Filed under: 2D works
This was another piece of work done in class during Sec3.
We were given an vector image of many random symbols and shapes, eg. stars, crown, bears, fire, arrows, etc.
The task was to create a 6 piece composition creatively narrating the story of Jack and Jill.
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Title: Jack and Jill – Media: Multimedia – Size: ~A4 – Approx. date: 2007
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Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after!
I like my work quite a bit 
considering it was such a random task and we had to work with given images.
These ‘rubbish paintings’ were done one day during class when we were asked to play! with colours, gradients, effects, different mediums, wet/dry, etc etc.
At first i was really apprehensive and all i could think was pretty colours and pattern, BUT after Mrs Teo scolded me i decided to really anyhow ‘whack’!
and heres are the pieces i ended up with!
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Title: Play! Size: A4 – Approx. date: 2007
Media: Poster colour
This was done by painting a satay stick and rolling it all around. Haha i think its kinda cute and can be a good effect with the right colours and amount of paint.
Media: Poster colour
Swirl with water colour!
Media: Poster colour/water colour
This was done with different dry brushes.
Media: Water colour
This was done by scruching up paper and randomly drawing over the paper. The effect of folds and valleys are subtle, not very distinctly accentuated by the paint, but i think that the effect of scruched paper in 2d(afterscanning) is very interesting.
Media: Water colour and crayon
the star was actually done with crayon first, to retain the colour of the paper, then going over the rest of the areas with water colour. The crayon also did a very good job in containing colours in the small areas, giving them a very sharp polished edge
Media: Poster colour
Haha this was random strokes, blending colours on canvas while the paint isnt dry yet, thus the very dirty mix of colours, which really dont like but it was a good exploration
Media: Water colour, Poster colour
Different shades of green as background, with poster colour left to flow freely.
Media: Crayon, water colour
Yep this was one of the first few i did. Blocks with crayon, with a water colour background.
Media: Water colour
This was the last piece i did. Hahahah! Has a very scary and gothic feel(which i didnt meant for it to be).
The circles are done by twirling a brush (its a brush destroyer so dont do that with expensive brushes), and outlining with crayon.
Media: Crayon, Water colour
And this was the first piece I did! Which i really like (it looks better in real) because it looks like some wallpaper for a baby’s room. And also because i love patterns:)
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Overall it was a good experience, letting loose and experimenting all sorts of techniques and colours. There isnt any wrong or right, good nor bad this time! just plain fun and doing anything you want to try. Its good because we really don’t get many chances to have fun and mess things up in life.
And it was a good session of personal breakthrough, because i think its very unlikely for me just go without an end in mind (except probably for floorball for P.E. where it is just anyhow hit and score by luck hahaha).
It was definitely quite uncomfortable in the start, splashing paint everywhere and ending up with pieces that may not look very pretty, some that i think are hideous actually; but thats just what we need sometimes, to not be afraid and let go, because there are many new discoveries to discover for yourself in the end.
I think learning by experimentation is by far the best.
