El pasado sábado, nuestra tercera clase de español, “Los Colores de la Vida” estuvo llena de emociones. Iniciamos con una práctica sobre las partes del cuerpo que aprendimos la semana anterior, lo hicimos mediante el juego “Simón dice…” una vez los alumnos … Continue reading Colors of Life, Spanish for Mandarin Speakers – Week 3
第一週上課，我們簡單介紹了”Drawing”跟”素描” 的定義，並討論其可能性。Drawing的範圍可以很廣泛，從西洋美術史來看，最早可以追溯到30,000年前洞窟中發現的壁畫。當時的人類就會用圖像的方式來紀錄打獵的過程。近代把素描當成是練習或訓練的工具，用來當成習作，其實只是素描的其中一種用途。當代的藝術裡，有許多藝術家也開始用Drawing來創作，並且不停挑戰它的定義。 其實Drawing本身是很直覺的表現，看看兒童的繪畫就知道。孩子們拿起筆就可以畫，每一張圖就是一張Drawing。所以我們的課程，就是要讓大家拾起繪畫的信心，找到一個可以重新觀看、表達自己、記錄生活的方式。 接著我們簡單介紹了畫素描的材料：鉛筆 & 擦子。學員拿到的鉛筆有6隻，從HB到6B不等。H (Hard)代表硬度，B (Black) 代表含石墨的量越高，而B前面的數字愈高，筆蕊就愈黑，也愈軟。HB是最常用來書寫的鉛筆號數，也可以拿來當畫草稿的筆。畫素描時我們常用的則是B與2B。擦子的話，用硬的普通橡皮擦還有軟橡皮(kneaded eraser)一起使用最好。 最後我們做了明暗的練習，用兩種不同的方法來畫灰階。第一種方法是改變下筆的力道，產生深淺變化。第二種方法是重疊。很多同學也完成了立方體的線條與明暗觀察，甚至還畫出了影子。 點擊這裡看課程slide內容
“During our last class participants played bingo while learning Spanish words for the parts of the body. It was a time of fun and enjoyable practice. We also reviewed the colors and presentations of the previous week.We made a … Continue reading The Colors of Life – Week 2
Our Time Together Performing I can mentally picture people gathering their belongings, checking their stoves carefully, making sure that they have their keys and their IDs with them, and putting cough drops and metro cards in their bags. Most … Continue reading Our Time Together Performing with Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful
In our first class, we focused on creating a pleasant and friendly relationship between all the participants as we understand that is the key to a deeper learning in the short term workshop. Students learned and practiced the … Continue reading The Colors of Life, Spanish for Mandarin Speakers – Week 1
Today’s class was very special because it was the last session, and we had an opening reception of the students’ photos. Today was the culmination of a nine sessions cycle in which each student had a personal learning process: experimenting and … Continue reading LIC, MI BARRIO – WEEK 9
In today’s class, we made a visit to the Met Museum, which is located in Upper East Side, Manhattan, for most of us the first time. At the beginning we enjoy the Roman marbles, photographing the textures and the light. … Continue reading LIC, MI BARRIO – WEEK 8
In class today we had the opportunity to share some thoughts and conclusions on each personal experience before and after this photography workshop. One student said: “before this workshop, I thought the photography was just to register events and parties, … Continue reading LIC, MI BARRIO – WEEK 7
Time flies by, we reached our last workshop day! We had a small critic looking pieces that were made during the course, to reflect on all the processes experienced during classes such as the moldings in oily clay, water-based clay … Continue reading The Space in Between-Week 6
Today is the last day of Ebb and Flow: Drawing Sound workshop. The participants climbed a constant uphill learning a somewhat new field in art practice. Six weeks was not enough to understand how electronics work from the bottom up. … Continue reading EBB AND FLOW: DRAWING SOUND: WEEK 6
