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Aquarium - Not just fishes.

Writer's picture: Kinderstori Schoolhouse LLPKinderstori Schoolhouse LLP
Nov 26, 20202 min read

I came across an article on Today news about how Aquascaping is trending in Singapore amongst the young.


Today writes that aquarium shops are once patronised by older men and now since we can't travel, younger customers in their 20s and 30s are beginning to pick up this trend but in the difference when compared to older men, getting more rocks, plants and smaller sized aquatic animals: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/unable-travel-abroad-young-people-are-turning-aquascaping-fish-tanks-different-way-escape


In my opinion, kids love pets and it's not that older men appreciate fishes more or whatsoever.


I believe it's the basis of what kids should know and can know about building an aquarium; A natural habitat for their aquatic pets.


It's truely educational for kids because in an aquarium, it's about building a life cycle of how we can control the poop, algae and water conditions to make it comfortable for aquatic animals. Different aquatic animals require different water parameters. Kids learn to appreciate and value the nature inside.


An aquarium is one of the easiest pets with very low maintenance required but offers so much to your home and well-being, if you know the tricks and tips about it.


It bonds families to discover the beauty and mystery of the aquatic world. Building a little nano aquarium together can create so much beautiful moments!


Customers from the previous Children's Day Artistori's Aquascaping workshop have their own nano jars nicely adapted in their homes and they are amazed at how they can actually build a nano life cycle that doesn't require any feeding to the fishes and yet the fishes are able to self-sustain!


Catch a glimpse of that Children's day workshop:


Artistori's 3.3L Nano Jar Aquascaping workshop starts this coming Sunday 29th Nov 2020 onwards, every Sunday at 3.30pm to 5.30pm:


Bring home a nicely personalized 3.3L jar aquarium with LED lighting, filter system, rocks, plants, wood, soil, nice figurines and snails and fishes inside:


To book for this workshop, we have a few options for you:

Don't wait!

Every session is only limited to 5 seats only.

Book now before capacity gets full. Really!!


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


 
 
 

Impressionistic Flowers by Knife

Writer's picture: Kinderstori Schoolhouse LLPKinderstori Schoolhouse LLP
Nov 25, 20202 min read

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


 
 
 

Review: Metamorphosis

Writer's picture: Kinderstori Schoolhouse LLPKinderstori Schoolhouse LLP
Nov 24, 20203 min read

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:


Please share this article. Thank you!


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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