4 more weeks

The shoes outside The Stage from last Friday's assessment for Cohort 4 reminded me that I have only four weeks left to prepare for my end of term assessment. Not very much time actually to get my first semester's "portfolio" ready for the grading on Dec 29. Now is where term papers are dues, a couple more presentations, and of course projects... it's going to get a little wee bit bumpy.

Today will be week 3 of costume drawing. Our theme today will be oriental. :O)

That's a wrap!

These two are from a series of five from last week's costume still life session. Joked Philip, our instructor, and I totally agree, "We get sick of drawing naked bodies after awhile." It's refreshing to draw people in clothes again! :p

Today we continue session two. Male in Shakesperean, and female in a flowy Spanish dance dress. I think I know what to focus on - the blending of the shadow folds to pull out the volume of the characters. Because we only have 20 mins for each costume, I will draw a little smaller today. :O) There is a reason where I draw so big. I draw big so that my mistakes are enhanced. I see it better. This is a good tip from Philip for anyone who wants to improve in their drawing skills.

Soon, I will leave for the PA Wearhouse to pick up the costumes on the way to school!

That's a wrap!

This past Monday, the class pooled together some money to rent costumes for our drawing class. It began a series of four weeks of costume/ character drawing for our still life classes! I remembered clearly my classes some 13 years ago in L.A. with models in various costumes too! I'm glad that Philip, our lecturer, introduced this to the class!

These drawings take a little longer that usual, especially since we have to spend more time understanding folds and how material wraps around a person. Not only do we work on drapery, we begin to venture into character studies! Most of all, it is fun and am looking forward to the next three weeks! :O)

Since we're coughing out our own money to rent these outfits, no guesses where the models are from... they're none other than our very own classmates! What a class effort this is!

Body World

This was shot at around 6:01pm - one minute past closing time at the Body Works exhibition at the Singapore Science Centre. That was how much I maxed my time! What a blast!! An eye candy!! As usual, I took a long time on the pieces I did. Only managed to draw 5 pieces in 6 hours! Will host images soon.

Don't clay clay ah...

We're into week 12 and the focus around this point in time seems to be anatomy. This is the base of my sculpting piece, made with various sizes of aluminum wires, tape and foil. It will take me maybe 3 - 4 weeks (on and off) to get this piece done.

This coming Monday, Philip takes us to the Singapore Science Centre for Body Worlds. The exhibition showcases real human (and some animal) anatomies of various poses. Through the technique of plastination, the bodies are preserved so that people like us can wow and wonder about the intricacies of the delicate human body. And for art students, it's a great way to spend a whole day sketching and understanding anatomy!