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U - Universe

The universe is known as all matter and energy, including the earth, the galaxies, and the contents of intergalactic space, regarded as a whole or even the earth together with all its inhabitants and created things. I don't know much about the universe so I had to do a lot of research into this to even get a basic understanding. One website I found that showed the scale of things compared to the universe i thought was interesting because it was mind blowing how huge it actually is.Though we have not yet explore our own Solar System fully it is only one of many solar systems in our galaxy. The largest galaxies can have as many as 400 billion stars each with their own star system. There are also more than 100 billion galaxies in the universe. Most of the asteroids in our Solar System can be found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Some of these asteroids are so large that they have their own satellites. There are about 140 satellites orbiting the eight planets in our Solar System. I couldn't find many real photographs of space or anywhere in the universe but i found a few hyper realistic images that I think were created on some sort of computer program they are actually really interesting and I would like to create my own painting similar to this sort of image. I like the bright colours used and all the different hues and tones of the colours. I also like how parts of the pictures are exaggerated like the brightness of the colours and the amount of colours used it makes them look better than an actual photograph

Y - Yarn Bombing

Yarn Bombing is a sort of street art but not the most popular or recognised, it is basically where artists or groups of artists knit or crotchet colourful patterns in wool and create art on the street with them. Believe it or not wrapping material around things on the street is actually illegal but Im sure you wouldnt be prosecuted vigorously for it. While other forms of graffiti may be vandalism yarn bombing was originally almost exclusively about reclaiming and personalizing public places. Since starting this art form has actually spread worldwide and people even set up public events for this sort of thing in legal areas. My favourite of these is either the bridge or the turtle, the bridge because I can see its been done by a lot of people which shows there is a lot of unity in this work I think that is nice and its on a public bridge so it is shared with everyone to see its beauty and the turtle because he looks like hes wrapped in like a large doily.

H - Habitat

I had never heard of this retailer until my mum told me about it, but basically Habitat Retail is a household furnishings company in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain. They used to sell stuff such as furniture and decorations for houses a lot like the store we all know IKEA. The headquaters is in Milton Keyes England. Terrance Conran founded the company in London in 1964 and the first ever Habitat was opened in Chelsea. The company went into administration in 2011 and was bought by the same company that owns big names such as Argos and Homebase. In 2009 there were around 35 stores in the UK and now only as little as 12. I really like the furniture they currently sell there I love the design and colours of some of the sofas that they sell there especially the two person sofa I have never seen them before they look really interesting.

LIFE

I was looking through some of my Dad's old magazines and I found an issue of LIFE magazine from the 1940's and I just thought it was so cool all the old articles reading them as if they have just happened, all the hand drawn advertisements as well as how amazingly cheap a crunchie was back then, just 6p. A took a few photos of the magazine, my favourite part had to be the advertisement for an old chrysler it was so nicely drawn and laid out

Z - Zebra Finch

Zebra Finches are natively found in Indonesia and are named Zebra Finches because of the zebra pattern on their crests. I have always wanted to have some as pets because I wanted to fight and race them, I think that was the reason I wasnt allowed them to be honest. I have wanted them because they can be legally kept as house birds and they arent as loud as parrots. I like the patterns they have on them they almost look hand painted they are so beautiful, they gain their colour when they reach adulthood as children they are fairly plain and mostly grey. My dad had them as pets when he was younger and said he enjoyed keeping them as pets, I think I inherited my interest in birds from my dad he has always been into birdwatching.