Sketching ayu: A SKETCH

28 March 2005

After a weekend rest, I choose the cover of Hamasaki Ayumi (ayu)'s best album "A BEST" as the subject of my 2nd pencil portrait drawing. I used the cover of my copy of "A BEST" booklet (there are 6 version of the booklet cover, which is hidden beneath the cardboard sleeve). Like "A Sketch for ××", the reasons for choosing this cover is because of its simplicity and monochromic colour scheme.

Titled "A SKETCH", I think this drawing is not as good as "A Sketch for ××". This is because I drew the face shape and proportion of the facial feature wrongly. But after some trimming through shading and rubbing, I managed to reduce the facial width slightly.

There is also vast amount of empty spaces. Eventually, the empty spaces were being decorated with ornament visuals found in the booklet. The result is, I am actually more satisfied with the bubbles than the portrait itself.


A SKETCH

From my experiences of drawing "A Sketch for ××" and "A SKETCH", I concluded that human eyes are the easiest feature to draw. The most difficult parts would be the cheeks. Pencil portraits require hand rubbing, which always resulted in black leaded fingers. Besides, absolute patience and tranquillity are very important, as any disturbance could ruin any beautiful artwork.

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Sketching ayu: A Sketch for ××

In TPJC, I learnt a lot of drawing and painting techniques from Mr Eugene Tan. Among which, includes the principles on drawing human facial features using pencil. Knowing my strengths lies in pencil drawing, I had my first attempt in portrait drawing.

Being a huge fan of Hamasaki Ayumi (ayu), I decided to draw the cover of her 1st album "A Song for ××". The reason for choosing this cover is because "A Song for ××" is simple in design and being monochrome in nature will makes pencil drawing easier. After spending about 5 days drawing this portrait, I learned some pencil drawing tricks, like rubbing and the use of different shades of pencil. Named "A Sketch for ××", this drawing is a success, which gives me the courage to do more pencil portrait.


A Sketch for ××

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evolution

22 March 2005

As a preparation for our 'A' Level Examination and a conclusion for our Singapore Art Museum study trip; we had to complete a recycling-themed art project that will substitute the term test. I teamed with Tian An for this project and the two of us started brainstorming ideas for this challenging project.

Drawing inspiration from various artworks and numerous on-the-spot ideas, I finally had an idea for our project. I started drawing a proposal sketch and explained to Tian An about my idea. Although Tian An don't understand my idea initially, he was willing to give it a shoot.


"evolution" proposal sketch

Tian An and I were allocated a striking display location, which is immediately outside the art room, along the busy corridor leading to the canteen. As I only attend school on days when I feel like to, progress of our project was very slow and eventually came to a complete halt. After numerous persuasion and pressure from Eugene, we decided to complete this project with a bang.

Besides collecting numerous waste from our homes, Tian An and I also combed the canteen to collect empty drink cans to construct our project. As our location is prominent, the process of setting up our project attracted numerous attention from our schoolmates. It was rather embarrassing initially, especially because we were dealing with so much waste materials. Plus, several challenges and setbacks occurred while setting up the project, like decomposition of bones and food waste. The most serious problem was how to string the cans together and how to hang the heavy structure up. The best method would be drilling a hole at the base of the can and pass the string through it. But this method was not possible as we do not have the appropriate drilling device and it would be too inefficient and time consuming to punch manually by hand. Thus, after much discussion and consideration, we decided to string through the ring opener of the can and reinforced it with tape to withstand gravity pull.

It was only till the final product was taking shape then Tian An, Eugene and many other classmates understand what I was trying to express from the start. An interesting part of this project is that the BATO stone (mascot of BATO) plays a significant role.

With much effort, we managed to complete this project on time. I am honoured to present the project, titled "evolution" to then principal Mrs Susan Chan.


"evolution" final setup

evolution
1. The ball of string symbolized two things:
- recycling is a cycle that is connected with reduce and reuse (3Rs).
- a link to our story line.
2. Bato (stone):
- People after the stone age invented glass, which is bio-degradable. Therefore, a plant is planted in it.
- Plastic being non-bio-degradable, is harmful to the environment. Therefore, plants and animal dies, which is symbolized by the twigs and bones.
3. The amount of waste thrown away can filled up numerous landfill. This is symbolized by the metal container that is filled with thrash. However, many of these materials can be recycle or reuse. (Do note that materials filled in it are paper, plastic and metal etc).
4. The string of aluminium cans linking the metal container and the ceiling tell us that the amount of metal thrown away could potentially reached the sky (literally). Since so much of these aluminium can be recycled, humans do not reuse or recycle them?


"evolution" project description

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Going Home

02 March 2005

"Going Home" is one of my better charcoal drawing when I was pursuing Art in TPJC.

For charcoal drawing, I think I still need to learn how to make the subjects pop out against the background.


Going Home

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Far meadow

01 March 2005

"Far meadow" is one of my acrylic painting completed for TPJC Art assignment submission.

Fingerprints has become my signature painting techniques. It is a style develop on my own that makes leaves looks realistic. I think there is still potential for improvement in acrylic painting.

This artwork was chosen for displayed on TPJC Art subject notice board.


Far meadow

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Autumn Fall

28 February 2005

"Autumn Fall" is one of my acrylic painting completed for TPJC Art assignment submission.

Eugene taught me how to mix colours to make an acrylic painting look realistic. He also encouraged me to experiment with different drawing techniques to develop my own painting style. This leads me to experiment with various methods and I found that using fingerprints would create unique and realistic leaves.

This artwork was chosen for displayed on TPJC Art subject notice board.


Autumn Fall

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Green Pepper (2002 monochrome version)

27 February 2005

"Green Pepper (2002 monochrome version)" is my TPJC cover version of my older work "Green Pepper". The original artwork "Green Pepper" is a colour pencil drawing completed in Secondary 2. "Green Pepper" was later used for my silkscreen project in secondary 2.

"Green Pepper (2002 monochrome version)" is my first attempt on pencil drawing. I think my strengths is still in pencil drawing.

This artwork was chosen by Eugene and Ms Mary Choo for displayed on TPJC Art subject notice board.


Green Pepper (2002 monochrome version)

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