Garden.
For this assignment we had to choose between street or garden, and I chose garden because I prefer nature. The location I decided to go to was the Everglades. I would go to the Everglades a lot as a kid especially since my dad works there, and he'd take me to work with him. The section of the Everglades that I mostly focused on was the Pine rocklands thats my favorite area to hike through. Once we found our location I wrote in my sketch book my observations:
"Taking a trip into the Everglades. There are a lot of pine trees especially here in the Rocky Pine-land area. Which by the way, is an endangered part of the ecosystem. The grass here is very long and dense, up to my knees and are kind of spiny. The ground is dry and rough, a lot of edgy rocks covering the ground.
It's very relaxing here, there are no sounds of cars, all I can hear are wild birds and the wind. The mosquitoes aren't that bad at the moment but they are annoying. There are a lot of amazing animals that live here that you can't really find anywhere else. I love the Everglades, I used to come here a lot as a kid but it can be kind of scary. You can easily get lost if your are not careful, lucky I'm with my dad and he knows what he's doing."
After the observational writing I then went on to the next page to do my observational drawing. I did a sketch of a point of view of the Pine rocklands I wanted to incorporate the tress, grass and palms. There are a lot of pine tress and sable palms in the area and that is a good representation of the Pine rocklands.
After completing the observational piece we were to create an IMAGINARY CREATION. I based my creative piece on experiences I had as a kid, and the fear I had of getting lost. When I was little I would go camping with my dad, and we would go out into the trails at night to explore and he'd then ask me to find my way back (my dad would be with me), but I'd still have the fear of getting lost. That was the inspiration I had for my piece.
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