For my 20% project I am doing painting. This week I accomplished finishing a small side painting of disco ball cherries, starting my tri-fold, and starting the 2 day process of a giant art piece. I struggled on not having enough supplies, and pictures for my tri-fold because I was hyper focused on the paintings and not thinking about gathering information for my tri-fold. Adjustments that I will make moving forward will include checking the daily agenda before leaving for school, and setting reminders for myself to bring my needed supplies. Next time I will be finishing my tri-fold by adding photos and captions and after school that day I will be spending more of my after school time on my giant art piece and concluding that process. I will also prepare and figure out what I am going to be talking about and showing other people at the after school event.

My mum is the most influential woman in my life. My mummy is very influential to me because she is a strong, persistent, and kind woman and she has always been such a supportive role model towards me. One of my favorite memories that I have remembered about her was when we first got my dog. I was in my room doing absolutely nothing but then my dad called me out to go help my mom unload the groceries so I said “I can’t I’m busy doing homework right now.” But I didn’t quite think that through t because it was in the middle of summer so he said “baloney” so I went out to go unload the groceries with an attitude but to my surprise my mom comes around the corner of my big white car with a little blond puppy. I was immediately in love with her and we decided to name her Tilly! My mom is such a special person to me and I really appreciate all of the small things that she does for me such as making me lunch, or taking me to soccer practice! This is why my mom is such a special person in my life to me.

For my 20% project I am doing painting and this week I worked on finishing my final touches to sketching out my painting and preparing it for the real paint. I accomplished figuring out what flowers looked better on the canvas and which ones didn’t appear nicely. I also got my mom’s opinion on certain things because I am gifting these painting to her for Mother’s Day! I struggled on getting the whole sketch on the canvas done before next week because I still have quite a bit to do. I don’t have any adjustments to make throughout this week but we will see what happens next week! Later this week at home I will paint all of the flowers on the canvas and add some final touches to the final painting. Next week I will be starting my tri-fold by adding pictures and writing captions! Once that is done I will make some small side paintings to show all of the different styles and techniques that I have learned throughout my painting journey!

This month I read the book If Only I had Told Her by Laura Nowlin. This story was about the life of a boy named Finn. He has always loved this girl named Autumn but never can come to the fact that he does and how he needs to tell her how he feels. Throughout the story you get to experience their ups and downs through their lives and it’s truly a roller coaster of adventures. I loved the book because it was separated into three sections. The first section was in Finns point of view, the second section was through Jacks point of view which is Finns best friend, then the last section was through Autumns point of view. My favorite character was Finn because even though he was there for a short part of the story, it was a short but sweet way to show me how kind, compassionate, and loving Finn was. A quote that shows this is “ My friend. My dream. My love.” Pg. 86. This shows me how Finn feels about Autumn because it isn’t something that he is physically saying. It is something that he is thinking! That proves that he truly feels this way and he isn’t just saying it because he feels like he should. I also got so many different opinions on Finn from all of his friends and family throughout the story, and all of them concluded to Finn being a kind, and compassionate person that never cared about what people thought and would always stick up for his piers that were in need of a friend to be there for them. My favorite quote from the story is “If only I’d told her that I loved her years ago, I wouldn’t be here now.” This is meaningful to me because I love how it is including the title in the sentence. It really ties together the whole thing and it makes the book feel concluded and shows me how Finn feels and it represents how he sees the situation. This is why I loved If Only I had Told Her by Laura Nowlin.