Rest is Good

I'm in my week long break before the last semester commences. The rest is necessary to prepare myself for the last leg of school. :O) I have learnt during this time the need to listen to people better, and also not to overload myself with work as it rubs off to others close to me. Not healthy, not right.

Dropped by Anatomy class yesterday under Derek Eversfield and within 10 minutes, I realised that I had been learning a different method of drawing the whole of the last semester as seen in the drawing above. Yikes! Since Anatomy studies isn't available the last semester, I hope that I do not have classes that run on Tuesdays from 1 to 5pm so I can ride on that class!

For now it's rest... :O)

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!

Anatomical Engineering

Updates! I'm nine weeks - nearly halfway - into my first semester and am progressing good. I sometimes wish I had more time for homework though. That's the secret to getting better at what you do! But duty calls at Imaginative, so an Imaginator has got to do what an Imaginator's got to do. There's a lot of careful balancing of school and work in these past nine weeks, figuring out when's the best time is for homework, whether to stay back at school to do it, whether to take it home. Whether to meet client or get stuff printed out during the breaks. Thank you God for Your guidance each day!

I can relate this to my anatomy class. As Philip, our instructor, always puts it, "You must know what's in front, what's behind, what's behind the behind. It's all about construction." The lead in the above drawing is fresh on the pad from yesterday's class, and this is one class I can see improvements every single week, picking up new techniques from Philip, other classmates and cohorts. And like everything else... there's always room for more improvements! :O)