Saturday, March 30, 2019

Travel Class Stories


Table of Contents:

My Trip to Yellowstone National Park
Trip to Athens
Memories of Glacier National Park
Come to Cairns
My Trip t San Francisco



My Trip to Yellowstone National Park


Back in 2012, it was my first time visiting the world's most beautiful wildlife park. It's called Yellowstone National Park, We were there for an week. And we had lots of fun there. Lots of point of interests and hiking trails. Yellowstone National Park is located across three states. Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too. The Yellowstone National Park is  nearly 3500 sq mile wilderness.



The first famous attraction to go to is Old Faithful Geyser. It was first discovered in 1870. Old Faithful is located in Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin in the southwest section of the park.
And Old Faithful erupts just like clockwork. At the appointed time for the geyser to erupt a couple hundred people sat eagerly awaiting the spectacle.

Second most famous attraction is Yellowstone Lake. It's a big lake in the Yellowstone area, and in some spots, you can see the mountains with some snow covering the far side. The water seems quite calm. There are some picnic areas. Since it's a big lake, you can see it from lots of points. And if you go to West Thumb Basin, you'll walk the outer boardwalk, the outer side of the boardwalk is Yellowstone Lake. 

Overall I had a great day in the park. And I encourage everyone must visit there one day.

- Yachu Hsieh
  
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Trip to Athens

   Every once in a while, people need to take vacation, break their boring routine in life and travel to somewhere for a few days so they can get refreshed, recharged, refocused and reflect on a new place that they have never visited before.

     In 2011, I traveled to Athens, Greece on vacation with one my best friends, we stayed there for almost 3 weeks, It is considered as one my favorite trips that I've ever had in my life. Athens was on my bucket list since i was young.


     During our trip in Greece, we had stayed in the capital city "Athens" for a week, we visited a lot of historical places, but the one place that astonished me there was "Acropolis of Athens" because of the way it has been built on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens with it several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the smell it holds in there from ancient Greek history, and the view of the city where you can see from the top.

     For the following 2 weeks, we were visiting different small islands close to Athens, but the most amazing island where I had such an unforgettable time was called "Santorini."  Over there, we had such a great time relaxing by the beach, enjoying the calming weather, smelling the ocean, tanning in the sun every single mornings we spent there, while stargazing at night.

     To sum it up, Greece is such an awesome country to visit for vacation with it's surrounding islands, it's an amazing trip I had that recharged me with a lot of positive energy. I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to break their routine and go somewhere for a visit and relaxation.



-Hazem Elghazoli & Lale Aytug

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Memories From Glacier National Park


Montana is the north part of america, it's a wonderful state park full of perfect nature and wild life

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It's an enormous size of the country (no. 4th) but has less pollution. Montana is one of my dream destinations that i decided to go to. We had a long road trip to Montana. We had started driving
from Denver heading north to Montana  and our final goal was Glacier National Park, one of the biggest national parks in U.S. Because it is located between the boarder of U.S. and Canada, the weather in the national park is cold for almost a year and it's also hard to predict . The first place we had visited was Lake McDonald ,the wonderful lake is so wide and beautiful you can see the wonderful scenery of the mountain and lake, the water in the lake is so clear so you can see through it. You will find the colorful stone under the lake
Lake McDonald with colorful stone

The second destination for us was doing the short hike to Hidden Lake .
After we drove the car to the middle of Glacier National Park, the second most famous spot is Hidden Lake. We had to hike around 4 miles to get there. On the way to the top of Hidden Lake, if you were lucky, you might see wildlife like mountain goat or moose. 
Hidden Lake overlook with mountain goats

Then we drove to stay in the hotel near the Swiftcurrent Lake to see the sunset and stay overnight. The lake was so wonderful  in the evening, because the water reflected the mountain and it completely looks like a mirror.
After that we spent our last night in the hotel at Swiftcurrent Lake, we did kayaking and we made some BBQ with another group of travelers. 
 In the morning then we had driven a long way to the airport for our next destination.
We spent almost three full days in Glacier National Park, and it was one the best memories i have ever had in my life and you must fall in love with it the same way as us. 

- Dmemorial

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Come To Cairns

Cairns is beautiful beautiful beautiful...
Cairns, Australia, the gateway to Queensland's tropical north...
Cairns is a laid back city best enjoyed to stay for people who want to relax with sunshine, nature, silence and peace.
Cairns is one of the big cities in Australia, yet it's not noisy at all, very quiet everywhere I visited even in the areas that have a lot of restaurants or bars...
At the beach, just a few couples were surfing, that made me feel happy because a crowded beach is annoying...Night time, I saw tons of tons of tons of stars in the sky!!!I cried for it's too beautiful...While I was hiking, I could hear some animals, waterfalls, wind...still quiet. At the French restaurant by the beach, it was almost packed but still quiet. Everything was going like slowly and peacefully. Wine was so delicious!
Image result for cairnsI hate crowds and I love being at the beach, looking at stars, having good wines. Travel to Cairns was perfect for me...

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My trip to San-Francisco. 17-mile drive.




That was a trip of a lifetime.

The way we planned our trip was horrible. In order to save some money on tickets to  San Francisco, we have chosen one that had multiple layovers. We didn’t sleep about 18-20 hours, we were exhausted by the time we landed at our final destination. Then there were car renting hassle, and after 2 hours we were good to go explore the place. It was chilly, humid, and foggy in there,despite the fact that it was mid-august. Should I say that my friend was so excited since she got in the car, and she couldn’t stop talking about how wonderful it feels to be there, even though we were only on highways? I was tired and hungry, and couldn’t stop thinking of an apartment that we booked (her friend recommend it to us). Turned out it was terrible, and looked like nobody had cleaned there for months, and the neighborhood itself was kind of suspicious. Since we were all by ourselves that wouldn’t be safe for us probably. My friend didn’t mind staying there, but I did, because I was grossed out by the place. There was some cold disagreement but we got out, even though we paid for our stay.
 My excitement’s level had gotten even lower after we visited Golden Gate. It was so cloudy and foggy so we didn’t see even half of the bridge. Impressions were ruined. I wanted to go home and already hated San-Francisco with all its houses that have no air between them and hanging wires above heads. The scenery was pretty depressing. To be fair we didn’t actually go into the city. But I don’t think that could change anything. We ended up in the in San Jose, which is 90 miles down in some Inn, hungry, angry, and sad. We had a late dinner in some Thai restaurant and didn’t to speak to each other until the next morning. Next day we planned to visit Palo Alto with all its famous attractions, such as Stanford University, Apple office, and etc.

After we headed to the Carmel-by-the-Sea, and there my mood started to boost up gradually. The view was scenic, high peaks, spirals, huge trees by the roads, and the sun finally made me smile again. But it was just the beginning. We got to Monterrey, the small town to watch whales, but we didn’t make it on time and missed it, had lunch and headed back on the road. After a little while we got on a 17-mile drive which was an ocean road. 







My God that was spectacular!!! It has attractions points where you can stop and enjoy the view. We got out from our car after couple hours of sitting in there.




Fresh breeze caught my breath. I was astonished by the power of The Pacific Ocean. Felt myself as tiny as a grain of sand on the beach. Salty air went through my hair and rested there for a while. Suddenly my mind felt so peaceful, my heart filled with joy and excitement, and my lungs got shocked by the amount of sea oxygen. All thoughts that were bothering me were melting down as I was watching the waves’ movements. They were so hypnotic. I wanted to stay there forever. It just strikes to your very heart… The Greatness of Creation. How could it be so beautiful?  And it’s kind of ironic that I’m actually afraid of sharks and that’s why I’m terrified to swim in there. I preferred just to live the moment… I was recording a video on that beach and didn’t notice that the water was coming close to me. It left salt marks on my sneakers that wouldn’t go away no matter how thorough I washed  them. I guess it’s a kind of a sweet memory, a souvenir of this trip.
























As I said there are multiple points that you could enjoy. Since it was almost sunset and we wanted to make to the Bixby Bridge, we didn’t have much time to fully appreciate all of them. Just one place that we stopped to take a picture turned out to be one of my favorites. I even don’t remember the name of it but I totally saw it before on the internet. My phone's camera couldn't capture the whole scenery unfortunately, and colors are not fully reflected too. It’s something that only the human eye can catch, nose can sniff, ear can hear, and skin can feel. It’s an alluring feeling of freedom, to be a part of The Great Existence…..

            Something that began to be my worst trip ever, turned out to be the trip of a lifetime...
Today I experienced that again. Thank you dear teacher for this journey in memories and feelings.

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Darren Miller's Amazing Leap of Faith


The hedge eventually belched up his wallet.

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in the Upcoming 
Redondo Beach Election!

Vote Early, Vote Often.
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Coming Soon:
 War with Torrance over the annexation of RAT Beach



FILMS FROM CLASS

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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Bob Ross: Round 2

Bob Ross: the man, the myth, the wet on wet guru. Our class can't get enough of his painting method and mesmerizing pipes. And to think, this dude spent 20 years in the military yelling at people to stand up straight...



Title: 'Wild Jungle'

Blue sky calms people down
Green trees make them relaxed
Dark soil nurtures those trees
But we need colorful flowers to embellish the world and create happiness

- Raymond



Title: “Season in the eyes”

The companion poem:

“Snow falling above
Shades changing below
Let your tears go
Like rivers that flow.”

- Dao


“Trees are here to give us support,

 The beauty of the spring is approaching to give us peace
 All we were waiting for.”

- Eliana




"Happy painting makes your day happy you will make things nicely."

- Farida




Look into the green. Since you fell in love with them
You would know my mind .

—Jenny


"I think the closest any of us will ever get to God, or a higher consciousness, or whatever you call it; is when doing art, when possessed by the spirit and guided by the bold strokes of the artist."

- Eric 

Another class, another tutorial...


Munkhzaya was inspired by the genius work of Mykola. In her mind were the words  that you always have a second chance; just keep doing it, don't give up. Just take a look at this painting, it's fantastic!



 "I wanted to capture how the colors are diffused and mixed in the distance, but also the impressive intense blue of the sky."

- Fatima


"I was born in Turkey. I am inspired from nature and the beauties of America in this painting."

- M.Cosku Gursoy






Rebecca is from Vietnam. She started painting when she was little. Even though her mother didn’t support her passion but that didn’t stop her from pursuing what she loves to do.

"There are two things that calm my soul down - art and nature. This painting is a reflection of my soul. This painting is my soul."-Vitalina
The painting is titled "Island in the Sea" and was created by a Japanese immigrant named Eri. "Island in the Sea" represents a he feeling of isolation that immigrants often feel when they migrate to a country with very different cultures, languages and appearances. While integrating into a new culture can be lonely at times it can also be beautiful.


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"I am truly blessed to have these amazing folks as my students." - Eric

Do Art Daily

And one more by Farida...




Wednesday, February 6, 2019

GT Poetry


What is love [/ləv/] ? 

Love. One word. Four letters. Hundreds of different meanings.

Some people think - it’s giving you their sweaters.
Others say it’s all about keenings.

I thinks it’s a giving and taking. It’s an up and down. Can be heartbreaking. 

And its still just a noun.         -LB



MY SUNSHINE


You brought me sunshine,
when I only saw rain.
You brought me laughter,
when I only felt pain.

-NS



Hidden Warsaw 

  My Dear Readers,  
  I want to encourage you today in our magazine to visit Europe, and its capitals! It is one of the oldest continents, full of history, wonderful secrets, museums, old cities and castles.

  We will start our journey with sightseeing from Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The seat of Art, Authority, and Culture.

  Warsaw is, not only the present capital, but also the largest city in Poland. It dates back to the 12th or 13th century, when the historical oldest manor of the Jazdów dukes (now Ujazdów) was created historically in the former Warsaw.

Next week we shall you in Paris!
  The oldest important castle center from the tenth century associated with the incorporation of Mazovia into the Mieszko  estate, where the settlement moved to the bank of the Vistula. Over the centuries, the city experienced splendor, but on several occasions it was on the verge of complete destruction, during Swedish, Russian and German invasions. But we, a strong people, have rebuilt this amazing city.

  For those who have not come here yet; it is a must-see! Please Go and Visit this Incredible Unforgettable Place! We invite All of You to visit us and read our magazine every week!






THAI FOOD


Thai food, the best food,
I can’t stop eating it.
Lots of flavor diffused in my mouth,
If you try once, you need it forever.

- OLIVE 



Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Bob Ross Day


This morning in class we watched an oil painting tutorial by the legendary Bob Ross...




Here are the results along with the Artists' Bios...


Eric Coleman
Coleman was born in a log cabin he built with his own two hands. His inspirations include gobbing on paint, fits of mania, and malarial fever dreams.

Farida Salmina






















It was in a small village that Farida was born, far from the city.
Weixun


































This painting is Weixun's lasting legacy to the art world and we are lucky to be able to showcase it here. Follow him on social media, just don't follow him on the street.


Freya Dao





Nature nurtures creativity. When you truly sense, with your whole body, the beauty of this vast universe manifests in either big or little things, you”ll feel the inner flow of inspiration that pushes you to create. Let it come out by whatever means you have.

Eliana

This landscape is a vision of the mountains surrounded by vivid flowers,  a peaceful ocean and the sense of freshness. 

“ If there is something that I like when I paint , it is the feeling of calmness.”

Nhan



































Nhan would like us to remember, "This isn't a dream, this is a reality."


AND... 
ANOTHER BOB ROSS TUTORIAL LATER... 
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😊It is what it is !!🐭

Good man does the right thing, even when it's rough.

If everything is exactly the way it should be, I’m totally FINE.
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HAPPY PAiNTING!!!!