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Zentangles What is Zentangle? The Zentangle Process is a fast-to-learn, soothing, and enjoyable way to create images using organized pattern drawing. Why is it used by many artists? It is used by artists because the zentangle can be inspiring for others and it is a very beautiful way of creating patterns and creating images to show to others.  Artist names that used Zentangle Rick Roberts has used the zentangle. Do you like this style? Why? I think this style is nice because it is inspiring and it looks very beautiful and it is nice to create images and drawings with the zentangle. What Formal Elements can you see? I can see Lines and shapes in the zentangle as it includes many shapes with lines and it also has many patterns and also I can see shape & form. Do you think you can express yourself using this art technique?  Personally, I don't because my style of art is doodling and sometimes realistic drawings but I could try d...

Project Reflection What is a mandala? Describe it.  A mandala as a symbol in a dream, representing the dreamer's search for completeness and self unity Why is a mandala created? What is the purpose of the mandala? Where did it originate from?  The purpose of a mandala is an imaginary palace representing an aspect of wisdom or reminding the meditator. What was most successful about your final piece and the project? Why? The most successful part was that I was able to represent things I loved in symbols and tried my best to keep the items symbolic  What did you find most challenging within the project? The most challenging part was making the things I loved into symbols since some things were hard to convert to a symbol How did you overcome this challenge? I worked my best figuring out how to change them into symbols How could you improve as an art learner in this project? What would you do differently next time? I would work ...

Reflection: In this lesson , I made my mandala in the class, it went successful and I have put some of the things that I like inside the mandala-like my family, friends, music and my culture which are some of my favorite things in my life especially my culture and my family. WWW: I have put 4 things successfully in the mandala which represent me and my personal stuff like my family and my friends and my culture. EBI: I could've colored the mandala more and added more detail to some of the quarters inside the mandala.

The first one is music and i tried showing my love for music by drawing symbols and piano keys. The second is my culture Islam where I drew some lines and made it into an Islamic pattern. The third one is where I drew matching shapes to show friendship and some hearts. Here the last one is my family, I tried drawing stars with hearts to show my love for my family and I have drawn more hearts inside the hearts. WWW: The things that went well was that I represented each topic in symbols and it turned out successful EBI: I could've added more detail to it and made it look better and color it.

 Inquiry Question: What is color? Why do we have color in the world?  Reflection: I have a circle where I have took the 3 primary colors blue red yellow and put them around the circle and then mix the primary colors together which makes a secondary color for example if you mix red with yellow it makes orange and if you mix red with blue it makes purple and If you mix blue with yellow makes green which is a cool color and yellow is a warm color and purple is also a cool color. Territory colors are colors that are made from one primary color and a secondary color for example green with yellow makes light green and etc. WWW: The thing that went well was that the colors turned successful for primary and secondary with territory colors EBI: I would've spread the color so more to make it look good and also put the mixed primary's beside the secondary it made.

Palestinean  Culture History of My culture: The Culture of Palestine is the way of life of the Palestinian individuals, situated crosswise over Historic Palestine just as in the Palestinian diaspora. Name: Kaffiyeh Does it have Colors? The Kafiiyeh pattern has no colors but white and black but it does symbolize Palestinian nationalism, in the years 1936 and 1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. Describe the pattern This pattern is pretty basic but it does have shapes that look like a square pillow and it does have space as it is spaced between each shape, it is also symmetrical because if you cut it in half it would be the same and it is a pattern. Does it have a symbol to message it? Palestine does not have a symbol to message the Kafiiyeh but it is called "The checkered Kaffiyeh".

Year 8 Unit title: Cultural patterns (Mandalas) 12 weeks Global Context : Personal and Cultural Expression  Key concept : Communication  Related concept: Expression and Narrative 

Is a mirrored image symmetrical? In geometry, the perfect representation of an item or two-dimensional figure is the virtual picture shaped by the appearance in a plane mirror. Reflection: In the lesson, I have used tracing paper to make each already drawn image and flip either horizontally or vertically to get the mirrored image of the other image. WWW: I have mirrored every image horizontally and vertically and they turned out good. EBI: I fixed the images and made them look better so it's not bad

Who is the artist? Henri Emile Benoit Matisse 31 December 1869 3 November 1954) was a French craftsman, known for the two his utilization of shading and his liquid and unique craftsmanship. What type of artist was he? Henri Matisse was a progressive and powerful craftsman of the mid-twentieth century, most popular for the expressive shading and type of his Fauvist style. What inspires him? Matisse was affected right off the bat in his profession by Post-Impressionists Gauguin, Cézanne, and van Gogh What is my opinion on the artist?

January 5th, 2020 Reflection: In the lesson, I have researched on the internet of what are the 7 elements of art and I found the 7 elements after I found them I took a paper and lined into 8 different columns, then I labeled each column with each element which filled 7 columns. What I learned from this lesson is the 7 elements of art and what all of them are. WWW: The thing that went well was that I learned the 7 elements and that I completed the diagram to represent the 7 elements  and that I got feedback from other students that it is good EBI: I could've added what each element means and what information it can give and how it can be used in art such as drawings and paintings.

This picture shows balance, the reason is that both sides are equal and it is not heavy on any side.                                                                                                                               This picture shows Emphasis because                                             there is only 1 different apple which is a                                             different color and it is standing out  ...