Hand Drawing

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In art class we were assigned to draw one picture a week, starting on Tuesday and working on them all class period up until Friday. The first picture we were assigned to draw was a pencil sketch of our hand. We had to draw it on an 8x11 piece of paper, trying to use as much of the paper as possible. After we got the design and shape of our hands down, we added shadows and shading to them too. We were to make them as realistic as possible, no cartoon hands. This is the end result of my hand. [Click image for bigger more clear picture]

Week two: Pencil Self portrait

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So this is my self portrait, I'm actually quite proud of it even though it's lacking a few main features. Yes, the eyes aren't there...but it was really diffcult for me to draw my eyes and have glasses on at the same time. Every time I would try, it would look weird or they would be uneven. It was a mess. Also I didn't really shade anything or had any highlights to my hair and everything. I save that for last, when I'm completely satisfied with the results...and this picture I don't believe is done to the best of my abilities. I'll keep adding to it, and upload more pictures as I go along.[Click image for bigger more clear picture]

Week Three: Bigger Self Portrait
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This is the result of my bigger self portrait. I've come to the conclusion that drawing big isn't my strongest point. This was also supposed to be done with charcoal. The outline of the drawing is, but I didn't shade or do anything to make it "pop" form the page. I get scared that if one mistake and the whole thing is going to be ruined. So I try to make them as simple and basic as possible. I'll eventually add more  to the drawing, if I have time. For now that's what it looks like. I'm sort of pleased with it. In a way it resembles me. [Click image for bigger more clear picture]

Week Four: Drawing of someone in class
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This is my attempt at a full body drawing. Again, I'm afraid that big isn't really my cup of tea. I feel much more comfortable drawing small. Also, Drawing faces and people is my least favorite thing to draw. Maybe that has a lot to do with why it's so unfinished looking. I try so hard to make them perfect, or as close to real life as I can, that I lose track of time and then I have to rush through it so it's done and I have something to show for my work. I'm also very afraid that I'm going to offend the person somehow, if I draw them bad. Which, is how I feel about this drawing. Kim, in no way shape or form looks like this. I wish I wasn't so judgmental about my work, I think that this could be pretty good, if I gave myself credit and actually stoped worrying about what it looked like. [Click image for bigger more clear picture]

Week Five: Still Life

*Pictures and artist statement coming soon.*

Week Six: Small clear object (cup)
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Sorry for the bad quality of the photo. This is the drawing I did of my starbucks cup. This was actually a pretty fun one for me to do. Since I was aloud to pick any clear object, I decided that a Starbucks cup would be nice. The hardest thing about drawing this, was making it look 3D and not 2D, I wanted to create the look that there was something behind the logo of the cup. That it was an actual cup. I believe I did a pretty good job with that. [Click image for bigger more clear picture]

Week Seven: Bigger drawing of clear object (Cup)
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Q2 BM

There was a problem uploading so my reflection is in the following paragraph and a link to my doc is here.

The reasons why I chose all of these bill are:
  1. They all are important to me 
  2. The outcomes stood out me
  3. It's extremely helpful
  4. It's extremely disadvantageous
They are in no particular order, it is just what popped into my head and things I searched online. All in all it was an interesting benchmark where I get to share my opinions on laws and what impacts me negatively and positively and I am very happy with this.





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Hand Drawing

This is the hand drawing I spend doing in class for the week. At first I thought it was going to be difficult but it turned out to be fun and sort of easy making the hand. I started with making an square and cylinder for the fingers to start then I traced the hand over and got the following picture that represent my hand drawing.

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Final blog post

For my final blog post, I would like to receive a letter from the  Main Supporters which are theU.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the approval of reinforcement for the grant of Philadelphia. It includes states receiving federal grants provided for in the bill would be required to annually track the Body Mass Index of all children ages 2 through 18 , then report the information to the state government. After, the state government would report the information to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for analysis.

As of February 26, 2010  there was a grant given of 20 mill
ion which needs to be redeemed to help create  sustained media campaigns to promote healthy food choices and increased physical activity in the Philadelphia area.

 

To forcefully  go against the Philadelphia media and supermarkets, stocks, and salesmen.




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Megan Doe's Q2 Benchmark Reflection

Click here to view my project.


When choosing a topic for each part branch of government, I considered what has had a bearing on my life. At first I researched topics suggested to me by my teacher and students. From there I found related topics that influence other topics I already researched.  The process was hard when I had to put each law, case and office into my own words, however relating it to my life was easy. Sometimes understanding the exact intention of each landmark decision was difficult too.

 

As I get older, I believe the government will impact me even more than it does not. As an adult I will have to make more decisions, fill out more paper work, and mostly like interact and help influence the decisions of the different branches of government.

 

This was a fantastic project. It opened my eyes to many cases, laws, and offices that I was unaware of.  I am less ignorant of my government. I truly believe I learned throughout this process.