Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Reflection on Fluid Thoughts
Dear reader,
In retrospective of my time spent in the workshop "Fluid Thoughts to Action" hosted by the patient tutors Chrisse and Anton; I come to an assessment of my efforts and achievements.
Making an honest study of the Fourteen Drawings produced in the Four week timeframe, I believe myself to have tried my very best, considering my inept and naive hand at drawing.
However, I am most thankful and owe my newly discovered Passion and intrigue in Art to my two tutors.
As a result of the positive influences of this elective, I intend to take up drawing in the mediums of ink and charcoal as a hobby at my leisure.
It brings me such joy to look upon my creations-not for their beauty, for they are certainly not perfect-but rather for the truth that they represent.
I see my drawings as a sliver thought, a piece of imagination and a piece of myself. Its like stepping outside your own body and discovering how your mind really perceives the world. A truth hidden deep within the brambles of distraction that life brings.
Drawing I have discovered is a miraculous medium that alikens itself to meditation. Through it we focus on ourselves and our place in the world around us. It is a silent voice unique to all of us.
Now that I have an understanding of its power and intrinsic meaning I believe I can respect Drawing as a skill that needs to be nurtured and appreciated. If only to make my 'Silent Voice' in drawing more profound and alluring to my responders, I hope to work hard at this skill to better communicate my designs to my Design tutors and later to my clients.
In retrospective of my time spent in the workshop "Fluid Thoughts to Action" hosted by the patient tutors Chrisse and Anton; I come to an assessment of my efforts and achievements.
Making an honest study of the Fourteen Drawings produced in the Four week timeframe, I believe myself to have tried my very best, considering my inept and naive hand at drawing.
However, I am most thankful and owe my newly discovered Passion and intrigue in Art to my two tutors.
As a result of the positive influences of this elective, I intend to take up drawing in the mediums of ink and charcoal as a hobby at my leisure.
It brings me such joy to look upon my creations-not for their beauty, for they are certainly not perfect-but rather for the truth that they represent.
I see my drawings as a sliver thought, a piece of imagination and a piece of myself. Its like stepping outside your own body and discovering how your mind really perceives the world. A truth hidden deep within the brambles of distraction that life brings.
Drawing I have discovered is a miraculous medium that alikens itself to meditation. Through it we focus on ourselves and our place in the world around us. It is a silent voice unique to all of us.
Now that I have an understanding of its power and intrinsic meaning I believe I can respect Drawing as a skill that needs to be nurtured and appreciated. If only to make my 'Silent Voice' in drawing more profound and alluring to my responders, I hope to work hard at this skill to better communicate my designs to my Design tutors and later to my clients.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Fluid Thoughts-WEEK THREE DRAWINGS
In the duration of the Four weeks, Chrissie and Anton have "gently introduced us" to the mediums of Charcoal and Ink. Being fully aware that most of us are very unfamiliar with drawing, they taught use to observe the world around us with a spatial and interpretive mind; in conjunction with seeing the world in light and shadow. And then to apply our thinking to hand and then to paper.
This representation form 3D to 2D on paper is truly very difficult. I find that with practice, the hand will produce what the mind perceives with more resolution. And inversely, the mind will be sharpened and more perceptive.
Techniques the tuturs have taught us to help us understand this connection include that of
Drawing Thirteen
Drawing Fourteen 
Observational Drawings at the Museum of Sydney. Techniques employed include the consideration of Layout in Drawings Twelve and Thirteen; And also the exploration of transition through the merging of two perspectives in Drawing Fourteen.
This representation form 3D to 2D on paper is truly very difficult. I find that with practice, the hand will produce what the mind perceives with more resolution. And inversely, the mind will be sharpened and more perceptive.
Techniques the tuturs have taught us to help us understand this connection include that of
- Observational sketching of both interior and exterior environments,
- blind contour drawings and Collage to better highlight the intrinsic geometryof the built environment and the
- merging of two perspectives in a compositional layout to illustrate through transparancy the transience of time and place.
Drawing Twelve
Drawing Thirteen
Drawing Fourteen Observational Drawings at the Museum of Sydney. Techniques employed include the consideration of Layout in Drawings Twelve and Thirteen; And also the exploration of transition through the merging of two perspectives in Drawing Fourteen.
Fluid Thoughts-WEEK TWO DRAWINGS
Drawing Five
Practice drawing done in class
Drawing Six
In class observational drawing of an arangement with ink dots.
Drawing Seven
Observational Drawing of my sisters' shoes.
Drawing Eight
Ink drawing of ornamental cat in front, side and back views. Exploring the nature of transition in ink.
Drawing Ten
Mix of two mediums, ink and pencil. An observation of my kitchen.
Drawing Eleven
Ink drawing of a building in front and side views. Exploring the nature of change in position in a composition.
Practice drawing done in class
Drawing Six
In class observational drawing of an arangement with ink dots.
Drawing SevenObservational Drawing of my sisters' shoes.
Drawing Eight
Ink drawing of ornamental cat in front, side and back views. Exploring the nature of transition in ink.
Drawing Nine
Ink drawing of teapots and tea cups.
Drawing Ten Mix of two mediums, ink and pencil. An observation of my kitchen.
Drawing Eleven
Ink drawing of a building in front and side views. Exploring the nature of change in position in a composition.
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WEEK ONE DRAWINGS
Drawing One
First drawing done in class of an arrangement set up by the tutors. Techniques learnt include: the observation of light and shadows, and the appreciation of the 'Blind Contour' approach to drawing.
Drawing Two
Done in class, charcoal drawing demonstrates the skill of observation of the interior of classroom; as well as the importance of transience, movement and time. The picture presents two drawings overlapped and revealed in their transparancy.
Drawing Three
Collage of interiors aiming to illustrate basic forms, in relation to light and dark within a drawing.
Drawing One
First drawing done in class of an arrangement set up by the tutors. Techniques learnt include: the observation of light and shadows, and the appreciation of the 'Blind Contour' approach to drawing.
Drawing TwoDone in class, charcoal drawing demonstrates the skill of observation of the interior of classroom; as well as the importance of transience, movement and time. The picture presents two drawings overlapped and revealed in their transparancy.
Drawing Three
Collage of interiors aiming to illustrate basic forms, in relation to light and dark within a drawing.
Drawing Four
Done at home for homework of an interior space-my kitchen and dining room. Two techniques of drawing are utilised here: Obervational and Blind Contour in Charcoal. 
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