Drawing Club First Few Weeks

This semester I joined Drawing Club, as I thought it is a great opportunity to improve on my drawing skills further more from last semester/year, but in different areas of drawing (ex: Pokemon, Francis Bacon artwork, etc.), (undertaking new challenges).

This semester I have decided to focus on Greek mythology characters (ex: Phoenixes, Minotaurs, etc.), as I feel this is something that I am truly interested and fascinated by, and a great way to explore and learn about an older part of history and also improve on my shading skills (improving and developing on skills). 

So far, I have been produced a phoenix artwork drawing seen below, and hopefully I can produce more pieces with more mythological characters later in the future (planned and initiated activities). My objective, is by the end, combine the pictures and characters I have drawn into one big picture, which can explain that part of history to people who may not know about it or tell a story about Greek mythology to others through the use of pictures (planned and initiated activities), which is skill I hope to develop and improve (developing new skills) on by the end of this Drawing Club activity, since it is something I have never done before.

You can learn more about the Phoenix and the stories about it, which is something I personally enjoy reading, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology). You can also learn more about the Minotaur here: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/minotaur.html, and other Greek mythology characters and stories here: http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek/

The Phoenix that I drew.

Basketball First Few Weeks

ASA Basketball on Fridays, something I did last semester, last school year, since it was something I enjoyed thoroughly and developed countless skills (developing new skills) and decided to continue it this semester also, as I could further improve on my basketball skills and learn new ones as well (showing persistence in commitment in activities).
One thing I noticed from last year is that, my shots and lay-ups are decent (yet still do need more improvement), however my ball handling and dribbling skills is something I need to improve on significantly (increased awareness of areas of growth and improvement). Thus, for this Basketball semester, I wish to focus on improving on my ball handling and dribbling, but still improving on my other skills (shooting, teamwork, etc.) (planned and initiated activities),
One way I believe I can improve on handling and dribbling is: taking my time, not rushing, and looking around for good plays and open teammates. As often when I have possession of the ball (and not shooting) I often get nervous and panic slightly, overall affecting, not only my handling and dribbling, but even other skills (awareness, shooting, etc.) (increased awareness of areas of growth and improvement). Thus, I believe calming myself is an effective way to significantly improve on my handling and dribbling, and also on my other skills (developing new skills and improving on existing skills).
 Last semester I was always a followed my team captain and his words of advice for plays and such, but this semester I have been drafted for captain for all existing occasions, something that I am not used to (undertaking new challenges). Therefore it is important for me to improve on my role as a captain, as leadership is an important role in, not only basketball, but in life. I have been giving advice to my teammates on how they could improve their game, and how they could make better plays, but one thing I need to work on as a leader is involving my whole team (increased awareness of areas of growth and improvement). As often, it is three or four players on the team making the plays and scoring points, with the other two or one playing more of a support role. Which is something I personally would not enjoy, thus I continuously try to involve everyone on the team (considering ethical implication of my actions), by making passes to each other, different people positioned differently to make different shots, etc., but sometimes I do fail in this aspect, and something I do hope I can eliminate fully.

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