Eye Check

Wednesday... trying to make the best out of it, but haha, still kind of slacked through... T_T Anyways, the day started off with meeting Yin Huey for the writing assignment group work. Some argument essay to write, so we sat down in Teck Whye CC's mac for a small discussion. (Haha, the great thing about both of us living nearby.) It took about an hour half to come to an agreement on the idea. Hopefully we can get the essay out by this week... deadline feels tight, especially when there are many other stuff to be done... >_<

After that, I headed off to the nearby specs shop to get my eyes checked by the optometrist... Have been seeing sudden blurred images these while. Though I found it cool at first (waaa, sudden real-time-on-the-spot motion blur!), the rate of occurance is starting to alarm me. Besides, whenever i put my glasses on these days, I felt some strain around my eyes, wondered if it's time to get some new lenses... Surprisingly, the check came out fine. My vision mantained at the same degree, so there was no need to get new specs. But I need to wear my old one more frequently now... probably even when I'm out walking on the street. T_T Astigmatism, it seems, has worsen. Didn't like that... and came home searching out on the net if there was any way to stop it from getting worse, or even heal it back slowly. Seems like it's just gonna be bad all the way unless I got for laser... which is just too extreme for a small case ba.

Time to be a good rabbit and munch carrots.... T_T Nyaaahhh........

1st Oil Painted Portraiture

Wee.... portraiture for today's painting class. It was my fist time painting while standing up, probably a much more liberal position to paint, though the problem of organising my materials and brushes was a little problematic. Since it's a one off thing, we had to finish the painting within the 2 hours. I thought I'll overshoot the timing, but hey, I placed my last brushstroke about half an hour earlier. Won't say it's a brilliant work, but at least I found my way of working around the painting. Didn't feel as lost as I did last week.

This few weeks would be a bit more slack... but I sense a big wave coming soon... Gonna try clear as much as possible these days.

Rainy day...

The morning started all rainy, with some lightning and thunder. Pretty big rain, so decided to stay at home to study accounting instead of heading for school. Ah well... failed the mcq quiz by 1 mark. Kind of sad there, but must admit that I didn't study well for it. The questions were very indirect, which asks one to be really familiar with their concepts instead of dead math. Haiz... to think that my maths was really bad there too, so guess it was doubly hard....

Pretty depressed, wondering if I should go do painting there. I'm aware that my mood can affect those colors pretty badly, bringing about muddy and heavy colors, and not to forget that I get lost in oil painting easily... Somehow, a part of me wondered what would become of the artwork if I did go paint it at that time. Besides, I have to finish it by this week... They are gonna start on the nude model next week, no time for this still life by then.



Guess I really got lost in the painting process. Had a hard time with the cloth and kept meddling it, until I decided that it'll drag on till late if I don't stop correcting it. Went to the marbles, which was a headache, and I end up slapping all sorts of colors there. Wonder is it because of the overall dull tones surrounding the marbles that made them stand out. It was unintentional, but I guess that's what you get from a bright pink, yellow and deep prussian blue palette, and some burnt sienna too, lol. Feels like a dead serious vs playful painting. Regret putting that marble in the corner, maybe I'll erase it next time.

Drift and drift

Toraoh from Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru!! Haiz... I'm getting very restless these days. Feels like I have a lot to do yet dun feel like doing them. Was trying to draw the artworks for huiying's project, but just couldn't settle down and do it well. Many blocks there, keep getting stuck. Accounts quiz tomorrow!! Die liao.... I wonder how much I can remember, totally not confident there, since I hardly touched the textbook eversince I felt it's just too much info. Argh...
End up digging the old anime out to watch. A bit. Lol... (argh, I just realised that the date is written wrongly.... I'm still living in september I guess..... T_T)



On to the fourth still life oil painting. This time, we borrowed the previous set-up of another fellow module-mate, and painted it. Kind of fun, but I find myself in the distress mode everytime I start a new painting. It's the kind of 'I dunno where to start from' feeling, and everything is a doodle. On top of that, I started with a new palette, one which I'm not very sure if it can work out, cos the red is bright pinkish, the blue is an extremely dark prussian and the yellow is all bright like lemon. Kinda freaky handling a new palette...



Guess I need to tell myself to just anyhow paint there next time and care about the shades after that. See how it turns out tomorrow ba!