after bisque firing at 900 degree celcius, all came out nicely from the kiln with no breakages:)
Lesson 06 Completion of group work
L05 beginning of group work project
2D shophouse relief
L04 coiling
Every project and assignment is interesting as it is different. Each requires a different sort of preparation work involved before and during lessons. I really appreciate this sort of diversity in fine arts. I deliberately painted all these artworks of Winslow Homer beforehand in order to show to the students in class so that they have a good idea of the finished artwork. I will then re-paint them again in front of the class as live demonstration so as to impart to them the necessary skills and techniques required to accomplish their assignments. Hopefully also to make them feel encouraged and motivated. It’s important to impart to them not only techniques but, equally as important, the trouble shooting skills in correcting those weakness areas which they have and the mistakes which they made and sometimes even wrong mind sets they have acquired on certain areas which can possibly lead to wrong decisions and/or incorrect application when they are tackling their assignments. I always try my best to offer them simplified specific solutions via critiques and demonstrations directly on their works and on how to correct the mistakes and showing them specifically how troubleshooting should and ought to be done (not just providing solution–but providing sure fire solutions that can work for them rather than against them base upon their various different skill levels) which can sometimes be the most fun, albeit challenging, task in managing the art works of so many students altogether at the same time
Thru direct sharing and live demonstrations, they will also become more confident, motivated and possibly even inspired. A lot goes into really walking thru the little details with them rather than just merely providing visual simulations and/or stimulation via visual aids, impressive screen shots of famous artists’ works or related references googled from internet while letting them go about on their own thru sheer excitement and a lot of trial and error making bad decisions which could have been avoided which can result in totally uncertain, possibly even undesirable outcomes which can end up frustrating them or even discouraging them, worse in the end some of them would just tell themselves “Thats it, i give up!”; losing interest in the subject altogether which can be a very sad thing. It is imperative to be clear on the things which serve and work for us so that we can continue to build upon that as we quickly try to filter out whatever things which neither serve nor work anymore and streamlining and leveraging upon the momentum from there so that even if its a a steep learning curve, it will not turn into a “learning curse”
Hence I feel it’s necessary to not only understand but apply correctly the necessary skills, concepts and techniques because this will and can greatly determine and enhance the outcome and quality of work hence it’s important to not follow the crowd and work towards becoming unique.
When I was a student during the school days, I always aspire to be a good teacher who will take the initiative, time and effort to purposefully prepare the lessons and anticipate students’ real learning needs and meeting those needs spot on and also making information easily understandable, digestible and useful for them especially when the expectations may be very high and when there was tremendous pressure for them to perform well
In a way, I also believe in leading by example which is something I always try my best to do before and during all of my lessons as much and as far as possible because at the end of the day, I know this will and can only enhance their learning experience as well as my own –in return, while becoming a better educationist, i will also become a better artist 😊
Every student required first to learn to paint the colour wheel based upon primary colours red, yellow and blue. Then from there, they will blend to create the secondary colours and subsequently tertiary colours. Then they will practise colour blending and the different water colouring techniques
5C1
After first layer before adding values as outlines, tones, shadows, textures etcetcetc
Students’ works.. 5c2 being first to complete lesson 4..
Class 5C1
Last lesson for class5c1
Class5i2
Last second lesson for class 5i2, left with toning, outlining and texturing
Toning, outlining, texturing and shadows left to be done for next lesson which is last lesson…
Today for their last lesson for class 5i1, I taught them now to outline, tone and texture
5i1 completed
Lesson 3, class 5r1&5i2
After toning and outlining, class 5r1 and 5i2 completed. Actually in retrospection, I find most apprehensive whenever asked to teach paint, be it acrylic or water colour or poster paint, becos paint art is something that can be extremely subjective. One student may feel for instance their fellow classmate’s piece of paint work is nicely done whereas another can actually have nothing good to say about that same piece of artwork except horrible things. Even if it’s not that bad, the perception can become warped until it perceives it as bad. Basically it turns almost everyone into like a sort of “nerve wreck”. It can be extremely difficult to control this wave of emotion reverberating thru the class when they start critiquing on one another’s work. But over all, this time round, I am still pretty please with the outcome of most of their artworks.
Class5c3
5c3, last second lesson, one more lesson to go..
This last piece has a lot of texturing to do
End of last lesson for class 5c3
Day of casting and interview((yawns))
Expectations and/or equirements: characters need to be simple, with no limbs and no necks:S
✅CAST CHECK
Theme: Hari Raya Puasa…from top left corner clockwise: Father Imran, Mother Umi, Eldest Son Raja, Little Daughter Putri, Second Son Ahmad. In-character.
✅COSTUME FITTING CHECK
Posing as a family for development of promotional materials
✅PROPS CHECK:)
✅BACKGROUND CHECK
✅CAMERA PANNING CHECK
🎦Ready For Action
(((((take one)))))
L02: students developing their story characters..
“love-ly” details..hehe
remaining special appearance characters-cum-inhabitants inside malay village during Hari Raya Puasa
story boarding and role playing with characters
Very happy to see them becoming more and more interested in animation.
Today they actually asked me if I can stay back longer as they want to continue with their animation.
Last 3 lessons..
The five groups..
Last lesson, L08
Comic drawing
Fridge magnets
The Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver, An Economic Hero
1H
I try to put alot of emphasize on drawing three-quarter side view from the very start cos i know even so, they may gear towards drawing front view which they have already become naturally accustomed to. Student artworks will eventually turn into fridge magnet designs
To me, a collage is about composition of colour and texture; basically a vibrant combination of colours plus really fun, interesting and and exciting textures, which is what i hope to be able to achieve with these 100 students. Materials used for collage making include fancy coloured fabrics, colour and perforated paper, lotsa transparent glue, oil pastels.
Lesson 2, still work in progress, not yet complete..
after experimenting with a few methods. Points to note for best results:1. L01: cut n paste on separate recycled paper first,
2. L02: color background first, use 2-3 colours, blend. Then cut out design to paste on top. Then sign off. PS: never again use templates for collage making!!!
Fridge magnets
racial harmony, 2H
Heroes in economic defence eg. Our modern corporate executive, marketing executive, sales executive, manager, chef, entrepreneur etc
Lesson 2, class 2C.. this is one of my most favorite class..
Theme based upon the Heroes Of Total Defence. Student artworks ultimately will be turned into stamps designs
LO1: Skteching face, different face shapes, and from different angles, front view and 3/4 view
my favorite class as 99% of them were so eager to learn and willing to take feedback and quickly implement.. best class ever:D
P2-B, lesson 2
racial harmony heroes
economic heroes : hotel bell boy and waitress
racial harmony hero, 2H
Final artwork on A3 paper by P3-3
Durer’s Rhinocerus 1515: using charcoal and china marker
Durer’s Rabbit, Student final artwork on A3 paper, using oil pastels, P3-4
Drawing this for the P3s to see that its not difficult to draw at all. I took only 15-20 mins to complete. They have 45mins. This was that rabbit Durer made famous
Galapagos Tortoises are giants of the land tortoises weighing upq to 230kgs
Gesture Drawing: Squirrel
squirrel
Gesture Drawing: Durer’s rhinocerus and rabbit
Initial drawings on their sketch books: Once they manage to get the shape and form right, the rest is easy breezy. I think they done pretty well. Given more time, i believe the result will be even better cos the details are important as we’re talking about Albrecht Durer who is the master of details
Animal Gesture Drawing: Blue Cayman Iguana
Animal Gesture Drawing : Tiger
introducing charcoal and china marker
my favorite student-work:)
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