Nandan Nair

Impressionism: School Project Display Board

As I was finishing up my display board, I thought why not make some design on the outside to give people a head’s up of what they are going to see inside. But then the question was – What should I do? I remembered that Impressionism originated in France. Then the idea hit me like […]

0

Never Eat Soggy Waffles

A lot of times it is hard to remember which of the four cardinal directions are pointing where. But I have a weird, yet simple trick that will make it remembering as easy as 1-2-3. The trick is to remember these four words: “Never Eat Soggy Waffles”. North is always on the top and then go […]

0

My first non-oil and non-canvas impressionistic painting: Monet’s Springtime-1872

I was filling my project display board with information about Impressionism. Ah, I notice a huge blank spot on the right side of the display board. What in the world am I supposed to do? Then I remembered that Ms. Joyce had told us to do a painting. So I thought, how about an Impressionistic […]

0

School Project Correspondence

I extremely enjoyed doing the correspondence because I got to write letters to professionals on my topic. I wrote three letters, and I feel lucky to have gotten responses from all of them. I got the addresses using the Internet. The first awesome response I got was from Ms. Sandra Donnelly. She was my former […]

0

Limerick – “John Smith”

There was once a man named “John Smith”. All his life, he wanted to be a blacksmith So he picked up a tool But fell off his stool That clumsy man named John Smith!

0

“Nanini” – My own Indian Style Panini

This is my own creation which I call the “Nanini” meaning Nandan’s Panini. Although this sandwich originated in Italy, when I made it, I chose my own ingredients – some Indian spices and Indian pav-bhaji bread, to give it a little twist. Read the ingredients and the direction to make this simple yet delicious mouth […]

0

My Poster for Fire Prevention Week

This is a poster which I made for Fire Prevention Week. In it, I wrote different pieces of information that will help in case of fire and also illustrated it with pictures. Hope you enjoy it.

0

A Sketch of Vincent Van Gogh

This is a sketch of Vincent Van Gogh. I created this sketch for my ELC project, similar to the sketch of Claude Monet. This sketch will also feature on my project display board showing the people who contributed to the art of Impressionism. The same techniques were used to make this sketch. The only difference […]

0

Brazil VS Argentina: Two of the world’s greatest teams coming together for one great match!

Brazil vs Argentina was my first ever soccer painting. The main theme of this painting was to bring Lionel Messi and Neymar Da Silva Santos Jr., two of the greatest soccer players (in my opinion) of the current time together. A common match-up in the Confederations Cup is Brazil vs Argentina, and Brazil usually wins. In […]

0

Forza Motorsport 5 – Cover Photo Sketch

What do you do when you have 6 feet of snow outside and locked inside for the past 2 weeks with no school? Well, you could draw something… Thats exactly what I did. I drew a sketch of the Forza Motorsport 5. Forza Motorsport 5 is an awesome racing game available for XBox One and XBox 360. The box had […]

0
  • Claude Monet: Sketch Vs Picture

    Claude Monet: Sketch Vs Picture

A sketch of Claude Monet

This was a sketch which I decided to do for my project on Impressionism for the Elementary Laboratory Center (ELC) Program. I decided to do Claude Monet, because he is one of the most well-known Impressionists. When doing this sketch, I learnt a few things about the face sketch that you need to keep in mind. […]

0

Impressionism: Mountain Scenery

This painting, similar to my painting The Impressionistic Pear, was done in the art style called Impressionism. I decided to do this after looking at various landscape paintings and pictures, then adding my own twist to it. To add the feel of Impressionism, I did this with rough strokes, while at the same time, adding […]

0
  • ELC Experiences

    ELC Experiences

My article for the ELC School Newsletter

For ELC class at Central Middle School, we were preparing the students newsletter. Everyone was contributing some information. I took up the task of writing about ELC experiences. I thought it would be great idea to get the collective experience by interviewing my classmates. So, I interviewed some students from my ELC class because it was […]

0

Happy New Year 2015!!!

Wishing all of you a Very Happy New Year 2015!!! I created this greeting card using a tool I learnt about from my ELC teacher, Ms. Joyce, at Central Middle School called a Wordle (http//:www.wordle.net/create).

0
  • Getting My Belt

    Getting My Belt

My Red-Stripe Blue Belt

I am now a red-stripe blue belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. It was very difficult, but I finally became a red stripe. I am now 2 belts away from being a black belt.

0

My 50th Blog

Today, I am very happy that I have achieved something very special: You are reading my 50th blog! So, I thought of sharing my experience writing them. Hope you enjoy!

  1. Painting
    Painting has been the main theme of my website. I have tried to share with you information about every painting that I created. Since I worked very hard to create them, I tried to describe it in as much detail as possible. I thank you for reading them and sending me your comments and opinions. I hope to soon make more paintings, and write more blogs!
  2. Cooking
    I love to cook. I love to test out new food combinations and present my creations in different ways. Mostly, I’m working with crackers and trying to make it like pizza, and other unusual but delicious things! I have tried to call them the “Cracker Pizza” series. By doing this, I hope to come up with a dish that will steal the whole world’s taste buds! I look forward to writing about them. I want to thank all of you for reading them and sending me your comments and opinions.
  3. Important Events
    Finally, I sometimes add some blogs about important events. Like when I got the Phillip J. Connolly “Pride in Education” award at my school OR my awesome 10th Birthday. I also wrote about my first days at school. I want to thank all of you for reading them and sending me your thoughts on those blogs.

Now, at my school, I am in the Newspaper Club and working on information about Soccer. I look forward to writing about it too. Thanks a lot for reading my blogs and providing your opinions. I hope to change the 50 to 100 very soon!

0

Cracker Platter

Just yesterday, I managed to combine many different ingredients and crackers to make a big cracker platter. In case you want to try it, I have put down the ingredients and instructions to make it. Hope you enjoy making it and eating it with your friends and family.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Serves: about 4 people
Ingredients: Round or any shaped Crackers(9), American or Cheddar Cheese Slices, 1 Tomato, 1 Avocado, 2 strawberries, Cream cheese, Seasonings – Pepper or Basil, Parmesan cheese. Tomato Sauce.

Instructions:
1. Dice tomatoes into small pieces after washing them.
2. Remove skin and cut ripe avocado into thin slices
3. Cut the strawberry into 2 pieces vertically.
4. To make a platter, on every cracker, do a different type of dressing as below:
5. Spread cream cheese on 2 crackers and place a cut strawberry on each of them.
6. Cut cheese slice in the shape of cracker and place it on two other crackers. On top of it, place the diced tomatoes.
7. Cut cheese slice in the shape of cracker and place it on two other crackers and on top of it place the diced tomatoes and avocado.
8. On two crackers, put tomato sauce and molded cheese slice.
9. Make a cracker sandwich for the center with molded cheese slice and tiny bit of cream cheese and tomato sauce. Place diced tomatoes and avocado on top of it.

Decorate the crackers on a plate around the edges with sliced avocado and cheese slices as shown in the picture. Now sprinkle Parmesan cheese and other seasonings to taste on top of all the crackers, except the one with Strawberry and Cream Cheese.

The ingredients may vary and you can choose any other choices to make this platter to your taste.

0

Three Desserts You’ll Love

Just recently I managed to create 3 mouth watering desserts that will have your taste buds go to heaven!!!!!
1. Strawberry Shortcake with Pistachio Gelato.
2. Pistachio Gelato with Cookies-n-Creme Ice Cream, M&M’s and Strawberry
3. Cookies-n-Creme Ice Cream with Strawberry, Cherry, Whipped Cream and M&M’s

I hope that you enjoy these delicious desserts. Do write comments if you have any questions.

0

My First Day at Central Middle School

Last Friday was my first day at School! Now, some of you might be thinking, “Wasn’t my first day three weeks ago?”. Well, yeah, but today was my first day at Central Middle School (The new one)! First what happened was we went to school. Next, we went around and gave our homework to our […]

0