S T U D I E S

2012 —13

The National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia—where I began looking at objects with a deeper perspective. I allowed myself to freely explore the drawing medium throughout the academics. I took along alot with me ever since that I have yet to uncover in depth, which I shall continue to branch out and explore.

A coloured drawing of ceramic and sculptural objects using conte and charcoal pencils.

A view of the art school during an outdoor drawing class.

Quick two minute sketches were usually intimidating, challenging and fun.

I put together a few watercolour drawings created using plant seeds and other dried organic materials as found around my beautiful campus.

Tree Project was a project that I explored drawing various trees with. This made me look at the diversity of trees around my locality. I sketched various trees throughout this 124 paged, cartridge A4 sketchbook here. To me each drawing is a memorable reminder of the nature rich and biodiverse that surrounded me at the time.

Tree Things To Remember was part 2 to the project exploring the drawing of trees. I placed an emphasis on the relationship of organisms mimicking the visual formation of trees.

On Time was a project based on the notion of time. This A5 sized spiralbound sketchbook with a canvas wrapped cover inspired me to do an illustration on it using oils. I playfully expressed a concept of movement and age.

On Time 2: Recorder was part 2 to my project on the notion of time. This A4 sized, 124 paged, cartridge hardbound sketchbook was fun to fill up. I enjoyed the process and observed a steady improvement in the quality of my lines as I progressed.

As also mentioned by me in the book itself, I record time encapsulating the stages of life and was inspired by contour drawing. I fixated on feelings from the subconscious for direction—my meditative art practice for line drawing. The journey recorded moods of hard times and death.