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​A. What is negative space?

Negative space is space between an object or around it.

B. Explain how you found negative space in 1. Your cut out? 2. In your stool drawing?

You kind of had to picture it first and try to find out what was negative and what was positive.
In the drawing I just drew the object first and then shade it in around the shape of the idem.

C. Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

To grasp the basic shapes you can use when you draw different stuff.

D. Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not?

I think so because then it would be way easy to draw anything you please because you know the basic shapes and then you can just fill in the details as you go.

A. What is negative space?

Negative space is space between an object or around it.

B. Explain how you found negative space in 1. Your cut out? 2. In your stool drawing?

You kind of had to picture it first and try to find out what was negative and what was positive.
In the drawing I just drew the object first and then shade it in around the shape of the idem.

C. Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

To grasp the basic shapes you can use when you draw different stuff.

D. Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not?

I think so because then it would be way easy to draw anything you please because you know the basic shapes and then you can just fill in the details as you go.

A. Negative space is all of the space around an object. It's just the empty space. 

B. I first drew the stools, and then after I had the object I used a darker shade of my pencil and shaded the rest of the space that was not part of the object, but just there. There was also an orange piece of paper behind the drawing, and everywhere you could see orange was negative space, so you just color that in. 
In my cut outs, I just cut every part of the tree out and then found the outline. Everything else I put on the other side. 

C. It helps when artists can see negative space because it gives the picture a 3D atmosphere, and helps them see all parts of the picture, instead of just the outline. You can't draw an accurate picture with just the outline. 

D. Yes, seeing negative spaces can enhance the drawing because the picture is flat unless you see the entire thing. I believe that the picture won't be complete unless you see every aspect. 

Negative space is the space behind an object. You would just draw the shapes you see from behind the object and shade them in.

I found negitive space in my tree by thinking the pink on the left side was positive since that was the actual tree. I found negitive space in my stool by drawling the shapes that are found behind the stool.

It helps an artist to see negitive space because it makes the drawling more accurate and helps you visualize 3-D better.

Yes it enhances drawlings because it makes you think about things more so you can pay attention to the shapes so nothing goes wrong.

​A negative space drawing is when you color in everything except the background. You outline the drawing but then instead of coloring in the object, you color the outside.

In my cutout I found negative space by looking at the darker spots. In my drawing however I outlined the object then shaded around it.

It helps an artist to see negative space because it makes it clear what they should draw.

Seeing in negative space helps to give an art work a background. It helps make the drawing more 3-D.

A.the space that is not show when drawling.
B.1.i cut it out then i changed it for the one side as the other.
2.in the stool drawling i drew the stools and then shaded the out side of it.
c.then you can set the background better.
d.yes it dose because if you can see were your suppose to shade then you can see were it leaks into the background.

Yeah right. 

That was no break at all. 

I need a break, something serious. 

Today its going to 85 degrees and I'm to excited :D

10:30- 11:30 

I'm already tired. 

I can't wait.

smh. 

I'm thinking about starting my own Campaign of Love. Yesterday was the DAY of Free Love, where everyone who cared drew a heart on their wrist for the people that are/ were depressed, attempted suicide, or have committed suicide. To me, this people need to recognize love and care for longer than a day, so I;m considering drawing a heart on my wrist, or somewhere else on my body everyday for a month or more. I'm excited about it.    

1) ¿Qué opinas de Hugo Chávez? ¿Qué críticas tienes de él? ¿Estás de acuerdo (in agreement) con unas de sus acciones?

 

2) Si fueras Venezolan@, ¿votarías por él? Explica tu respuesta.

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49 days...
no more SLA. 
no more Septa.
no more wandering around the city of Philadelphia. 
I CAN'T WAIT. 
I CAN'T WAIT.
I CAN'T WAIT. 
omfg. 
i love this weather too. 

“Why aren’t you being more assertive about something so significant and important?”
------ I have no explanation for her, at least none that she would find acceptable.

Ah I think I had butterflies in my stomach this morning for some strange reason. Ive been having this problem after having a longer break from my learning environment ever since like elementary school. I mean for gods sake, Im going back to the same environment that I have left not too long ago. I think my Polak body is just auto sensitive to nervousness in even the slightest of ways. Its a shame because it makes my morning miserable. Then I get to school, and well everything gets much better! :]

​JQ: How safe is safe enough? - POST ALL WORK ON MOODLE
Do you feel as though the United States has done enough to secure its citizenry after 9.11? Defend your answer with actual examples, please.

Gitmo - POST ALL WORK ON MOODLE
1. Read this NYTimes Article and analyze this graphic
2. Represent the main ideas of the article in a paragraph.
3. Choose a side... Should Guantanamo be left opened or closed? Did it serve a valuable security purpose or was it a waste of tax payer money?
4. Does your region have any citizens being detained in Guantanamo... if yes, who?

1) Negative space is the background of the picture shaded in instead of drawing the picture you draw the background. 

2) I found the negative space in the cut-out by seeing which one had more of the background shaded in. In my stool drawing I started by drawing the background shapes then i shaded it in.

3) It helps because they can focus on the outer shape of the object or person more than just the details. I think seeing in negative space enhances the photo because the artist had to work harder to make sure it was perfect. The observers will learn to focus more on the whole picture as one instead of one piece of it.

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Para eso proyecto, nosotros hicimos un PSA sobre el maltrato infantil. En nuestro PSA, hay un video del maltrato infantil y hay hechos sobre el tema y otras fotos. Despues, hay información sobre como buscarlos los indicios y lugares que personas pueden ir para ayuda.

I've gotten into the habit of posting new poems up here. My latest poem is in the perspective of a middle aged resident who has stop caring about the progression of their neighborhood or the people within it (particularly young people). This is a performance piece so I am talking to an audience of young people and then it broadens. Hope you enjoy. :)

You right there in the second row show me why I should care

Show me why I should fight for you

Show me what I lose every time

I decide to give up

Decide to stop fighting

For you

Show me what I have already lost

What I have already given up

Because maybe then I’ll stop giving ya’ll up so easily

 

The makeshift memorial under their bedroom windows

Isn’t enough for me to feel guilty

The 3 minute segment on the news

Doesn’t pull my heart strings hard enough

 

Make me feel guilt

Make me feel guilty

That I’ve let drug dealers become our block captains

And crack houses become our community head quarters

Make me feel guilty

That I’ve stopped caring about this community

And the people within it

 

I complain about teens going rampant

Yet have stopped advocating for recreational places

I shake my head at the trash that riddles the street

But have yet to pick up a broom and sweep in front of my own front door

I’ve turned this into a hopeless place

Because I have given up my own dreams for it

 

So show me her

Show me him

Show me his homerun that won the game

His MVP trophy overtop the fireplace

Show me her favorite princess dress

And her prancing around in it

Show me the father who never got to see his daughter get married

And the mother who never got to see her kids graduate

Because I know I’ve turned this to a dreamless place

Where kids have no allies

And everybody has stopped caring

Where kids think all they can do is deal and steal

Because hope is passed on from generation to generation

And I have passed on none

 

So show me the innocent little girl

Who still thinks life is as sweet as can be

Make me realize that she is worth saving

Make me believe she can stopped this hopeless cycle

Help me to accept that she will show us

What happens if we work hard

That you may not reach your dreams

But that you’ll go pretty far

 

Because her bright light is infectious

I believe anything is possible

When I look into her honey brown eyes

But eventually this “everything is possible” phase

Goes Away

And that is when you have to nourish it

Because once you nurture a living thing

You believe you can do anything

And that it’s worth doing anything

 

It’s worth creating a blank slate with are streets

Because every piece of trash was just a hope that people thought would never come true

It’s worth painting a visual picture of hope in our community

With green grass and various colored flowers

Because hope is recognized by how we carry ourselves also

It’s worth telling our young ones to strive for the best

Because we’ve realized ourselves they could possibly succeed

 

Because eventually I want to stop feeling guilty

Not because I’ve stopped caring

But because I realized I have done everything I could

I want to stop flipping on the news and seeing a misguided teen I knew

But never said a word to

And instead see a kid that I know who did something great or didn’t

Because I know I did everything to help that kid

So hopefully there will be no need for me to feel guilty