The 8 boards

This is the only documentation of the completion of my coursework... sadly. I actually thought of video taping the process of drawing and shading my final work, but I thought it was pointless then, but I sort of regret it now. Anyway, here are my 8 boards! Click 'ctrl  shift  = ' to enlarge the whole webpage if you need to have a closer look at the fine words on the boards. Pardon me for the poor photo quality. I'll be uploading the clearer ones when Miss Yap sends them to me, which is sadly, not anytime soon.

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Dry brush oil painting tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QVX2BcLAE
I am trying to learn how to do dry brush oil painting. So this is how she used her brush and oil paint... (last twenty seconds of the video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=UjzmBtXgOfc&NR=1

Really a good start for this atist! It's her first try at dry brush oil painting! I bet it took her a day to finish that (notice that she switched on the lights after sometime in the video). It is quite similar to pencil drawing as 1) It can be erased 2) the toning method is the same, start off with the light tones then the dark 3) no water is used AT ALL!!

Dry brush oil painting

I have acquainted myself with this form of art making while searching for pencil art tutorials/demonstrations. And I was stunned by how oil paints actually can work without water. Guess my exposure to art making techniques is uber limited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgkS2j2d82k&feature=related

Wow, this guy's insane! He is so good at his oil painting! Some day I should really try the "dry brush" technique this artist used to do this portrait. Maybe in the December holidays. I love realistic paintings/pencil/..., anything that looks realistic is sure to catch my eyeballs.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=yWgIaLjPdMs

Another great artist! Currently I am truly fascinated with dry brush oil painting! Should really try it out!!

Realistic eye (pencil)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avO4YmBN8SU&feature=related

A really good pencil artist at work here! Really wish to get to know her... I realise that my technique of drawing is similar to hers, just that she has professional materials (and I sadly lack of the tools) and also, she is more meticulous when it comes to light spots. Notice that the pupil is really realistic and the texture can almost be felt. Pencil art requires a great deal of patience to do well in it and of course, the skills are important as well. This video is to help me understand how to do realistic pencil drawings as it was my chosen medium for my coursework.

Architecture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLzVNjED2yg

A short video on how to be an architect, which I found quite useful. I am interested in architecture and thus in other words, buildings. After watching the video, I thought being an architect needs patience and sustained interest and creativity. However, currently, I am only good at copying other people's work... But well, just a reference so that I can have a better idea of my aspiration. I have included the element of buildings in my coursework, and I thought maybe buildings have a strong correlation to architecture and the job of an architect, so voila, here's the video for my personal reference.

I am also a fan of Escher

Artist: MC Escher
Title: Sky and Water
Type: Woodcut

I really love his compositions, especially this woodcut work. Escher's works were full of philosophy, like this piece, which shows the connection between the sky and water, like how the horizon of the sky meets with that of the water when we look out into the sea. Also, Escher portrayed the predator-prey relationship between the bird which exists in the sky and the fish which exists in water. Also, I like how he experimented with tesselations. He had the patience to slowly discover which portions of say a drawing of a bird he should cut and paste to form a fish. He really put in a lot of effort to succeed in tesselating.

Kudos to him!

"He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder."-- MC Escher

I am a fan of Rene Magritte

Artist: Rene Magritte
Title: Clairvoyance, 1936
Type: Oil on canvas

I think Magritte was trying to portray his perception of an egg by showing a self portrait of himself painting an egg, but actually he was painting what the egg would become. He was really highly intellectual as he could think of such a creative idea, going one step further than his fellow artists of that era, depicting mystery in its raw form. He could really draw interest of viewers as I was tempted to ask "why?" whenever I see his paintings. I think it is very important that viewers are inquisitive of one's artwork. Only that could ensure that the artist has succeeded in creating art. Art is created with a purpose and the purpose is to intrigue viewers, giving them a penny of the artist's thoughts. I hope I can be like him too.

Magritte was a great artist!

"Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist."-- Rene Magritte