Paintses, Pokeses, Book-Bindses 0311.31

I brought lappy to work today for music.  Music is what the class lacked. I brought all the Disney Classics into a new playlist and played it throughout my class. 

Today, we painted the dino that carried the kids' favourite foods on its back.  It's actually great that i prepared samples the week before as the kids took better care in their paintings this week, and really liked the different dino bases i got them to work on.  

The cousins didn't come today.  I've had thoughts of their parents running away from paying the fees that they owe for a module...or maybe they were just busy because of the xmas and new year celebrations... or they thought the centre wasn't open that day... or... orrrr.r.r.r.r.r. 

only 5 kids turned up today which made the lesson more fufilling for me as i managed to impart more skills and divert more attention to them. I was happy!

this is Tahe, not in my class anymore 

but might renew her module next week.

Tahe wasn't supposed to be 

around... it was very noisy with

 her around actually... sometimes

the kids just wanna join in 

the fun when they see their

 friends enjoying their art session.  

tried my best to capture my lesson

as you can see, class is quite

empty today.

left: Athan, right:Jmin

here's sweet little Gmah who clicked

on the button to activate the camera.

she didn't really behave today...

managed to get a pic of the 3!

That's Zing in the centre.

She's made improvement in

communication! YAY!  She 

usually nods or shakes her head only.

left: Jmin, right: Athan

Athan trying to do the fisheye

After lessons , i was once again given the responsibility to lock up the school, which was a WHIPPIE!!!! to me.  That meant that i could stay for as long as i liked.  I intended to paint till me and my friends met for C.U.T.S however, i got a reply only after texting Rubbit that they aren't going anymore.  

I was disappointed.  TRASNAH's marketing supervisor had asked me to prepare a signage to be put up to showcase my students' works and i did so.  

painting in silence

completed painting.

Since i had to other plans, i decided to stay.  Inspiration came for xmas gifts for my cousins and i started immediately.  I made use of the given paper- tore 'em into half then folding each into another half and them putting 3 of these together to form a booklet.  5 of them would make a small b5 notebook. i created 8 of these notebooks.  

For each cover i painted using the compound paints supplied to the learning centre by TRASNAH.  For the younger female cousins, i painted a flower cover and for the boys, i did a striped one with dots that looked suspended in time.  

All the painting, tearing and sorting of books took me almost 7 hours.  i ended work at 2pm and got home only at 10.45pm.  I took a break and started to poke holes for the thread binding.  Here's the finished flower notebooks.

 

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AIM FOR THE DAY:  DO FINAL PRINTS AS BELATED XMAS GIFTS!

ACCOMPLISHMENT: 65%

WHY?- DEBRIEF:

I spend some time last night to do the final sketches of my friends' portraits to be scratched, but i got distracted along the way and told myself to scratch it when i wake up today. 

We were supposed to meet at 12pm, but since Wanyi wanted to stay home for lunch, me, who was all geared up for school, had to postpone plans.  I spent time while waiting for time to pass refining the portraits.  Stobbit's face is impossible.  

I got to school a little after 2.30pm.  Having seen one of the guards, i went to the lockers to get books to return to the library.  MEt with Wanyi and to our dismay, the library was closed yet again.  

The workshop was messy, with more stuff in scattered places over the printmaking workshop

trying to poke Wan Yi...

failed many times...

photo booth's a mirror image,

 tt's why!

AHAH! I FOUND THE ANSWER!

I started carving Rubbit's portrait on the acrylic only about 3-ish.  Finished at about 4. I had to tape the face and areas in the background right behind the hair in order to sand the uncovered areas meant for the hair tones.    

using masking tape for the 

prevention of sandpaper's contact.

After the sand-ing, inspiration strucK!

The plate had instantly become a collagraph cum drypoint plate!  I happily inked the plate and printed it and OMG the print was so intriguing!  (yes yes... i know i am still an amateur... experts wouldn't wow at such things... i know, i know...) It seemed like lithography! Or a piece achieved by smearing charcoal over masking tape, which is incorporated in my favourite pieves.  I was excited and decided to do a whole series of such prints with the new-found collograph method before i printed the finals for my gifts.  

After inking and printing once, 

this is what's left on my 

collograph monoprint plate.

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I would have regretted if I had not experimented(which took up half the time spent in the workshop), and now regret not being able to finish my final prints for all my friends.  Rubbit's is finalised, so is Dobbit's.  Stobbit's got no resemblance at all, the print looked too Chinese, probably because of her newly straightened hair but still that's no excuse... OH SIGH! and Ebbit's not carved yet( i fear it's gonna turn out bad!) 

I had intended to do a drypoint of my relative's terrace house too as an xmas gift , that would end the day of printmaking.  They had invited us over for xmas lunch and out of my 11 aunties and uncles living there, some gave me presents and red packets too!  So as a token of appreciation, why not?

But as i was about to finish carving(frantically...) the guards walked in, waited, and told me to stop.  IT WAS MY LAST PRINT AND THEY HAD TO JUST RUIN IT FOR ME!!!!!!! 

i didn't wanna look at the guards... what for?! i held my head down as i packed.  After all the trouble... i failed to complete the prints... 

HAa I talk as if i am a printmaking major already, unable to finish printing for assessment gradings... HAHAAHAHAHH ... ok that's not funny.  

Taking a break before heading home at the Rochor Soya Bean was refreshing.  It was about 10-ish when we reached the place.  It was great Wan Yi finally came in person, rather than me packing it back to school with her.  What irked us most was the COCKROACHES!!!!!!!!! THOSE EVIL FLYING PESTS!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA... imagine one creeping up your legs at full speed while slurping your soft and silky tau huay away!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSssssssssSSsSSsssssssssssss!!!!!!

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at vivo with young artists and master(not in picture)

Now i look like Prue Halliwell...

I've been suggesting to Wanyi about future collaborations after my hair gets longer.  My plan was to do a performance art like no other printmaker- SILKSCREEN ON HAIR AS CANVAS.

I haven't been cutting hair, which is a major achievement, coz it shows one of my disorders is solved.  

Anyways, My canvas for today is LittleGillian's hair.  

Approaching the canvas with the cutter, preparing for the kill!

Many marks were made on my canvas, and of it all were a whole lot of multiple errors.

I tried my best to give the client an instructed masterpiece.  

I hadn't got a clue how to cut a sloped hairdo and oh well, the left's longer than the right.