sketching on newsprints~ Day6 into 2011 Project A Sketch A Day by michellechoongkhoo

“Art is in the doing. It isn’t important how it turns out. The process is where the pleasure, the learning and the experience take place. A day without some sort of creative endeavor is a wasted day.”
—Myrna Wacknov, from “Splendid Over 60” in the March 2008 issue of The Artist’s Magazine.


And with the above in mind, I continued to experiment this morning….I was very particular on the messages and adverts when choosing my newsprint for sketching~

 a) on black and white newsprint…..watercoloring was really easy, quick and nifty
I think my rememberance of Roxy looks rather swell~
it seemed so appropriate to remember my beloved with the SCB tagline,
"here for good" :)

b) on colored newsprint….the watercolor pigments wouldnt stay and so its more dramatic and strokes work best to use a broad black artline permanent marker pen

And here's my rendition of our beloved Max at his prime , much loved and hugs from his forever best pal….Justin, then aged 13 ….

I had a chuckle reading Bio cell's tagline " Building it green" and the ensuing description

 " colourful personalities do make it happen….you are enthusiastic, creative and have a colorful personality, here's yur chance to be part of the dynamic team…." 

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and today I chanced onto an artist who does such great works of art on newsprint Gabriel Vormstein

Lesson 10: techniques of creating textures

Ms Shia opened up her tin of "junk"….old toothbrush, scraps of old carton, plastic, rag, sponge, iron nail, wire netting, candle, glue, white crayon…
She also couldnt resist commenting that all these tools for creating watercolor texture…. there is no need for us to go shopping today!! Hahaha
We…her students with the exception of today have been going to the art shop for straight 8 weeks to buy art supplies~
I for one notice that my bag is getting bulkier when coming to classes…hahaha!

Tho truth be told, it was part necessity but mostly it was for social networking and for us to get to know each other better ~ LOLs

Well, as the morning progresses and Ms Shia proceeded to show us various techniques …it was reminiscent of my sons' kindergarden days….remember the days of cutting shapes from fruits or vegetables like potatoes, carrots , ladies fingers to make stencil prints?

Of course, Ms Shia's techniques were more edgy , less messy but just as fun~ some examples which I reproduced below:

textures made by painting 3 layers, each time covering some parts with scraps of newspaper

textures made by scrapping with the back of the brush or pointed object e.g nail tip while the paint was still wet

effect of dabbing paints using old toothbrush

effect of flicking spots of paint from the brush using fingernail

creating a mass by twirling dry paint from chinese brush on wet wash

drawing fine lines using dry paint from flattened chinese brush

using plastic card to draw the window frame lines and wax candles for effecting window slats

last but not least , this is my favourite….poking paint (various wetness to get various effects) thru the sieve of wire netting

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After all the experimenting, we had to use the techniques learnt today to create a realistic composition….

I took the easy way out by painting the scenery from the classroom window

★the rooftop was done using corrugated carton

★ the window frame using plastic card edge

★ the clouds using dry chinese brush and sprayed with water

★ the trees were painted using candle waxing and back of brush to scrap the lines…..

OMG today we really had to get in deep and dirty into our art…

As yet I still could not brush out the paint pigments from my index fingernail yet!!