of drawing a pou pou?

My Incredible Shapegram Art American Hot Dog

This weeks art was shapgram art. Shapegram art is when you can only use shapes to make something. The type of things we had to make was food. I did an American Hot Dog because i thought it would be fun. I had my mum help me and it worked. I think mine looks really good and I still can’t believe how I’m doing any of this art. Have you ever done shapegram art before?

Our Amazing Vector Portraits

This week we did vector art but on a person we admire. The person I admire is my aunty. I was born when she was 14 so we think of each other sisters. She’s 22 know and her birthday is January.  She’s the youngest out of all the sisters and the only one without any kids. We think of her the cool aunty and fun aunty because she doesn't have any kids so she doesn't know what it feels like living with them. She’s always happy to see us and were always happy to see her. Who do you admire?

Our Outstanding Vector Drawings

This week our art was doing vector drawings on animals. My animal is a panda. It’s really cool and we only needed to use a image and google drawing. It’s a long process and it’s really cool but hard work. I clicked ctrl z (ctrl z is undo if you didn’t know) 100,000,000 times. That’s a lot just to get one piece of artwork. To be honest I didn’t think I would be able to do it without any help but I did. Also I don’t think I can do it on paper. I still like admiring  it and it’s really cool to look at it and to say that I did it, because everyone knows in my family that I hate art , but this I did enjoy they thought I didn’t do it and I just copied and pasted it onto my google drawing but I didn’t because I actually did it. They were so surprised of what I did but they loved it. Have you ever done vector art before?

Making Awesome ANZAC Poppies

This week we have been working on ANZAC. Today we made ANZAC poppies. It was really fun to do and that we had everything at home. We use a green pipe cleaner, some red paper, scissors, ruler, glue and a pencil. The first step was to measure ten by ten paper. The second step is to fold it in quarters. The third step is to fold it once diagonal. After the third step you draw a circle thing on one of the conners. The next step is to cut it out. Then you use the side where it has the circle thing and you do that whole process twice. After you do that you get them both and stick them together so they look the same. Then you fold it in half and cut a little line at the bottom and you do the same when you fold it the other way. After you do that you put the green pipe cleaner through and tie a little knot at the top. After that seal the bottom with glue. After that dries you’re done. Have you done it before? If you haven't, do it and tell me what you thought of it?

Our Creative Amazing Self Portraits

Last week we did some self portraits on our chromebooks because of the long distance thing, so one of our teachers made a slideshow of how to do it and it was really fun. I’m not very keen with art but it was fun and we did it. Now i’m doing a blog post about  how we did it and how fun it was. The first step is to go to your drive and go to new and go down to the bottom where it says more and then go to google drawing which is the second one. After That you go to the untitled drawing and click it and then it will be highlighted and you call it your name Self Portrait for example for me it was Yazmin Self Portrait. Then after you do that you go to insert and then go to image and then go to camera and take a photo. After you get a good photo of your approval you go to scribble that you will find when we click on the image we just took and you outline your eyes, your mouth, nose,  your head and your neck nd you also have to add detail to your hair. After you do that you delete your photo. The last step is to click on the checked looking background thing (you have to do double finger, double click) and then go to background, after you do that you can play around with the backgrounds and after that you're completely done.  Have you done this before? If not try it and when your done answer this question. Did you enjoy doing it?

Visting Te Ngahere

This week on Tuesday we went to the Ngahere, if you don’t know what the Ngahere is, it’s the forest/bush and everyone should know what those two things are,if you don’t it’s when there's heaps of trees and things that are related to being in the trees and bushes and stuff and there’s way more things then you think. We saw heaps of different things and we learnt heaps of different things about the Ngahere as well. We came up with heaps of ideas that we could do with our Design our Class, that is when we're making our class in to our own Ngahere (Design our Class is a art that we’re doing as a class). Do you like the Ngahere? Would you want to go to the Ngahere?

Calendar Art

I am learning how to put art on a slide and put it on my blog.