Final

Assignment

Select volumes, planes and spaces that will present a definite sense of foreground, middle ground, and background (deep space) in the drawing. Also depict part of yourself in the drawing (at minimum 25% of the drawing area and maximum of 40% of drawing area).


Draft 1

Final Draft 1

Exploring with part of myself (hands and legs):

  • legs hanging out
  • crossed on leg, legs hanging out of the rooftop
  • being interactive with the landscape
  • climbing/grabbing on to something

Draft 2

Final Draft 2

Exploring the landscapes with foreground, middle ground and background:

  • attempting to use frame within frames with trees
  • creating reflections using a pond/ river
  • pathway as guiding lines to a small cottage
  • landscape of Singapore (use of atmospheric perspective)

From my drafts, I like the idea of my hands trying to grab/climb over a wall. The hands seem to be struggling or exerting a force, as if trying to escape desperately, which inspires me for my final piece. I have decided to draw a pair of hands trying to climb over a wall, as if trying to get over to the other side. Beyond the walls, I wanted to draw a peaceful scenery of trees, grasslands and a small cottage (which is from Draft 2).


Final Piece

Final

Title: Beyond The Walls

I drew a pair of hands, trying to climb over the wall, to escape to the other side where it seems peaceful – with green lands and a small cottage (give me a very warm and countryside feeling, calm and undisturbed).

After I have completed the piece, I realized that it has an eerie feel instead of the tranquility I wanted. But it also gives another meaning to the drawing. The pair of hands seem to be dirty and fragile, as if their owners are weak and had suffered a lot. The hands seem to be desperately struggling to get over the walls. The landscape beyond the walls may seem like a serendipity but it also has a slight unpleasant feelings given off by the curvy trees, as if it is a trap.

Meaning of the drawing

“Beyond The Walls” gives me a feel of the famous Berlin Wall. Therefore, with it comes the meaning behind the drawing.

It shows how people around the world are suffering, experiencing hunger, poverty and diseases due to the conditions of their country. The drawing seems like a person suffering from hunger is trying to escape from his war-torn homelands, to the other side – the better side. But at the same time, the other side holds unknown future, we have no idea what our future harbors, whether it is good or bad. But if we don’t fight for it, we will remain where we are.

Sufferings do not only confine to physical, it can be mental too. If we can get pass our mental barriers (the walls), the world offers us a lot of things to explore. It is good to go beyond the boundaries that bound us, and give our life a some adventures – laugh, live, eat, play and even fall in love. You will never know what is in store for you beyond the walls. Well, you only live once, so why not go for it?


Date: 18 November 2015

A bug’s eye view

CLASSWORK

Attempts of using eraser to create tones

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HOMEWORK

A Bug’s Eye View

  • Enjoy being playful making a drawing from a bug’s eye view. Do your sketches first as usual and then a final drawing. Make up a short story as to what is happening (Not a whole story but what is going on in your scene). That is your write-up.
  • Remember to compose your whole picture plane. Make sure you have parts of your drawing intersect with the edges of the canvas. Remember the negative and positive spaces. See where your eye moves. If your eye gets stuck staring at the object you placed in the middle of the canvas then you need to make something to balance that out so your eye will moves to something else. Make sure your eye moves around the picture plane.

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Sketch 1

My idea is inspired by the insects that like to crawl on my study table while I am studying, especially ants. I try to imagine myself in their perspective where everything on my study table is gigantic to them. I realized that since there is a lot of things on my study table, it would be like a giant maze for them to navigate around the table.

Therefore, I drew a pencil. I always have a mug on the table, hence I drew a mug too.

It is a challenge to get the perspective correct because the mug is supposed to be a distance away from the pencil. However, since the pencil is nearer to the bug, it should be huge too.

Sketch 2

Another perspective with the same inspiration from Sketch 1.

While I was drawing Sketch 1, I saw an ant crawling pass my paper and it hits me: the words on my paper will appear so huge to the ant and its view should so quite interesting. I tried to draw the words on the paper in a nice perspective but failed and decided to change to a world map instead. Since the ant is so small, it should be able to see one or at most 2 continents only, hence I decided to draw the unique and recognizable outline of Australia with the words “AUSTRALIA” on the continent.

In the background is supposed to be a noticeboard with a post-it with “GEOG (I)” written on it to complement the world map but it doesn’t turn out very well therefore I decided to leave it out in my final piece.


Final Piece

HW10.10I decided to merge Sketch 1 and Sketch 2. I feel that the world map is an interesting concept and to make the picture less dull, I decided to add in a pencil. I feel that adding in too much will make the picture more messy.

Story

The little bug is travelling the “world” and he has arrived at Australia. The continent of Australia is relatively small to him compared to the continent of Russia. From where he is, he can see the next island where he will enjoy more adventures and challenges. However, there is an obstacle between him and the next destination — a giant pencil with its sharp tip intimidating the little bug. Mustering the courage he had found during his journey here, he decided to go for it.


Date: 14 October 2015

Tourism in Singapore

CLASSWORK

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  • Tones
  • Shadows

HOMEWORK

Tourism in Singapore

Ideas

  • Commercialization of nature
  • Impact of development
  • How development impacts your life?
  • 1 final drawing and 2 sketches explorations
  • Write-up

Sketch 1

I drew a monopoly board because I feel that how Singapore manages its tourism is like how we play monopoly. We have to plan to develop our land strategically due to our limited land and also huge funds are involved into developing such lands. I want to show how Singapore is being manipulated to attract tourists.

Some tourist attractions I drew on the board are like “3-D” as during monopoly, when we “build” houses, we put little chess pieces on the board to indicate it. As seen from the sketch, the Sentosa land is very well-developed, similarly for Marina Bay Sands and Changi Airport.

Techniques used:

  • 1, 2 point persepective
  • Shadows/Tones

Sketch 2

In the foreground, I drew the runway (not very well done because no reference picture 🙁 ) in Changi Airport and the Changi Tower as the mention of “Tourism in Singapore”, the first thing that came to my mind is our world-ranked airport. Singapore’s one and only airport is a place where tourism begins because that is the first thing that tourists will see when they first start their experience in Singapore. And no doubt, the airport never fails to impress the tourists with its magnificent renovation, as well as the airport staffs good services.

In the background is a silhouette of a landscape in Singapore. Included in the landscape are some of our tourist attractions like the Singapore Flyer and Marina Bay Sands hotel. These are put in the background and silhouette because those are the things that tourists will go to during their stay in Singapore. The idea of silhouette came from the beautiful night landscape of Singapore Central Business District.

Techniques used:

  • Tone
  • Perspective
  • Relations (Background, middle ground (airplane) and background)

Final Piece

Extending from the idea in Sketch 1, I decided to portray how tourism have helped to boost Singapore’s economy. Singapore is being manipulated to attract tourists and no doubt, we have done a good job. Tourism is like a form of “business” and we are definitely generating revenue. In my piece, I drew 2 person putting money into the “piggybank”. These 2 person represents the people contributing to the success of our tourism sectors and they are not drawn in details because they worked behind the scenes and their hard works are not really recognized.

Combining with the idea in Sketch 2, I decided to fill up the background with silhouette of our Singapore landscape, separated by a river (supposed to be Singapore River but cannot really tell 🙁 )

Techniques used:

  • Gestures sketches
  • Tones
  • Relations (background and foreground)
  • Material used: charcoal (because I love the effect of drawing with charcoal 🙂 )

Date: 23 September 2015

Gestures Sketches

CLASSWORK

Attempt 1 

  • Observe the line of action(observe the spinal cord)
  • I realized that I had drawn the head too big

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Attempt 2

  • Observe the angles of the feet
  • Getting better at the proportions

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Attempt 3

  • Attempt to sketch the body shapes
  • Learn to observe the center of gravity (the angle of pelvis and shoulder)

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Attempt 4

  • Attempt to draw the ears, and face (show where the person is facing
  • Using the ears, find the neck and shoulders

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HOMEWORK

  • Draw gestures
  • At least 5 pieces of sketch book papers

I attended the open session from 6 to 9 to do the gestures sketches. Some of the model’s poses are really challenging to draw.


Date: 16 September 2015

Home drawings

HOMEWORK

  • Do 2 sketches about what home means to you using some of the drawing concepts we have been discussing followed by a final piece of work.
  • Remember: What is intersecting with the edges of the picture plane?
  • How do your marks relate to the concept of the piece and/or how does your composition relate to the concept of the piece?

I think I may have misunderstood the assignment. 🙁 I thought we have to draw 2 drawings of what home means to me.


Sketch 1
I want to draw a bowl of rice as it gives me the feeling of home. Rice is an essential part of a meal and to me, home cooked food is the tastiest food ever. The aroma of freshly cooked rice gives me a very warm and comfortable feeling. The marks on the table is my attempt to make a “halo” around the bowl of rice.


Sketch 2

I drew the view of my house’s shoes rack because it is the first thing I see everyday when I reach home, The feeling of taking off my slippers, shoes or sneakers after a long day of having them on is so comfortable. Also, the shoe rack is filled with shoes and slippers of my family members, which gives me a “homey” feeling.


Date: 2 September 2015

Garden By The Bay (Field trip)

HOMEWORK

  • Finish up the sketch of the landscape of Garden By The Bay
  • Theme: Human intervention in nature

I drew this because I feel that using nature as a business source is a form of human’s intervention in nature. The picture shows a ticketing booth, where people have to buy tickets to look at the exotic plants from all over the world. The picture also shows the Supertree, which I feel is an innovation from nature.

I tried to use marks for the different plants as they give me different feelings.


Some photos during the field trip to Gardens By The Bay!

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Date: 5 September 2015