Loving Intimacy// Part II

Hiii guys, I know I'm too lazy to update my stuff lol but anyway documentation has its importance... so here am I sitting in front of my laptop trying to input information and wrapping up 2016 =w=.... (and this time coming in with clearer photos too =w=....

Often times when I'm writing my blog I do get into thinking what size should I have my pictures in... But I'm gonna put X-Large for all because they are awesome at the moment XDD To refresh your memory of what am I doing for this project you can go back to my previous post

------> Loving Intimacy-Part One

The Nightingales

Oil on Canvas

160cm x 160cm

2016

One of my breakthrough for this year is making larger canvas work, but I guess none will be larger next year haha

The Nightingales II

172.72cm x 121.92cm

Oil on Canvas

2016

At first I only planned to paint 3 paintings but I had enough time on hand so I just dip back into this that I hold back initially. After my assessment I received comments from judge about this painting saying that the focus on those feet were overtaking the atmosphere, I totally agree but I can't help it tho I did try very hard to make the face at their best [; w ;] I need more practice orz, time to time I still find myself having the habit of drawing manga-ish faces on my works ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*继续趴地* not giving up in venturing them into realistic proportion tho

Beneath the Blossoms

152.4cm x 101.6cm

Oil on Canvas

2016

Had a lot of struggle for this pink ones too, trying to figure out how to create a "real" space is toughhhhh. Comment for myself: Not the best but good try (; w ; )((((

Yellow Gaze

120cm x 180cm

Oil on Canvas

2016

I do particularly like this one quite a lot probably releasing myself and indulging in texture is really fun ... XD I don't want to analyse myself right now but I could if I want to lol. I do tend to moving onto explore how to create things better for my own sake, don't want to explain things too complicated here in my blog I might overshoot with all sorts of talks qwq"

Progression                                                                                                                                

**Unfortunately I didn't took a lot photos for the last painting orz**

Only for the first painting " The Nightingales" I use the 'most used' method (for me) to start with, which is drawing the grid and measuring those squares but I still find myself manage to go out of shape QwQ" anyway afterwards I decide to painting directly lol, because I want to fake myself like a master hahhahaha((((硬不要脸

Closeup (((I try my best to adjust the color and lighting                                                                               

Close up of The Nightingale: perhaps my view for love was intense so the borders of almost everything in this are so bold 3_3

Close up details of The Nightingales II compare to the previous ones a lot of the prints were much more looser 

Love this hand so much UGHHHH (although part of it was a bit off)

The figures in this painting are rather flat, I don't know why I'm doing it I just know I'm doing it qwq, but I would put it as it's a another kind of experience in managing different sort of surface?   :O

I'm kinda drooling over the texture I did for this painting, guess I'm really into these currently

finally some clear faces showing ~~~ lalala~~~

more close up~~~

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Honestly tho this series has more emotional stuff than deep thought or meanings, I'm too lazy to bother with those...meh.... Saw a post recently that can be a little sarcastic but true lol, it shows two panel with A asking B how to achieve a happy life. Bother less is the answer hahhaha I do find myself struggling too much with being too serious with what other people says for a whole lot of time ( can't help when that's the way you were brought up! D:) Anyway I do eventually did find myself growing towards "whatever you say lol" mindset , but the downside is you might end up pretty lonely orz But that's fine.... cause I'm too lazy to bother with too many people's issue ( as long as my best friends are still alive QwQ"

Thanks for reading!  :B

Loving Intimacy- Part One

I know I went for further studies quite sneakily, ... yes, I'm currently studying in Otago Polytechnic, in Dunedin. A town where I never made research before going there probably my sixth sense has been telling me people here are kind and nice, haha. XD 

I don't usually make introductions like this, but I'm keen to talk more about this place because it's awesome. First of all, it only takes 1 year to get a BA (Honours), if you don't fail lol. Although I don't know how they select students and how the programmes are being offer but I think having a good portfolio is crucial. 

I used to fantasize art schools in western countries are huge etc, however the size of Dunedin School of Art is likely double or triple the size of Dasein Academy of Arts. The differences is they don't have graphic design, mass communication etc department. The whole building section are visual/ fine arts departments: painting, print(making), textiles, jewellery, sculpture, photography and electronic arts.  

The programme I'm doing has no classes, there will be weekly seminars and workshops that you have to attend and meet up with writing and studio supervisor constantly. They will place you with an individual studio supervisor depending on your major work of the portfolio you submit for the application. For example I'm doing painting so I have a painting department lecturer to supervise me, although I am interested in textile but I guess I will save that as an interest for the time being.

As usual I work from reading stories, literature as such, I don't really know what I wanted to do until I settle down and thought of a very mysterious story book that is a little 18+ rated. It's a selected collection published by Penguins called" Unlikely Tales of Love", which they originates from a 14th century Italian famous literature, " The Decameron". It's about 10 young people telling stories for 10 days continuously and most of the stories were love stories, all sorts that relates to love, at least. [something like how a handsome gardener xxx with 9 nuns = . =; some pervert priest xxx a girl by telling his dick is devil and her vagina is hell, so they had it]

To be honest they are amusing but too overwheelming for me to express what I expect myself to do hahahahha

Anyway, here's my first painting.

The Nightingale
2016
Oil on Canvas
150cm x 150cm

The photo is a bit low quality because it's hard to get the right lights from the surrounding :/
It has been a hard time for me to wake up too when the day only gets brighter around 8-9am, how I only notice I need the sun to wake up at 7am..

I gain new experience in preparing canvas and oil mediums as well but it seems the controlling of it with the colors still need to be fix. @@

When I gave up and took photo of me and my painting instead, with timer on. lol

I would say somehow the painting looks better in this photo lol

This is from a story about a couple sneakily get together and end up in naked posture of:

“her hand holding that part of his person which in mixed company you ladies are too embarrassed to mention.”

In my own preference, the way it's being told is so hilarious! ...it's ok if you don't find so... Anyway my first thought it's that I have to make something of this scene. So I did.

Initial sketch for the pose.

Another sketch based on this scene in referring to Hernri Toulouse " In Bed"

•   Following the concept for second painting are the mysterious kisses behind plants.

Initial Sketch

2nd sketch: After discussing with lecturer about the usage of elements, and a sequence of an experience at Dunedin Chinese Garden I recall all the lovely plants I love in my native country. ( Pink Tecoma, Yellow Poinciana and the Red Ixora) This sketch look super 'fantasy'. HAHA

 

Sketch done upon mood.

Another 'mood' sketch lol

Finalize sketch for the painting.

 ... and the third concept is the gaze that happens between 2 person. The chemical reaction lol.

I'm a little obsess with melancholy softness of beautiful photography that inspire me for this sketch.

At first I was thinking should I do 2 painting for 3rd concept...

 

But in the end after struggling I decide to put them together...内心OS: 我的新欢

There's still a lot to share but so far I think this is a very long post... so I'm not gonna say too much. Thanks for all the lovely models who posed for my painting and my supervisors guidence throughout the whole progress too XOOO! Till next time! 

Thanks for reading, comments are welcome! 

Old Days Sketchbook

Filling up a sketchbook is a sort of action almost everyone did back then. Surely many take it as a kind of diary, doodling, sketching stuff that swim thru their heads...

Recently, I brought a book that share sketches of art creator from a book fair, although it's not a "fine art" book, but it inspires me,quite an amount <3 *huge sigh*

So here am I sharing my sketches that I never thought to show it in the public. :D

Initial sketch

-第一副风景创作的草图，原本要画人的，因为还是当时菜鸟的关系老师不太建议（嗯，重点是风景）

Sketches for my first landscape painting, was to put people in but my teacher doesn't suggest to do so because I'm still new in oil painting (regarding to get better marks for the semester ya know?) This is a painting of Chinese cementery scenery (from view of on top of the mountain) During the festival when Chinese pay respect to their ancestors, heaps of paper money were burn and causes heavy air pollution. Which is one of the reason I don't like this festival and the reason why I painted this. I would rather pay my respect quietly, because the traffic is so crowded too (. n .) 

link to this painting's post---> http://soracilipi.blogspot.my/2012/09/blog-post.html

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Sketches of my second landscape painting. Theme: Kampung House

Final Drawing

Sketch for getting a better idea of light and shadow

Design

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Random Sketches

My Classmate, Race Phua

Emboss Sketch

Emboss sketch

Rejected Idea

 

(I'm using different font type because there was an experiment about going thru different fonts for a time can improve your concentration lol, saw this in a TED Talk X)