24th Feb 2009

3D studio Art

Please note that if you've yet to plaster your sculpture, you're required to come back during next Tuesday (3rd March) 3pm-6pm to complete your work.

Please also pay S$10 to Dzaki for the plaster used. The amount of plaster bought will be sufficient for the next project too. Thanks in advance guys.

23rd Feb 2009

Basic Anatomy and Figure Drawing

To-do-list:

1. To complete the Bargue drawings (A3)
2. Sketch out the leg/arm statue in class.

Photo credits to Evelyn

It is also advised that you should start your 100 sketches during the tutorial break. If you have forgotten what you're supposed to do, please read on this particular post for more information.

2D Studio Art

To-do-list:

1. An A2 size collage of Bencoolen Street

Things to be brought next lesson:

• A canvas pad (with the wooden frame at the back). Minium size at least A4
• Your painting materials

Righto, anything or whatever, yell at the chatbox. Cheers people :)

19th Jan 2009

Drawing II

To-do-list:

1. Sketch out your landscape with your black pen (better make sure that the pen is water proof) and wash on the colours.

P.S. Please note that there'll be an outdoor painting session at Fort Canning Park next lesson (26th Feb). We're supposed to leave the class by 9:30am, so try not to be late.

Things to bring for next week:

• Your watercolour painting materials.

**IMPORTANT**

Please note that there'll be NO Investigating Arts lesson tomorrow. A makeup lesson will be rescheduled some other time.

BUT, please note that you're supposed to hand in your writeup proposal to Ms. Tan by 5pm tomorrow via email. 

Her email:    yptan@nafa.edu.sg

Right, you guys know the drill. Anything or everything, yell at the chatbox. Have a nice weekend you guys :)

18th Feb 2009

Digital Art & Design

To-do-list:

• 5 digital montages (A4 size), as demonstrated by Aaron in class earlier. You're highly advised to use high-res images when doing them. They're to be handed in after tutorial week.

P.S.  There'll be a small test during next lesson (25th Feb). So please do read up and be prepared for it.

Things to be brought for next lesson:

• Your vector illustration (A4)

History of Visual Arts II

Here's the powerpoint slide of the day. And the artist that she has mentioned today is JMW Turner, the guy who painted with his fingers (saving money much?).

1. Impressionism
   

Right, you guys have heard that she'll be giving out the essay topics next week. So do remember to turn up for class y'all.

Regarding about the Baroque and Rococo slides, I'm afraid that I didn't manage to get them. But Dr Sian should bring them next week for me to grab (hopefully).

If there's anything that you wish to clarify/comment on, please head on with the normal procedure with the chatbox. Cheers. 

16th Feb 2009

Basic Anatomy & Figure Sketching

To-do-list:

1. Following the notes given, copy each plate onto each A3 paper.

Drawing II

To-do-list:

1. Using the various textures collected, you're to do a collage of yourself (at least half-torso) in A2 size.

Stuff to bring next lesson:

• Your textures 
• Bring a landscape photoshot of Bencoolen Street in colour (A4)
• Scissors, glue, A2 paper

Righto, if there's anything, please do give a yell at the chatbox. Cheers people!

12th Feb 2009

Drawing II

To-do-list:

1. Paint 3 baskets in the setting shown during class in watercolour. (A3) You're supposed to use masking film to mask out the lighting and texture on the baskets before painting. Masking film can be bought in Artfriend, roughly around $8:30 per bottle. Or you can go and look for Jian Yao and ask to borrow the masking film.

Here's the picture. It's not very well-taken I'm afraid. You can try looking at B6-12 for the setting to take a photo for yourself.

Things to be brought next week:

• A landscape photo (colour print)
• A waterproof black pen
• Your painting materials and watercolour paper

Righto, anything else, please do give a  yell at the chatbox. Cheers people, and have a great Valentine's Day!

11th Feb 2009

Digital Art & Design

To-do-list:

1. Create a vector illustration of yourself either in a gradient or flat style (A4 size). This is to be handed up two weeks later.

For those of you guys who can't remember how vectors are done, here's a tutorial. Though it's done in Photoshop 6, the tools and techniques are all the same in later versions of PS.

Things to be brought next lesson:

• As many different images as you can find for next lesson, Montage. It's recommanded that you take shots of various still life and nature. Try not to use a handphone camera for the pictures will produced will have too much noise, and sides the quality will not be the best.

Righto, if there's any troubles, please do give a roar at the chatbox. Cheers!

9th Feb 2009

Basic Anatomy and Figure Drawing

To-do-list:

• Draw as many images of your hand in different angles and various poses as you can fit into an A3.
• Draw as many images of your foot in different angles and various poses as you can fit into an A3.
• Last but not the least, create an creative image with hands, feet and various other objects (as shown by the example given during class.)

Things to bring next lesson:

• Your homework (3 pieces of A3)
  

2D Studio Art

To-do-list:

1. Using your four different expressions, find out which colour scheme suits which mood/expression the best. Then, paint each expression onto the A2 paper using that particular colour scheme. (E.g. red for passion, anger. green for jealously etc)
   

Things to bring next lesson:

• The homework (A2)
• Your painting materials

Righto, if there's anything that you need, yodel it out at the chatbox. Toodles.

5th Jan 2009

Drawing II

To-do-list:

• Paint 5 bottles in the setup that you've seen during class in watercolour (A3)

Things to be brought next week:

• Your watercolour materials and A3 size watercolour paper

Singapore Art Scene (Fine Art)

And here's the powerpoint slides for this week's lesson! Honestly there's a bit of good pointers for those who wish to know how to do a good writeup for various theory classes. Do download and have a read!

Introduction to Art Spaces in Singapore

And if there's anything, yodel your heart out at the chatbox. Cheers people. 

4th Feb 2009

Digital Art & Design

To-do-list:

1. Using the filters in Photoshop, create 3 other artworks with them. Try to be innovative, and copy down all the steps that you've used to create the artworks. Please print them out (3A4 all together).

Things to be brought next lesson:

• Your homework
• The file for DAD (if you've yet to get one)

If there's anything, please do leave a yell on the chatbox. Cheers everyone.

Caravaggio

Found this on Youtube. I think the whole series is there, including Bernini's (the brother of banana) I didn't say that, I think Rina did. Anyway, enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNi2MWBL2-M

Couldn't post the video here. The screen size too big for the blog. I have no idea why.

rock on

Inspirational Music 1

Inspired by Julie's quotes of the day, I figure I'll upload some songs that inspire for creative purpose. You guys are welcome to download; just note the laws for legal download. Within 24 hours remember to delete etc.

• Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

• Hoist The Colours (extended version) - Hans Zimmer

Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die

• Komm Susser Todd (Come Sweet Death) - ARIANNE

It all returns to nothing, it all comes
tumbling down, tumbling down,
tumbling down,
it all returns to nothing, I just keep
letting me down, letting me down,
letting me down,
in my heart of hearts,
I know that I called never love again
I've lost everything
everything
that matters to me,
matter in this world

• Croatian Rhapsody - Maksim

• Advent One-Winged Angel - Nobuo Uematsu

Have fun listening you guys.

Portfolio Layout example

For those who didn't turn up for Digital Art & Design's last lesson, we learnt how to do a portfolio layout. You're free to make it landscape, minus black lines or other coloured patterns etc.

Here's the photoshop file and the pattern layout . Both are in .psd format. I'm using CS3, so I'm not sure whether older versions can open the file or not. 

Righto, see you lot tomorrow. 

not an update.

If any of you feel disheartened, demoralized or dispirited, or simply feel like dying (like me), here's just a couple of artist quotes, that'll hopefully make your life pills that much easier to swallow. 

"Every good painter paints what he is." 

-Jackson Pollock.

"Practise what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know."

-Rembrandt van Rijn.

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."

-Scott Adams.

"A sincere artist is not the one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing."

-William Dobell.

(And these last quotes are just cause they're downright hilarious.)(To me, at least.)

"Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really."

-Balthus. 

"Believe it or not, I can actually draw."

-Jean Michel Basquiat.

Toodles.

2nd February

Basic Anatomy and Figure Sketching

To do:

- Skeleton of man (to be done on tracing paper) over the A3 printout of the naked man.

- Drawing of any of the given muscle diagrams on A3 paper. Take note you have to draw the 'proportion ruler' beside the muscle diagram you have chosen as well.


2D Studio Art

To do:

- A3 painting/collage of your chosen landscape. The collage only has to be done using tonal values ( black-gray-white). You decide which part must be painted and which part is collaged.


By the way, thanks all class peoples for paying the ceramics money promptly.

rock on