♥ Friday, May 30, 2008

Trip to Singapore National Museum

This is the picture of the museum.

A very antique ans authentic-looking staircase. I personally feel that the designs on the staircase is truly very intricate.

A mangetic wall. Very fascinating.

These are some of the furnitures that were on display. The designs are very creative and unique. Actually some of the furnitures looked very complicated to even be used.

Some of the features in the buiding. This part is the modern part of the building with very modern materials.

Trip to Singapore Art Museum

I've been to the art museum when I was in Secondary 4, so the building was quite familiar to me, though the pieces are different.

The chandelier that was hanging from the ceiling. Brightens up the stairwell area.

This piece of art was made from wires. It's really interesting. Have the shape of a human figure. At a closer look, I feel that the artist is really amazing. And the craftmanship is excellent.

This looks like a church, right?

And lastly, we went to this area to draw out facade of the place.

♥ Thursday, May 29, 2008

Title: Mint Museum of Toys

Learned new things on the day we went to this museum.

Firstly the toys all belonged to the owner of the museum.
He and the curator of the museum really planned everything.
The toys are like almost complete to me.

And they are from the olden era.

Some of the toys I have never seen or heard before.

Such as this 'Shooting Boy'. Most probably from the 1970's or 1980's.

And this Negro Boys. Mister Curator told us that they actually made this toys for darlie and that the name is actually daki, for black, to emphasise on the contrast of white against black.

Collection of Batmans series......look different from the ones now.

Some of the Popeye toys. There were a few shelves of them, ranging from looks and sizes.

And one more thing. You can't see any shadows on these toys. The lighting was made so that there will be no shadows cast on them, and the lighting very soft. This is so the colours on the toys won't fade and can last longer.

Miniature toys of the band Beatles.

The toy of the first anime ever made: astroboy

Tin-tin: my favourite childhood cartoon.

A whole series of Micky Mouse. A whole lot of varieties from the original, to the ones with teeth and so on.

As you can see, the story above me is not supported by any pillars. Amazing.

And we are standing on glass, thus showing that this type of glass is very strong and durable. And can withstand weight.

Learned different types of materials used, why it is used as well as the lighting in the building.

♥ Monday, May 26, 2008

This is the exhibition of me and my friend's works.
The right box is mine and I decorated it today using poster colour, markers and colour pencils.
I made my box such that it is colourful.
Why I made it this way??
Well, to tell the truth, I have no idea myself.
I guess I just prefer colourful than plain.
So I used all the bright and cheery colours such as red, yellow and orange.
And don't forget flowers.
I'm a nature-lover, so flowers is part of it.
The process of doing all the projects, I must say, is quite challenging.
One of the challenges is the time.
But I still made it in time, which is a relief.
And one other is the lack of inspirations.
The solution I used is to look at some books and used the ideas which I am familiar and comfortable with.
And thus some of the products in the above is the result.

♥ Friday, May 9, 2008

The model I did using the wire.
I only used cubes and triangles as I can't make sphere.
No matter how hard I try, I just couldn't make the form.
So the above the pictures are all the wires I did before putting them together to make the model as in the last picture.

This is the drawing we did during the drawing lesson.
I drew Donna....and I think it looks a bit like her.
Quite a challenge to me as I really can't draw people really well, what more the face and features.
The second drawing that includes the whole body and the background.
I really can't draw the features on her face.
I only can draw the outline.
But I think by doing this, I inproved my drawing skills, though a bit.

My finished ping pong balls, and it's already been submitted.
The process of finishing this ping pong balls is tedious and time consuming.
And drawing on a circular surface is quite challenging too.
But I think I got the hang of it.
And I guess its quite fun as well, apart from the time-consuming problem.
Oh, and the emotions I chose were joy, nostalgic, upset and comfort.
All this emotions are from my personal family problems and what I faced through my childhood years.....but I dare not say out to the class.
It's really private.
Ok, this is all there is to the ping pong era!

Hey people....finally got the time to update this blog.
And before I forget, the above picture is my finished brickboy.
I think, personally, that mine is ok.
And I'm thinking of redoing it.
Using construction paper this time.
The colour is nicer, I suppose.
So I post the new brickboy's picture when it's done.