Project #004. Paint With Soft Pastel And Color Pencil

Paint with pastel is a little bit messy, but faster than oil paint and acrylic,

yet the effect is good.

This project is to emulate a painting from great artist, with soft pastel.

How to do it:

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   Sketch the figure with blue color pencil.


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   Start from the face, then the body. Use color pencil to draw the detail.



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   Fill the background with soft pastel, then the figure. In the same time with applying pastel, you may need some tissue paper or your finger to assist you to get a better effect. Be careful of each applying color. Apply the brighter color first, then the darker one. This will help you to control the effect more confidently.


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   Well, it's easy and fun, right?

Project #003. Decorative Lamp-Blossom

Blossom Lamp

I wonder if I could make a special decorative lamp for Christmas. This will have more fun and increase the joy of this season. So I decided to use some simple material to make a unique decorative lamp. The whole idea is come from the shape of flower, that's why "Blossom Lamp" is named.

Things you'll need: 4 Branches (30" long), 12 steel wire (30" long), teflon tape, a box of mini-lights.

How to make it:

1. Let's make the stand of the lamp first. Wrap the whole branch with teflon tape. Repeat the step for the rest. Arrange the four branches as able to stand itself and tie them with teflon tape.

2. To make the lamp shade. Bend the wire into round shape and wrap with teflon tape. Repeat the rest. Make 12 similar circles. hold them together and tie the center with teflon tape. slowly spread each circle in clockwise direction until it looks like a flower shape.

3. Put the "flower shade" on the stand.

4. The last step is to put on the mini-lights, you may tie the mini-lights on the stand when needed.

Tips:

• Mini-lights is easy to get during Christmas season, and that's many options in types and colors.
  
• You can replace teflon tape to floral tape.


• You may adjust the length of the branches. It depends you want a table decorative lamp or a floor decorative lamp.
  
  
  
  
  

Project #002.CD Coastal

This project is fun yet easy. From impressionism, abstract to modern art.

Let's your imagination begin...

Things you'll need : old cds, acrylic paint, brushes, hot glue, grove.

How to make it :

1. Clean the surface of the cd.



2. Use the non-shiny side. Warm up the hot glue before starting to draw with it. slowly applying hot glue on the cd, imagine you are using a pen to draw some nice drawing on the cd. Be extra careful of the hot part of the glue gun, wearing grove is a good idea to protect your hands.
   
   
3. When the glue dried. Apply acrylic paint on the glue. Adding water is not necessary during cd painting, two or three layers may apply as your desired. leave it aside and let it dry for about 60 minutes. In the same time, you may start to draw another master piece.












4. Hot glue is another idea as a support of the cd. Just apply a small amount of hot glue on the bottom of the cd (as picture shown). You may measure 4 equally angle to get a good balance of support.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Repeat for the remain cds, so you'll have a series of your own collection coasters.

Enjoy~

Project #001 - The Creative Art of Aluminum

The Warrior

The Swimmer


The Ballet Dancer



Snow White and An Apple




Sheep

Chicken wire is a well-known marerial for the use of sculpturing beautiful artwork.

I would like to introduce another material - aluminum foil. By wrapping aluminum foil on the chicken wire, we can create a fresh image of a sculpture.

This project is simple, yet fun hobby. The necessary materials are cheap and can be obtained at most hardware or home improvement store.

Are you ready? Let's start the project now~

Project : Sheep

Things you'll need:

• 1"-or 2"-gauge chicken wire.


• Wire cutters.


• Flat nose pliers, round nose pliers, chain nose pliers.


• Nail and hammer


• Working gloves


• Hot glue gun


• Foam board (this is use as the base of the artwork. Use wood base for better support if you plan to create a bigger artwork).


• Aluminum foil (I use 66.66yd x 12"aluminum foil here), select those for more durable and stronger aluminum foil will be more easy to form the shape.

How to make it:

1. Use wire cutter to cut a piece of 8"x10"chicken wire( I use 1"x1" hex chicken wire here).


2. Form the chicken wire into a oval shape. Twist, bend and wrap the wire around each other by using pliers. (Please visit http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5663990_make-wire-art.html for more technique of bending chicken wire).


3. Now the body of sheep had form. Remember to built a leg for the sheep, it is important to create a space for a nail, you may need to fix the sculpture by pounding it on the wood.


4. Cut a piece of aluminum foil to wrap the whole sheep, some area may use more layers(for better effect, you can create some texture by simply using hands before wrap the aluminum on the sheep). Use hot glue to firm the aluminum foil.


5. To create the puffy effect of the sheep. Cut the aluminum foil into pieces of 2"x2" size, roll into ball shape. Stick all the aluminum balls on the sheep until cover up the whole body.


6. Now you have your sheep done~

Tips and warning: Be careful of the sharp edges of the cut wires as they can cause painful scratches. Wear gloves and long-sleeved shirt when using chicken wire.

Relationship, 2010

Introduction

Can you imagine a world without colors? It will be boring and lifeless. Color can attract or repel. It contains emotion. There is no doubt that color can affect us psychologically.

White color plays a main character in this sculpture. It brings out a harmony atmosphere between the sculpture and the environment.

By applying primary colors: red, blue and yellow, partially on the objects will provide a better rhythm and increase the balancing among the whole sculpture.

The use of irregular shape and grid in the framework gives different perspectives by looking at different angles as you walk around the sculpture.

A little bit of comic, a little bit of color, and a little bit of abstract.

Let's start imagination here...

http://insidemcc.blogspot.com/2010/11/mcc-lonview-student-ready-to-display.html

Scale model of the artwork "Relationship".






Model of the suggestion site for installation artwork.











Material : Found metal.









Skill : Welding, cutting, torching, grinding.



Installation work in progress...









A view of the sculpture.

Hi! Happy Thanksgiving. Just...don't let me be your chicken soup, OK?

Materials : Welded metal, steel wire, fluoropolymer, wood, paper mache, acrylic and paint.

Exhibition Date: 17th November - 8th December

Location : MCC, Longview College, Library

Color's Talk

How to obtain the desired color

A particular color is defined by three aspects that define it: tone/hue, saturation, and value.

Tone, is the quality of the color. It defines the color's position in the color wheel: green, blue, violet, yellow, and so on. Changing the tone or hue describes the direction in which the color goes in the wheel, making it bluer, redder, more orange...

Saturation, describes the intensity of the color. A saturated color does not have any presence whatsoever of either its complement or black. It is a pure color. on the other hand, when the chromatic intensity is reduced, we say that the resulting color is neutral. A neutral color is a passive color that has a grayer tone, which is created by mixing a color with its complement.

Value, defines the degree of luminosity. White is added to make a color lighter without changing its tone, and black, or its complement, to make it darker.

Complementary And Adjacent Colors

There are two types of relationships between colors in the color wheel: complementary and adjacent. Two colors are complementary when they are located opposite each other in the circle - green and red, blue and orange, yellow and violet. Adjacent colors are those found next to each other - red and orange, yellow and green, and so on. These two relationships are the foundation for mixing colors; that is, they tell us how to change the color hue, making it darker or grayer.