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Nov 25, 20202 min read

Impressionistic Flowers by Knife

Next Art Foundation Project - Suits 8 years old to 11 years old

Duration: 7 sessions at 2 hours per session

Period: From the week of 2nd Dec 2020 until the week of 13th Jan 2021


Palette Knives are primarily used for mixing paint colours and mediums on the palette, usually oil and acrylic paint. The use of knives on painting can be traced back to the 14th and 15th century when famous artists used knives on their masterpieces. The challenge faced by our junior artists in Art Foundation is the concept of knives on painting.


Many think that painting is just using brushes to paint and blend a thin layer. When Artistori showed them the beauty of knives and impasto thick paint onto the canvas, they were intrigue to find that multiple colors spread on can be so amazingly beautiful.


Posture and gesture of holding the knives was a hugh challenge for them. Most of them get comfortable sitted on a chair to paint. Whereas for painting with knives on a canvas, they learnt that it's pretty impossible for them to get comfortable. They needed to stand and twist and turn their wrist in order to get it right.


With all these, they are accomplished with an amazing floral painting to be brought home to display on the wall!


Watch a video from the previous batch of junior artists:


Facebook Page photo album:

 

Prior to this upcoming project, here's a glimpse of what they've been up to in their abstract scenic landscape using soft pastels:

 

***FOR ONLINE PARTICIPANTS***

Here are the recommended required materials:

  • 1 Canvas 40cm by 40cm;

  • Acrylic paint in tubes of 120ml - Black, white and primary colours

  • Brushes: Flat and small round tip brushes;

  • Palette knife set

  • Gloss heavy gel medium

  • Palette board

  • Disposable palette paper

We provide these recommended required materials for a set at $129.90.

Additional $5 for delivery to your doorstep in Singapore.

Worldwide delivery varies.


Please get back to us before 1st Dec 2020 on the purchase confirmation of recommended required materials set.

***FOR ONLINE PARTICIPANTS***

 

Book Now in advance before timeslots becomes full!


For timeslots and booking, please visit https://www.artistori.com/art-foundation


Thank you!


 

We will still need to adhere to the new norm of life, measures and precautions that ensures our hygiene...


 

Our classes will be equipped with cameras to include concurrent online classes together with physical classes.


 

Yours Sincerely,

Vernon Chen

Art is a journey, it never stops.

意言社 Artistori

用艺术表达语言，让语言丰富艺术

Your Story, Your Art


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Nov 24, 20203 min read

Review: Metamorphosis

A project by Art Preneurship young artists

The introduction of M.C. Escher to our Art Preneurship young artists is, some how or rather, I would describe as, "a way to connect what's painful in school to what's usually fun during art". How can Maths connect with art? That's their question.


Often, I would highlight to my students that Maths, Science and Art are actually working together in our lives, in our environment and in our world, they will just have to look at it deeper.


Art is not just about aesthetics, Art is information, Art is a way to communicate, Art represents knowledge and Art can ultimately transform the way we interpret. M.C. Escher is master of all these.



His works crafted a unique visual communication of patterns, puzzles and mathematics that can be sometimes playful, densed, complexed and structured. My young artists didn't really understand how M.C Escher and maths was involved at all until I showed them how he used polygons to work with tessellation and how tessellation could be an optical illusion that brings a viewer into different visual dimensions. In this project case, metamorphosis, showing the progress of transformation.


It was really painful for them to begin with papercutting of a hexagon. I wanted to show them, in geometrical terms, translation and rotation. The idea of how cutting one part of a hexagon and moving over to the other side just didn't work out at all but once they got the hang of it, they didn't say but I know they were convinced.


The regular division of a plane forming symmetry creates repeated patterns and that's where Maths meets Art. It can be just a mathematical symmetrical shape but Art creates the visuals to turn the shapes into subjects that repeats.


It took a few lessons for them to work out ideas and imaginations into drafts and eventually forming their own tessellations into metamorphism. In the case of HBL due to COVID-19, I am grateful and proud of those that put in effort to create after lesson hours.


Tessellation work by Ashley Chan:

Tessellation work by Zhang Huiwen:


M.C. Escher's Metamorphosis I,II and III showed them how little by little, progress and continous efforts creates results and with the introduction of more M.C. Escher's works, ideas and imaginations begin to grow instead of just pure tessellation into metamorphism. That's when I introduced another artist, Rob Gonslave, who was a fan of M.C. Escher:

Rob Gonsalves (1959 to 2017) was a canadian surrealist painter who published 2 books, Imagine a World and Imagine A Day. His works' style is also known as magic realism where his paintings define reality with a touch of magic.

Alpine Navigation defines 2 worlds where waves morphs into snow mountains and miniature sailing ships morphs into actual sailing ships and seats on the very high peaks of the mountains. His paintings are very creative and imaginative that arouses curiousity and interests with optical illusion. "Mind blowing!" is how I describe it.



Having gone through tessellation and metamorphism, our Art Preneurship young artists knows about the symmetrical relationships that will affect their creative journey. Their drafts are full of ideas, imagination and their childhood:

Taking a number of lessons and effort, let me present to you their world of metamorphism:


Pictures of their works are gradually uploaded on our Facebook page:


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意言社 Artistori

用艺术表达语言，让语言丰富艺术

Your Story, Your Art达语言，让语言丰富艺术 Your Story, Your Art

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Nov 20, 20202 min read

A Vase with Roses

Creative Mix Media Art - 4 years old to 8 years old

We are really excited for our Creative Mix Media little artists' work on their puppets. Their puppet theatre project will end on the week of 25th Nov 2020. If you haven't seen a glimpse of what they've been up to, watch this:


The next Creative Mix Media Art project: A Vase with Roses

Duration: 3 sessions

Period: The week of 2nd Dec 2020 until the week of 16th Dec 2020


What will they be learning?

  • A Vase with Roses leads Creative Mix Media Art little artists to explore the different shapes of vases and lets them observe the details from many vase designs.

  • Understanding complimentary colours is key to bringing out their vase painting.

  • Crafting roses takes time and this helps children develop patience, persistence and fine motor skills.

 

***FOR ONLINE PARTICIPANTS***

Here are the recommended required materials:

  • 1 Canvas 10 inch by 20 inch;

  • Lots of colourful crepe or tissue paper;

  • A set of acrylic paint, preferably 12 colours;

  • Brushes: Flat and small round tip brushes;

  • White school glue;

  • Colourful small beads

  • 3D paint

We provide these recommended required materials for a set at $59.90.

Additional $5 for delivery to your doorstep in Singapore.

Worldwide delivery varies.


Please get back to us before 25th November 2020 on the purchase confirmation of recommended required materials set.

***FOR ONLINE PARTICIPANTS***

 

Book Now in advance before timeslots becomes full!


For timeslots and booking, please visit www.artistori.com/creative-mix-media-art


Thank you!


 

We will still need to adhere to the new norm of life, measures and precautions that ensures our hygiene...


 

Our classes will be equipped with cameras to include concurrent online classes together with physical classes.


 

Yours Sincerely,

Vernon Chen

Art is a journey, it never stops.

意言社 Artistori

用艺术表达语言，让语言丰富艺术

Your Story, Your Art

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