Slumber is a Journey to the Eternal Return

All pieces in my graduation series "Chronicle of the Woods" are based on the photos I took in Richmond Park. After the tutorial with Matthew Krishanu, he told me that if I want to make big works, I should do the testing on big canvas directly instead of doing it on small pieces. I think I…

Remake of Metamorphosis

This re-creation of "Metamorphosis" is one of the final piece of my degree show. I found it's interesting to compare the size and materials of two piece together. "Metamorphosis" combines of accidents. I know I can't recreate. Instead I see this as another edition of the original one.  

Remaking of Lava Tree

I am going to remake the Lava Tree (previous post) on a big canvas. I didn't prime the canvas with pumice gel this time and tends to create effect with acrylic. I tested the acrylic effect on small canvas (left) and hope to do the same on the big one. I faced two main problem…

Small Studying Pieces

I want to bring the drawing quality of my sketch to my painting. I decided to work on small pieces so that i can treat them as sketches, less formal but more free and experimental. I primed the wood panel with pumice gel medium using palette knife. The pumice gel is semi-transparent and warm pale…

Study of Graham Sutherland

Graham Sutherland's work on nature is my main reference and inspiration of my paintings. In David Mellor's "The Damned", he described Sutherland's work, "...while roots and branches suggest tangled arms and legs. At times his views open up and close like a human body." In "Sutherland's Metamorphosis", Alexandra Harris said '..Sutherland deals in anthropomorphism, making…

Alienation

  Followed by my previous post of psychedelic colour, here is the development of the work mentioned in the post. After the tutorial, I felt that I should focus on the use of paint instead of playing with the colour (maybe later). I dilute the paint with mediums, so that I can loose my stroke…

Ink on Canvas

I usually paint on the canvas directly without doing any outline. Acrylic's quick drying property and high coverage makes it easy to cover and change unwanted paint. But it is also this property making my image so solid that it lost its unpredictable fun. So now I am back to outline with ink pen, and…

Psychedelic Colour in Kokkoku

Lately I watched an amazing anime called Kokkoku (Moment by Moment)  which talks about some people are able to enter a phrase called 'Stasis' where time and everything goes extra slow like it's stopped, but these people can still move in normal speed and live in this time frame. This anime caught my attention not only because…

Attempting on Oil Paint

In the tutorial with Simon Callery, He pointed out the my paintings is more like images. What he meant was the objects in my work always come with sharp and clean edge, they are like images putting on there but not as part of the painting. He said I should try on wet paint like oil…

Seeking the Drawing Quality in Painting

The problem I am facing now is that I don't know how to bring the drawing quality of my sketch to my paintings. I think the watery effect will be very helpful but I have to figure out how to do it on the object I depicted. I decided to work on canvas, wood and…