Connections - English Infographic

 CONNECTIONS

In English, we are learning about connections (how each of the texts relates to the overarching theme which is personhood and what it means to be a person). The five ideas below are the underlying themes in the texts that I had noticed. There are many more, but to me, these are the most significant. Soon, we are going to write an essay based on connections so I will need to go further into depth for these ideas and maybe find a few more.

The four texts I've chosen:

• Blade Runner 2049, by Denis Villeneuve
• Ex Machina, by Alex Garland
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, by Kenneth Branagh
• Be Right Back, Black Mirror S2 E1 by Owen Harris

Art Level 2 - Personal Description

 

Art 2021 - Personal Description

In art right now, we are working on our 2.1 internal. For three different artworks (traditional, contemporary, and an artist from Aotearoa) we had to examine the artworks and write personal descriptions as if we were describing the artworks to someone who was blind. We also had to draw quick thumbnail sketches. Below is the traditional artist's artwork, the personal description I wrote along with its thumbnail.

Our task today is to post one of our personal descriptions and comment on one of our peer's personal descriptions which they have also posted on their blog.

Traditional Artwork: Crookhey Hall - Leonora Carrington 

Personal Description:

The artwork Crookhey Hall by Leonora Carrington has a gloomier, darker shade to it. The colours are not extremely vibrant. They have a slight grey hue. The colours are mainly cool tones. Greens mostly. There are people, spirits (ghosts), and animals in the image. In the background there is a mansion with spirits floating around the roof, to the left of the mansion, there is a pond with even more spirits in the water. Surrounding the pond there are trees. Leading from the front door of the house, a dirt path winds through the artwork extending to the edge, most likely carrying on further. On each side of the path, there are small green shrubs. Other than the path, everything else is grass. The sky at the top of the artwork is grey. At the bottom right, there are more green shrubs, to the top right there are grassy hills seen behind more trees. The focus point in this artwork is the white spirit in the bottom in a running motion. The spirit is one of the biggest since it is in the foreground and also the whitest spirit which draws your eye first. The others are more grey.

Thumbnail Sketch:

(I apologise for the thumbnail sketch being rotated, I'm not sure how to rotate it on blogger since it's fine on google slides)

Brainstorm - Art 2021

 BRAINSTORM

I made a brainstorm on a google drawing about the different things I cared about and could possibly include in my art this year. I was originally going to be doing cityscape but now I've changed my mind to Feminism/Social Conscience. I think I will care more about it and I won't get bored. I care about everybody's rights, no matter who they are or who/what they identify as. I care about equality, everyone is human, everyone should have the same rights and the same options. And I really like Jacqueline Fahey's art.

Subject Matter - Art 2021

 SUBJECT MATTER

Art 2021 - Year 12 Level 2 - Mood Board

 ART 2021

Right now in art, we are finishing off our mood boards. We needed to find art from different artists and include an image of their art, their name, the name of the artwork, and the date. I've included a number of artists from all themes. Spiritual/cultural, environmental protection, cityscape/urban world, and feminism/social conscience. I haven't quite decided which theme I'm going with but I'm leaning more towards cityscape. I like Jeffrey Smart's work. 

Art- Term 3 Week 8

 So far in art, I have drawn over half a dozen pieces but some of them are not yet finished. I currently have one painting. I hope to soon start on design. I only have so long left of the year until our folios need to be handed in so I want to make at least two artworks on the computer and a few more paintings. So far I am working on this octopus drawing;
(I know you can't see it very well)

Hopefully, after I have finished this guy, I'm going to start design. I'm also going to try to incorporate a piece of rubbish which features in the majority of the artworks. Maybe like a water bottle in each drawing. In the hand of the octopus, floating beside another sea animal, maybe even a drawing of the bottle on its own. 

Making Meaning + Creating Meaning - English - RIP CHADWICK

 Black Panther

Summary;
King T’Challa of Wakanda inherits the throne from his father T’Chaka after his death and faces challenges to keep his kingdom safe. His skill and authority are tested when an ‘outsider’ to Wakanda overthrows T’Challa and takes his label as King. T’Challa has to undergo many hardships to take back his name as King and as Black Panther as well as keeping his family and his people safe.

Key Idea;
I think the key idea of Black Panther is black culture. Throughout many points in the movie, the culture is represented. Wakanda was literally hidden for so long because they were trying to shelter themselves from the rest of the world in order to protect from racism and from their kingdom being overthrown. Taking their vibranium. But T'Challa knew this was wrong, especially after he found out what his father had done. He understood why Erik Killmonger was so furious. This is a link to real life. Erik grew up alone, everything had been taken from him, he was just a child. Alone. Living in a city full of guns, drugs and violence. Towards the end, T'Challa worked to make it right once and for all. He revealed Wakanda to the rest of the world and helped to make parts of America where their brothers and sisters were struggling just because of the colour of their skin. He made sure no more children would have to suffer like Erik.

Chadwick Boseman (T'Challa/Black Panther) passing;
Three days ago, on Friday the 28th of August, Chadwick Boseman passed away due to colon cancer at the age of 43. He had struggled with this horrible disease for four years. He played as a major character in the Marvel series, along with many other movies. Black Panther was one of my all-time favourite superheroes and I will never forget him. I guarantee the world will never forget him. 

Rest In Peace Chadwick Boseman, you legend <3

Gone but never forgotten.