Author: larasmith (Page 3 of 7)

One of my favourite places in the world is New York. When I was in high school, I was really into theatre and knew all the shows playing on Broadway. This may have been because I joined the theatre class from grades 10-11 or because I was fortunate enough to go to New York when I was 12. A moment I will never forget is when Glinda floated down in her bubble at the beginning of Wicked. Long story short, I love New York.

I decided to base this piece on the New York snowglobe one of my friends gave me. I decided to twist up the theme by adding a galactic snowglobe background but having the actual globe in the forest.

Here is the animation in motion!

Here are the images I used:

Discenza, M. (2017, January 31). Landscape photo of new york empire state building. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/5omwAMDxmkU

Freepik. (2018, August 27). Snow globe transparent 2875000. https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/snow-globe-transparent_2875000.htm

Garner, R. (2020, October 16). Hubble snaps a special stellar nursery. NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-snaps-a-special-stellar-nursery/

Swanson, N. (2013, July 19). People on rock formation under white cloudy sky. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/d19by2PLaPc

Takekawa, Y. (2016, October 9). Lake water scenery. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/7wk0ja-DP_c

A common phrase between my friends and me is “Spill the Tea”. When we spill the tea, it means to share information with each other and catch up. I thought it would be fun to animate a teacup where the tea is being spilled (literally spilling tea).

Here is the animation in motion!

Photo I used:

Crew, T. (2020, January 31). White ceramic vase on white table. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/uDF1mW7EUwM

This photo is inspired by my dreams! I am completely stress-free and able to float away on a cloud carried by butterflies. It is sunset, and I am able to watch as the pink clouds (my favourite colour!) fill the sky behind me.

Photos I used:

Badzgaradze, L. (2021, April 19). Yellow flower field under blue sky during daytime. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/xoeljsx5CD4

Baugess, A. (2019, May 20). Black, yellow, and orange butterfly on green leaf. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/rVGr8zm6K7I

Bendig, G. (2017, January 18). Selective focus photography of brown and black butterfly flying near blooming purple petaled flowers. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/b30CHD9UdVs

Chabot, T. (2019, January 20). Brown butterfly perched on flower. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/2CubIH6NMEo

Dustin, C. (2019, September 25). White clouds. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/K-Iog-Bqf8E

Galtier, G. (2017, December 28). White clouds. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/3YrppYQPoCI

Giri, A. (2020, September 9). Blue and black butterfly in close up photography. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/IBhsB71R97k

Stone, E. (2020, August 29). Yellow flower in tilt shift lens. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/ceKhGIXOGtA

For my next image, I decided to create a banner for my website. I did this since it the old one was a free image I got off of the internet, but this one represents my love of florals and all the activities I have done on my website so far.

On my website, I have done tons of art (represented by the paintbrushes), I learned to play the recorder and read music (represented by the music note), I learned a lot about technology (and even built this website!), and I have learned a lot about soccer and how to run a soccer unit on my own!

I am so excited to be continuing Learning With Lara since I still have so much to learn! I am also given the chance to reflect on what I have learned and see how much I have grown in a matter of months.

Images I used in mine:

Adai, L. (2021, February 19). Brown and red paint brush in clear glass container. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/s6U7Gq93UU8

Be, H. (2016, June 5). Orange flowers. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/IicyiaPYGGI

Ito, M. (2019, January 25). Field of flowers. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/tYNLwRxFsQc

Piwnicki, M. (2021, June 4). Photo by marek piwnicki on. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/Jw37waQeAms

Shatov, A. (2021, March 2). Red and white letter b illustration. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/qt7S2QuAhJI

Shea, K. (2017, May 30). MacBook pro on top of brown table. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/1SAnrIxw5OY

Tingey, W. (2019, December 3). White and black soccer ball on grass field. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/dKCKiC0BQtU

Throughout the summer, I have seen so many Instagram posts and videos of people creating mosaic pieces for their homes. I love the look of them since they are so sunny and bright, the colours make me extremely happy and the geometric shapes in them give it a nice edge.