Thlog #7

    This week we finally finished up our final draft of our second Writing Project. Things were a little different on Wednesday since we had class online and not in our usual location. Like many students, I was extremely confused with our assignment. I did not understand why we were looking at the Bob Ross videos and I'm just hoping I met the assignment's expectations. My favorite video was probably the 4 Disney artists painting one tree. I found it interesting how each artist perceived different ideas, but at the same time they cooperated with one another. I realized that they put in lots of effort in creating these Disney films. The Family Guy video confused me a little because I wasn't sure what its point was. I believe it was trying to mock Bob Ross? Bob Ross' painting technique is also interesting and I especially like the video where he talks about creating "plains." This technique creates distance in the painting by simply emphasizing size and illusions. He created these illusions by blurring in the trees and making the outer trees larger than the ones in the center. He also makes a reflection of trees in the pond which I thought was pretty cool. What I got from this assignment and what I think we will be doing for our third writing project is looking closely at an authors moves and leading the reader through these moves by describing their writing process. Although I am not exactly sure how to do that, I hope this writing project is both enjoyable and interesting and enables me to accomplish this task. Given that we will only be meeting a couple more times this quarter, I will try my best to do well on my last paper.