Buddha

"Buddha"

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: 18" x 24"

Date Created: April 2009

The first painting to leave the Thirumal household. the FIRST painting not hanging on the Thirumal wall of art.(not that there's much white spaces left on that silly wall!)

So yeah... the painting went to the person who inspires me in many ways. not just inspired me to do this painting, but to be who i am today and what i believe in as well as what i hope to become. She's a breath-taking dancer, has a melliflous voice, and doesnt hesitate to dream BIG! This is me being mega modest btw.

So this post is dedicated to Teacher Bavani, whom i'm to call Akka. =P

If u EVER read this...

I LOVE YOUUU! =)

I was tagged bookworm. Seriously. Seriously! Seriously?

"Child"

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Dimension: 18" x 24"

Date created: March 2009

The title could be a little less obvious but nothing interesting comes to mind. Comments please? I already got one about her skin colour not being right.. LOL. And another on how her face is still too clean. Don't worry..I can handle wtv u throw at me. T'will lead to improvements.

Vanu is excited. Ask me why?

Impressionisme

Before i bore you with a little edu on impressionisme, try this:







HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT?

1. Without anyone watching you (they will think you are GOOFY) and while sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction. I told you so!!! And there's nothing you can do about it! You and I both know how stupid it is, but before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.


(I wonder if my ambidextrous math teacher can prove this wrong?)






So... IMPRESSIONISME.
Why impressionisme(when my blog clearly says surrealisme)? The simple reason that i'm trying to produce one as we speak and for the past 2 weeks. I'm using oil paints, and it takes forever to dry. So i've to paint the background, leave it for a week before doing any scumbling and even then (sometimes) it's still damp.


*Scumbling- painting thin layers of opaque light colour over dark colours, which gives a broken colour effect. Scumbling is rather like glazing, but with light colours over dark. The colours mix optically rather than on the palette, and the result is shimmery, opalescent. Think of the pearly water surrounding Monet's water lilies.


It's my first time creating this kind of painting but I'll talk about my current piece later.




To many people, my mom included, an impressionist painting is probably the worst type of painting to recieve as a gift. and expecting them to actually hang it up? BhaAh! Unless of course, you pre-inform them that it's by a world famous painter. This is mostly because impressionism has a very spoldgy messy look.


In my opinion though, impressionisme has a very dreamy, dazed or even hazy effect. I would not blame you however if you did indeed say that it's a rubbish technique/form of art because even the masters of art (before degas, renoir and manet) thought this technique was utter nonsense!




It began with Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet in 1874 at the first exhibition of the "society of anonymous painters, sculptors, engravers, etc" It was an early morning landscape of grey mist, silhouettes of boats over water and the sun as a flat orange circle, and traces of it's reflection on the water. It wasn't exactly a painting, more like a sketch, or a free draft in oil. Sounds like something any fool would come up with isn't it? I think it was for that reason that it was rejected many times before the birth of impressionisme.

Within a year or so (due to many pubications) the name "Impressionisme" was an accepted term - the art itself was not! The movement began with a group of 4 students (Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Bazille). They observed nature closely, with a scientific interest in visual phenomena. Although they painted everyday subjects, they avoided the vulgar and ugly, seeking visual realism by extraordinary stylistic means.



In a nut shell, Impressionisme marked the end of the Classical period that began in the Renaissance. If you're REALLY interested... GOOGLE it! U'll be amazed with what you read.

I admire Renoir, for the way he captures light and zOMG the skin! Look at those porcelain human skin! Gorgeous.

I hope u enjoyed this entry as much as i enjoyed enlightening you on the subject. =)

Now i have no other reasons to procrastinate studying for trials.

turah!

Bullshit

My sister had her friends over today. they were making mini cupcakes for her International Understanding Project- to raise funds for the children of Gaza or smtg like that. I support the idea just not this cause. I never intended this blog to potray anything political or contentious, BUT... i have to say that there are ENOUGH ppl helping those in Gaza! What about people everywhere else in the world? What about our neighbouring countries?

Did u not realise that it's only this Gaza incident that's getting so much hoo-ha? every other blinking organisation wants to have a hand in helping them -_-

My two pence? If u want to help someone, do it without discrimination. Read this if you think I'M mad! (Stumbled across it on my sister's friend's blog)

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=0204&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_09.htm

Dreamdreamdream

I was desultorily flipping through the pages of a Nat Geo magazine yesterday, when i came across random pictures of war-stricken children. with pensively sad faces.. sigh. And i couldn't stop thinking about it for quite sometime after.


So after my cousin's wedding, i sat down and sketched a girl. I think she's maybe tibetan or nepalese. The latter is more possible. but i think her chubbyness makes her seem less melancholy. Makes her seem like she's getting enough to eat. Not that eating enough is a problem, i just wanted to convey a pleading sort of tone to her expression..


I couldn't finish it though. Started with the eyes then i felt disconsolate so i simply did the hair and coat. It's sad to think that I have so much. SO SO MUCH. whilst there are those who have nothing to say they have anything! Here it is... You be the judge. Tell me i'm lucid.

Disconsolate Child
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Date Created: (Started) 01/02/2009

Half of me can NEVER see myself selling anything i paint/sketch. I don't sell, I give. To the people i love most mostly. simply because i can never seem to part with something that took so much time to complete(whether it turned out as planned or not)


Yet...


the other half is curious. That half wants to know how much it's worth, if it's even worth anything. Put it amongst the works of monet or renoir or Shanti Marie, and see if it gets picked or even looked at. Heck, put it amongst the works of our own Malaysians! (there's an aweful lot of uncredited talent out there) What a boost of self-confidence that'd be! =)


One can only dream...


Often i joke that since Medical School is soo painfully expensive, I'd sell my canvases for whatever they're worth just to lighten the load on my parent's shoulders. And still i'd probably have to resort to selling one of my kidneys.

But i do dream. I dream that one day i'd have done enough paintings in my free time to exhibit them and sell them. I dream.. of doing a collection of artworks in various medium relating to Dance, God, Music, or anything spiritual and that these pieces will be put for sale outside the hall where i'd perform my Arengetram. Of course the money will go to charity (unless i'm still 'scrooging' for med school!) ;)







Performing my Arengetram (Debutante in Indian Classical Dance) itself is
another dream.

Fairy

Fairy

Medium: Fabric Paint on Fabric

Date creatred: 17/01/2009

The spaces between our fingers were created so that another person's fingers could fill them in.

Truth. Beauty. Freedom. Love.

The greatest thing, you'll ever learn... is to love, and be loved in return.

Something Random.. Once Upon A Time
Medium: Pencil on Paper

"Do you know what the most beautiful word in the English language is?" "Mellifluous"

Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009. It was nice while it lasted. But the holidays could have stretched just a little longer! Twas a quiet Christmas...(Simply because everyone was everywhere) and a family oriented NYE. I would have enjoyed it if not for the spliting headache i had fr 11smtg til midnight whereby i said HAPPY NEW YEAR and Goodnight to my family members. I seriously hope those superstitions are just that. Silly Superstitions. You know the one.. abt how u spend your new years day will most prob reflect how the rest of that year will turn out. because i simply CANNOT live with these head-splitting-aches everyday for the next 362 days.

On another note... i visited the Siddarthan Home in SS3. The children are remarkable. Super friendly. You can't help but fall in love with everyone of them instantly. I know now where to spend my idling time before med school. ;) One of my many resolutions this year, is to help there as much as i can. the others include sleeping 7hours, doing yoga, speaking tamil and doing a charcoal artpiece. oh and going to India and of course getting into Med School. I've decided. THAT is my goal! yes...THAT!

Random pix of Dec:

Cupcakes we made just for fun... Christmas-y and pretty yes?

Nish & Nats peering through the glass at Ann amidst her singing class



My new baby..which unfortunately gets refered to as an Ipod most of the time.

Btw, the genius got 7A's. So we HAD to celebrate despite the fact that mom was sick!

the other one. i forget her name. No kidding. Her first attempt at baking. and it was darn good if i do say so myself! mMMmm..