When I just join GAP, I was not very sure on how well i can draw, how well i can paint, how well i can do clay,etc. At then, we the sessions just began, i felt rather uncertain about my skills after seeing how well my other classmates can draw and paint. I began to feel stress. But, I should not be. Ultimately, I joined GAP because I have an interest towards art and also because I wanted to improve my skills. I do not want my interest, passion and ‘talent’ to go to waste. I wanted to have a whole new experience on how art will be like. Hence, I began to embark on this “adventure” that changes my life entirely. (ok maybe not so much)
WE started out with drawing 25 drawings in the first lesson, allowing Mrs Tan to roughly gauge each of our standards. I remember myself panicking over drawing 25 drawings when I realised that all I need to do was to take a step back and enjoy the process of drawing. Later on, I remembered going onto this exhibition where we have to draw 2 drawings on any 2 figures. Then, we began on our lifeskills camp t-shirt design, drawing different textures(eg. wood, glass, ice, etc), trying out different styles of drawing, embarking on a shoe project, starting on our block test preparation (microorganism thing)… I remember at those point of time, I still could not very well control my mediums. My pencil drawings lack of skills such as inaccurate proportion, shading, little contrast. (as can probably be seen in previous posts) In general, my drawings lack many things and is not appealing to the audience.
Later on in the year, we began on our world peace flag banner. There, I attempted to paint the final banner with acrylic. It was one of the first few times I painted acrylic. Hence, I do not feel very confidence about painting my final. Luckily, I mananged to got help from Mrs Tan who had taught my some basic skills when using acrylic. And so I completed my world peace flag banner. I think that it looks ok but there are always room for improvement.
Later in the year, we started on our End-of-Years Examination prep work. I attempted to improve my drawing skills, following Mrs Tan’s advice on showing more contrast in my shading. Hence, my drawing improved alot since the day I started our in GAP. In fact, I could not help but laugh at the way I draw last time. So in the final piece, I decided to use a more familiar medium, rather than using something that I am not very sure about, which is pencil.
At the end of the year, we did clay and I realised that I lack stability! Also in the holidays, we were told to pick up another medium so i tried watercolour, experimenting how to use it. However, sadly, till now I have not got a chance to really try out how watercolour is like. And so time pass, and soon it is this year.
This year, we have been doing coursework and only coursework. so in my research i did quite a few pencil drawings and one colour pencil drawing. I am glad that I can actually draw dogs quite well! (: In my final work, I did 4 pieces of painting using acrylic and found out that I could actually paint!
Throughout these 2 years, I have developed from someone who does not know how to draw and paint into someone who realises her potential in painting and drawing. Also, taking up GAP made a huge difference in my life as I have to get used to spending lots and lots of time drawing and painting. I remember me once grumbling on how I am I going to cope with all these when life in sec 3 is much more busy. Well, in the end I did cope with it. I guessed that through this process, I managed to evolve into a person who can better manage time as compared to before. I grown alot in these 2 years – regardless of the maturity of thinking and artwork . Although I think I would not take up ART in JC, I hope that I will continue to paint and draw, explore new mediums, and constantly improve myself in my “artistic career”. (:
-* Ying Yun 2009 September
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