This is my new puppy by the way. He's fat and his name is Ruxin

Spring break

During spring break I finished all my sketches! I wasn't sure if I would have time considering my AP art portfolio is due very soon and I wanted to spend all break doing that. I found time for both projects and it worked out very nicely. I wanted to do more with my WISE project but my mom decided to get a puppy over break and I spent all week cleaning up after him and taking him out every 30 minutes. But finished my sketches was still a big achievement for me!

Friday before break

On Friday 4/11 I was once again unable to meet with my mentor. Which I'm not at all angry about, I gor to leave for break early! She did however send me an email telling me to catch up on my journals.

Thursday class 4-10-14

I just wrote a reflection in my last couple entries so I won't repeat myself but! I have spent many hours since I last spoke with ms lord and my mentor, definitely more than 14. I got all caught up on my sketches and almost on my journals.

I have yet to meet with my mentor, last week I was sick and the week before that I was having trouble with my life and project so she thought my time would be better spent trying to work on that. 

On Monday we went around the room and shared how our project was coming along, and talked about our fund raiser coming up. We also received articles from other students and were asked to journal about them, which I did! By next week I will have more than the required journals and speak to the contact I was given by my mentor. 

Half way done!

I finally reached my half way point with my sketches! I had predicted I would be done by now but Iv'e realized that was a rushed prediction, just as that kid said in Barnsong, "Everything always takes longer than you expected." Now that I have reached this point I feel great about my project, like it's actually really going to get done!

Vinny's article for me, and my article for Vinny

I know absolutely nothing about Vinny's topic so I had just googled a whole bunch of techy words like: 3D, models, tech, computer programs, etc. I found This article that seemed like it would have something to do with programs that help with creating 3D models, so I stuck with it!
The article Vinny gave me was pretty straight forward, it was called How to Illustrate Children's Books: 7 Top Tips, sooooo you can imagine if fit right in with my project... 
It was actually very helpful! it talked more about being inspired and persistent and it reinstated that every draft wont be perfect and I will have to be be patient with myself. THANKS VINNY

Task force journaling

In class on monday we received feedback on our journals from a community member, mine just happened to be from Andrea Hazard! my first ever interviewee for the project. I was thrilled to hear she had enjoyed reading my journal, and things looked to be going well and were clearly explained through out my blog. She did say she would love to see some sketches up on here and after some thinking, I have decided it would be fun to do so!

Sick days

Being sick suckkkkksssss. I was out all Thursday and Friday, missing both my Red Flag Class and my Mentor meeting. We had tried to reschedule the meeting but both of our agendas wouldn't comply. With migraines and nausea all weekend, it was hard for me to leave my dark room. Once again, time to catch up.

Getting Caught up for ME

Work and research wise I am all caught up, I do need a few more journals but it shouldn't be a problem considering the work I have done and would like to share with everyone. When I spoke to Ms. Lord about my set back last week she said a lot that stuck with me, she had also noticed I tend to fall behind when there's a personal crisis in my life. She told me to take control of me and admit to myself what was happening so I could then know how to deal with it in a way that might help ME. Although there are still some issues in my life I decided to not let them affect my school work, which is then better for me and also my grades.