Kia Ora everyone! Recently with Matua Aina, we created a Mozart design revolving around Sir Edmund Hillary. As instructed, everyone collectively used ‘google drawings’ in order to create their designs. There were many steps that we went through, which I personally found very simple and constructive. Since it’s nearly the end of the term, we are focusing more on our school core values; such as the first person in New Zealand who reached the very top of Mount Everest, Edmund Hillary. (Ancestral/School hero) Towering 29,035 feet high, it is on top of the world. It was on May the twenty ninth, 11:30 a.m. “In 1953, Edmund Hillary and his Nepalese Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, made history, becoming the first climbers to conquer Mount Everest, as seen in the “National Geographic” documentary “Surviving Everest.” It took 16 days via the southeast ridge route.” Says an article I found online. I find it very impressive how he put in all the time, and effort to climb Mount Everest. Here is my google drawing design.
Create your google drawing, and make sure everything is blank. Name your untitled google drawing your room number, (e.g Room 11) then “Ancestral/School Hero”, and make sure to add your name. Go to “file”, scroll down and select “page setup”, then choose “widescreen 16:9”. This allows you to have a bigger page to work on. You want to click the text box, and make sure there are two duplicates. Border line (optional but needed) 4px thick, make one small in the centre and add a bigger box around it. Make sure the small one is layered to the very front so you can edit the text more accurately.
Now for the fun part, search your ancestral hero on google, and put the photo into your google drawing. Go to crop, and choose a circular figure. (To crop your photo into a nice shape.) Now your photo looks more detailed, and defined. Click another text box and put your ancestral hero’s name on it, and drag it right onto your photo, ensuring that it’s sitting at the bottom for a better view of the photo.
Next, you want to click “select line”, scroll down and press “polyline”. Now you want to create shapes that are abstract and artistic. Colour everything in, and you’re done. I suggest using complementary colours, like how blue and orange mesh well together. Hence the reason why I used purple, and yellow. Now you want to add facts about your hero, and many other things. I hope you found this instructive, and helpful. I personally enjoy creating things, especially when it’s art related. The activity was very easy, and fun. Who’s your ancestral hero? Do you have a school value you’d like to share? Would you attempt to climb Mount Everest? Share me your answers!