Reading response 1 About Jonny 4 Higher

I am blogging this because I am very proud of my efforts.    

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About
I’m a full-time freelance mural artist with fourteen years professional experience, originally from Christchurch, based in Auckland, with an artistic interest in the broader cultural spectrum of the Pacific.
I’ve created commissioned art for Telecom, Vodafone, Auckland Airport, Calvin Klein, Coca-Cola, L&P, 42 Below, Malibu, Heineken, Tiger Beer, Bell Tea, NZ Fashion Week, Canterbury of NZ, the Vodafone Warriors, Cadbury, Tip-Top, Wrigleys, V, Hell Pizza, California Burrito Company, The Radio Network, MAC Cosmetics, Smokefree, Westfield, The Dowse Museum, Southland Museum, Newmarket Business Association, Auckland Council, Christchurch City Council, Rotorua District Council, University of Canterbury, University of Auckland, OnTrack, Kidicorp, The NZ Aids Foundation, Amnesty International, Spookers, Crossfit gyms, Club Physical, and countless other companies, groups and individuals.
My murals have appeared from Invercargill to Kaitaia, as well as Hong Kong, Italy, France, Switzerland, England, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Hawaii, Miami and California.
As a tutor, I have conducted graffiti art workshops in Christchurch, Auckland, Kaipara, New Plymouth, Manaia, Patea, Levin, Rotorua, and Wairoa; with arts and community trusts, youth detention centres, at Christchurch Polytechnic, Corban’s Art Estate, primary schools, and at high schools including St Kentigern and Dilworth College.
I am also a member of the NZ-based globally renowned artist collective TMD crew, 2 x winners of the international Write4Gold graffiti art competition. My personal interests include travel, family and healthy living.

From Jonny 4 Higher website

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Select 5 key words from this article:

1. Graffiti
2. Mural
3. Tutor
4. Artist
5. New Zealander

Success criteria: key words sum up the meaning. They are often nouns (but not always)

Explain why you chose to learn about Jonny 4Higher in three or four sentences. What made you interested in him?

I chose Jonny 4 Higher because he is an awesome artist and I look at his art and go 'well I wish I was as good as that'. I also really like looking at very good graffiti it is such a cool piece of art.

Vocabulary: for these words, share a meaning in your own words and find a dictionary meaning

Word	My Meaning	Dictionary Meaning
Art	Using all kinds of materials such as spray paint, paint brushes, sketch pencils and other materials.	The quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
Graffiti	Writing with Spray Paint, Sometimes cool, sometimes not.	Markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like: These graffiti are evidence of the neighborhood's decline.
Mural	Big peice of art that people put on public walls.	A large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.

Find one mural that you like on Jonny 4Higher’s website. Insert it into this document.
Write five adjectives which describe this artwork.

Colourful

Effective

Amazing

Thoughtful

Creative