Archive for May, 2010
This project was a fun one. The people of The Guitar Gym in San Luis Obispo, CA have come up with a great way to teach guitar…without notes or reading music! Its brilliant, and patented! So, do’t think you can steal their ingenious! neener neener! Gian and Chris Minardi are the owners of the Guitar Gym and they have a lesson plan for their 7-12 year old students called “Island Rhythm and Blues” where they use an island/travel theme to help the students learn a Blues chord.
When they came to me, their “lesson plan” was a bunch of haphazard papers thrown into a folder. Their ideas are abundant but their knowledge of of design and organization is a little less abundant 
So,I helped them create a cohesive lesson plan booklet using their methods and my oranization skills.
Project: Island Rhythm & Blues: Guitar workbook
Client: Gian Minardi, The Guitar Gym
Specs:
- 8.5″x11″ workbook. Spiral bound for easy placement on music stands for playing guitar.
- Color coded chapters to help with navigation
- Each lesson chapter intro is an illustrated spread to introduce the new chord (character), and place the names of the chords with faces of children with whom the students can identify.
- Illustrations include: 3 chord characters: Bob, Alex, Ed; The spinner and scroll, passport for lesson completed stamp
- This project was my senior project in college in 2009, it can be viewed HERE
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I thought it was time for a new post. And why not post how I am doing on the Jeanettie books! I know I have already given info on the first two books previously. I am having fun on the last 4. I am trying new things with the compositions, and playing with patterns in photoshop and using more detail to complete the illustrations. The detail is what takes the longest…but its also what makes the illustrations more engaging! Take a look!
Both of these spreads are from “Jeanettie Learns Mommy is Handicapped Too” by Charlotte Blackmore Lozano
Hello all, I have been on an adventuresome hiatus the past few months, and I was not able to post. But I am back in California on the sunny central coast! Man I love it here….I liked New York, but I LOVE California!
After leaving NY, my Spaniard and I covered, by car, the ENTIRE California coastline. He had not been to CA before, or the West Coast for that matter, so we drove from San Diego to Los Angeles first. (SD is gorgeous! I didn’t realize how wonderful it is! I would definitely live there). On our way through LA we HAD to stop at 6 Flags Magic Mountain for a day full of churro deliciousness, action, adventure, adrenaline, and the X2 “unfathomable-amazing-who-thought-that-awesome-ride-up” greatness!)
…..Then we spent some time in my home town region on the central coast.
…..Then we drove up to San Fran to visit with friends and be tourists.
…..Then we drove all the way up into Eugene, Oregon via Highway 101 through the California Redwood National Forest (we saw that poor tree that has a giant hole through the middle for cars to drive through).
…..Then we crossed over the pass into Redmond, Oregon to visit some friends that live there.
…..And after our Oregon adventure we drove back to the central coast to relax…ahhh. Great roadtrip! I saw more of my own state on that trip than I think I have in my own lifetime! Craziness!
Well, thats it for now…I posted pictures below of the trip, enjoy
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