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The idea for this project was to take a photo that we took and put it into photo shop so we can edit it and add other photos or objects to it, creating a work of art.  The picture that I took is the one of the gondola with the gondoliers in it.  I took this photo when my family and I went to Venice, we were there at the same time as the famous Gondoliering Regatta, so I snapped a couple of photos, and low and behold, they made it into my school art project.  In my project, I chose not to put in any pattern, because I wanted everything to be special and itself.  There is a bit of contrast in here, however not as much in colors, but in the objects.  some are closer and some are farther, some are darker and some are lighter.  For emphasis in this piece, I put the parts of my story that were more important, up close and the ones not so much, farther back.  There is, I feel, not a lot of balance in my piece, everything is more dark, comes towards you and it seems plain.  However, even though at first glance there doesn’t seem to be a ton of balance, after looking at it for longer, you can see that it actually does balance out nicely, and seems to go together very well.  For me, proportion and scale meant a lot, the things that were more important were closer, and the things that were not as important, were farther.

The story being told here, is:  a big war lord(the ship) is attacking a city (the city), the gondola, is a boat load of people escaping into the deep beautiful darkness of space.

This is my project.  It is tree and a building, they each represent a part of the city that is important to me.  I am putting them both, plus another tall building, and a big building(school) in order.  The order represents what makes this city my home.

Esperanza rising  by Pam Munoz Ryan

Percy Jackson Roman series;

Lost Hero

Son of Neptune

Mark Of Athena

House Of Hades

The Blood Of Olympus

All written by Rick Riordon

Icons

Idols

Both by Margaret Stohl

The Incorrigible Children Of Ashton Place And The Mysterious Howling

The Incorrigible Children Of Ashton Place And The Hidden Gallery

Both by Maryrose Wood

Quake by Gail Langer Karwoski

The Hebrew Kid And The Apache Maiden by Robert J. Avrach

Spirit animals;

Rise And Fall by Eliot Schrefer

The Evertree by Marie Lu

My summer this year was really fun and unusual compared to all of my other summers over the past years.  On of the great things, is that I get to go to a farm, and interact with animals and play around in the countryside with my cousin from Israel who I have never seen/met before.  Then after that I went back to my camp called, Ramapo Day Camp.  Every day, nine hours of running around in the heat with the sun’s happy warm rays upon me.  Then after 4 weeks I left and hopped in my car.  My parents drove me up to my sleepaway camp called, Kingswood Camp For Boys.  After some hugs and kisses they left me to my friends and counselors.  I had an amazing time, running around, hiking and going crazy with all of my friends.  My three weeks ended with a week full of competition called, Bow & Arrow week and goodbyes.  I had a rest and homework week at home before we took off on an airplane to Italy.   On the eight hour flight I watched about 5½ movies before we landed in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.   On the crows cry we would wake up at our villa to a calming day on the beach or to hike around a historic hilltown.  We left our villa after two weeks and went down two rome for three days and two nights of sightseeing and touring around the eternal city.  I then came home on the 9½ our flight time literally flying by as we watched movies. Then we had one day of rest before we woke up at 2 AM (because of jetlag) got on the train and arrived to school at 8:15.  I guess I could say that summer was fun, right.

I have been going to Kingswood Camp For Boys for three years.  I go there because I love it.  What do I love about it?  The fact is that I love so many things about it that I can’t decide what I like the most.  You can pick anything that interests you, and everything you pick has a life skill that you learn from it.  In riflery and archery you learn how to shoot bows and guns but you also learn patience, because you will pretty much always miss the bullseye and sometimes the target so you have to have the patience to keep trying.  When you play/learn tennis you learn hand-eye coordination.  In canoeing you learn how to get corrected without getting mad because there are so many strokes and they are all so hard.  At kingswood we are in the middle of a national forest so we do a lot of hiking.  This 3 week semester I hiked 56 miles.  On all the hikes that you take, there are easy parts, but most of the hike, usually is just challenging.  At the beginning of the hike you worry that you might not be able to do it.  But once you start, you calm down and think wow this is easy.  Then it starts to get challenging and you have steep bits, muddy bits and elevator shafts (straight up.) Then after 2½ – 3  hours hiking it gets easier again.  Finally when you get to the top of the mountain and enjoy the view you think “wow that feels good.”  That is a nice feeling.  Afterwards, I usually feel that the best part of the hike was when I was being challenged and not when it was easy. That should  be the same when you think about life.

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