Jordan Christoff

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Category: Free Inquiry

Digital Nature Art Journey

November 26, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Throughout the semester it has been nice to have the digital platform of Pixlr on my phone to explore digital art through. I feel I have become more proficient, comfortable and fast on the program over the semester. By developing skills on the program I feel that I would now be able to share learnings and techniques with students in a classroom and develop a short unit around Pixlr to complement Photoshop. Having the portability of Pixlr on a smartphone allows for explorations anywhere when inspiration strikes. I feel that this program will be really valuable for students because it is easy to use, intuitive, fun and free. I look forward to sharing this program with students and seeing their creative results.

 

Hand Drawn Glyphs

November 21, 2019 / / 0 Comments

I find the tactile feel of drawing so grounding and healing. After some weeks of exploring photography and digital alterations I feel that it is time to integrate some hand drawn images. Drawing is so fun and can take so many forms, it is possible to do in many environments with music or the natural world complementing the process greatly. I feel that for students and teachers it can offer opportunity for reflection, play with many focused tangible outcomes. This week I am sharing some playful explorations that felt good to do while at work or in nature.

 

Back to nature

November 7, 2019 / / 0 Comments

After a few weeks exploring digital photo alteration, layering and filtering of natural images to make something new I felt that it was time to focus on unaltered shots of nature. To create the digital explorations I have had nature photos as the foundational images. However, I thought it would be useful to rethink composition and capture some stand alone photos of nature. I feel that a combination of both natural and digitally enhanced photos can be fun for students to explore. Having the compositional understanding and applying it to digital exploration is very useful. It is so important for students to have a sense of perspective and colour when developing images. Here are some photos from this week.

 

Pixlr nature photo digital fusion

October 30, 2019 / / 0 Comments

I have been enjoying exploring digital photo layering and altering of images on Pixlr. The program is great to explore on the bus, waiting in line for a coffee and those quick in between moments.  Layering multiple photos from nature with double exposure and exploring the various editing tools and filters is a lot of fun. Pixlr is a very intuitive program to explore and has even produced some artwork for some future music releases. I think this program would be very accessible and fun for students in various classroom setting especially to create their own designs and backdrops for projects. Here are this weeks explorations.

Digital Art Explorations

October 20, 2019 / / 0 Comments

I have been excited about the potentials of digital art for awhile and have had some initial explorations with a free program for smartphones called Pixlr.  It is a wonderful, intuitive and easy to use photo editing tool that would be great to integrate into a Art or Computer sciences classroom. There are many great tools for playing with images such as double exposure and layering tools that allow for vast changes to the original photos. I decided to focus creations around nature photography and layering it to create some fresh visual dreamscapes. Here are some initial explorations using this great free program, I look forward to exploring more and sharing techniques and tools.

 

Season shift

October 7, 2019 / / 0 Comments

I have really been enjoying the season shift and fall colours, here are some of the beautiful colours and textures I have been noticing. I feel that a initial first step for learners and creative action is to find the reference points that resonate with us. Pictures can be a great inspiration for creative explorations in visual or digital arts, Social Studies, English, Music and well all subjects! Pictures can represent what we care about and would like to protect and share with the world.

 

Free inquiry shift to photography, digital design and art creation

October 1, 2019 / / 0 Comments

After contemplating my initial free inquiry project about immersing myself in climate crisis actions and organizing, I have realized that it would be beneficial to have a more flexible free inquiry. My free inquiry will now be exploring photography, digital design and art creation that could contribute to these causes, while also being able to integrate techniques learned for computer science and art class rooms. I also feel that it will be conductive to more exploration and personal growth in these areas of expression that I care about.

This first post will be a cloud appreciation post as I am always sky gazing for inspiration 🙂

 

 

Victoria Climate Strike September 27th / 2019

September 29, 2019 / / 0 Comments

The Climate Strike on September 27th was inspiring and heart warming to be a part of. Seeing the mobilization of over 20,000 people by grassroots youth and activist organizations was brilliant to see. The growing awareness of the climate crisis provides opportunities to  bring diverse groups of people together. Climate justice movements also have the potential to bring a intersectional lens that can unite anti racist action, Indigenous resurgence,  just income distribution, LGBTQ+ rights and feminism to create a more harmonious world. The time is now to build bridges between these social justice movements so that our world can thrive.

 

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