Programme: Visiting to Baoling Painting
Reflection on Lin Bao Ling’s Painting Workshop
@ Plastique Kinetic Worm Gallery
(6 & 13 March 2007)
I enjoyed myself thoroughly during the workshop. The activities were enticing and enriching. Everyone looked forward to the first workshop and we had many wild imaginations on what the workshop was going to be like.
Museum walks are boring but that was what we encountered when we first arrived at our destination on 6 March. We entered a small room filled with colourful paintings. The textures of the paintings were very interesting and it made me realized that the artist used many different techniques. Having to spend 3 hours at the workshop, we began to groan as we spent all our time looking at the paintings. Hence, some entertained themselves with the postcards that were displayed, while some other students took pictures to remember the beautiful paintings.
Just as we were all getting bored, the “guide” requested us to move next door, a connected building, while telling us about the artist. We stepped into a secluded narrow hallway without lights, just two air-conditioners installed on the wall. We made a move up the wooden stairway and arrived on the second floor of the building.
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Amazed by the colours and paintings that we have seen in the little gallery next door, we were greeted by a young man. He was the artist, Lin Bao Ling. It was so exciting for us to be able to meet the artist up live, and not in pictures that were shown in class. Finally, something to do! The artist began demonstrating how he created his works and the techniques he used were most interesting. Spraying water over one part of the wet paint will spread the paint out into a beautiful pattern. We were all waiting impatiently, wishing we could try those ourselves too.
When we got our chance, we dived into the equipment and grabbed all the paintbrushes and paints. At lightning speed, we began to splatter paint all over the canvas board and created what we called our… masterpiece. Not exactly like the artist’s, but still pretty impressive.
The second workshop on 13 March was equally enriching for us. We were asked to bring a picture and draw the picture onto our previous work. I admired the works of the secondary ones, but overall, everyone did well. We used oil paint, a medium I never tried before. It took a long time to dry, about a week to do so after we were allowed to bring our artworks home. We bid farewell to the “guide” who taught us many interesting facts about different medium, and the artist, who helped some of us in our work. I enjoyed the workshop and hope another similar workshop would be organized again.
Michelle Ng
Sec 3/2 (AEP)
Programme: Secondary 2 AEP Wall Mural Project
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Programme: AEP students' works
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Sec 1 & 2 AEP students’ visit to AEPtitude
– Art Elective Programme Exhibition 2007
On 3 August, Friday, Sec 1 and 2 AEP students visited the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) Gallery. There were many art pieces done by AEP centres namely: Hwa Chong Institution, National Junior College, Nanyang Juniour College, Nanyang Girls High School, Victoria School and last but not least, CHIJ Sec. (Toa Payoh).
We were wowed by the various art forms that ranged from painting installations to sculptures to digital media.
At the exhibition, we were informed that one of our Totem heads sculptures was accidentally knocked over and was broken. Although we felt rather upset at first, we managed to keep our spirits high and remained optimistic.
“It’s okay, we can just easily fix the Totem head,” commented Yun Zhu, a fellow AEP classmate of mine.
On the whole, we had a pleasant experience.
We thoroughly enjoyed being surrounded by the beautiful artworks
in the gallery. We were also inspired and looked forward to
have more of our works exhibited in the next AEP exhibition.
Elizabeth Tan Su Lin (2/1)
Clara Wong Huimin (2/1)
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On-the-spot Art Competition
at the Istana
The Secondary One AEP students celebrated National Day this year with an added touch, by participating in the 7th On-the-spot Art Competition held at the Istana on Sunday, 5 August 2007. We participated in the 9 – 16 years old category, and the theme was Celebrating National Day. It was a very exciting event for us as it was a rare chance to visit the Istana. Everyone enjoyed the beautiful grounds of the Istana, including the lush greenery and the main building of the Istana.
We arrived at the Istana at 7.00am with some of us accompanied by our family members. We went through tight security checks, and registered for the art competition before finding a suitable location to lay down our mats to start on our artwork. We were greatly inspired by the surroundings and got down to creating our art pieces without further delay.
After we had submitted our finished artworks at 11.00am, each participant then received a commemorative T-shirt sponsored by the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), a souvenir plaque of the Istana, and not forgetting a scrumptious meal sponsored by McDonald’s.
While waiting for the announcements of the prize winners and the prize-giving ceremony at 1.00pm, we explored the 1.6 hectare Istana grounds, which is the official residence of the President of the Republic of Singapore.
Although we did not win any prizes, we have gained much from the experience. Ms Low Sok Hui, one of our AEP Art teachers, was amongst the prize winners who received their awards from His Excellency, President S. R. Nathan. Ms Low took part in the Open Category and had won the second prize for her creative and artistic effort.
Despite the scorching heat from the
morning sun, we had a fun-filled day and look forward to participate
in next year’s competition.
Valerie Thong Yiu May (1/1)
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