These photos were taken as our collaborative work; Grace and Jubilee made the dresses they modeled for, Tze She did the photography and Hui Sze edited the photos.
The Ancient’s Edge
Puah Hui Sze
Gel ink pen, poster paint, water colour, glitter glue
2010
This is a painting of a temple in Taiwan. It was actually painted from a photo my mother took when she was in Taiwan. I first used a 3B pencil to draw the outlines of the temple, then, I used a black pen to sort of trace and add in the ‘dynamics’. The “dynamics” refer to the sketchy and really fast and edgy lines with varying thickness and texture. The drawing was then painted using water colour as the base, and the details were added using diluted poster paints. The Ancient’s Edge was a challenge as I used limited colours of diluted poster paints: dark olive green, apple green, dirty green, white, moss green, blue, red and brown. The colours used may be strange as the majority is green. Even the dark brown I used to paint the bricks was also the result of mixing moss green and red. Thus, this painting enabled me to explore the possibilities of using limited number of colours to create several other colours. I tried to make the colours appear as though they were being smudged and Photoshop-edited-image effect. I changed the ruined portion of the temple by simplifying it, deleting the other extra lines, leaving the essentials. I purposely added glitter on the outlines of relieves so as to draw the attention of viewers. I made the relieves as the focal points as I want viewers to know that this is a stylized piece of artwork, which the image of the temple is quite prominent in proving so. I thought that quite a number of artists may paint this temple as realistically as possible, thus, I wish to differ. I made the temple look as simple as possible, concentrating on the overall rather than going into the details of the form.
Family
Puah Hui Sze
Pencil, coloured pencils
2003
This piece of artwork is a portrait of my family on a bridge. The background is a blue sky, with white clouds, two birds and an aeroplane. The colour of the sky was coloured lightly using light blue. In the foreground, there is a wooden bridge on the grey pavement. This bridge is actually the one in my uncle’s condominium in Choa Chu Kang. I had some difficulty in drawing the curve of the base of the bridge, thus, the arc drawn was not smooth. The form of the bridge is defined, but the colour is flat, hence, the bridge is more 2-dimensional. The pavement appears to have a rough texture as I coloured the pavement using different amounts of strength, to make darker tones of grey at some parts on the pavement. In the foreground, there is a grass patch and a portion of pond drawn. The grass patch was made up of strokes of various shades of green, giving the effect of solidity. The animals in the pond are engaging in their activities. I drew speech bubbles and thinking bubbles to show even more clearly on what the animals are doing. The animals also appear flat as the colours were untreated and there were no colour gradations.
Fruit Basket
Puah Hui Sze
Poster paint, pencil
2005
In this piece of artwork, there are patches of colours with different patterns. These patterns were made using wooden chopstick to draw on wet poster paint. This piece of artwork is quite different from all the artworks I have done. This was considered as a daring attempt. This is because I only used sponge to dab on the fresh-the-tube poster paint and applied directly onto the drawing paper. After that, I used a wooden chopstick to create patterns on the wet paint. The final dab of coffee brown was portrayed as a house, and the pther dabs f paint represent the path back home. Each step is unique on its own, with varying patterns. I used my finger to paint the pond, to give the unfinished texture. The two ducks are complementary to the pond as the forms of the ducks are not detailed and refined. The colour of the ducks is also rather flat. To make the grass look alive, I used a comb, dip it into green poster paint and used the comb to stroke on th edrawing paper. It gave a unique effect and the tones of green varied, giving the grass its form. This artwork's simplicity is what makes it the striking one.
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