I felt that this essay is essential to future academic progression as it has determined the field of my interest and major research direction. The essay was… Read more “The Transformation of Cornish Landscape Identity in the Perspective of Landscape Painting”
Tag: landscape
Reflective Journal Week 47, 16 Aug – 22 Aug 2020
When I talked about challenging the idea “the landscape only Cornish people would understand”, Alfred Wallis often popped out as the example of indigenous eye. I read… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 47, 16 Aug – 22 Aug 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 46, 9 Aug – 15 Aug 2020
“I want my audiences to achieve a mutual understanding by finding their common appreciation to a landscape or via the awe to nature.” The feedback of the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 46, 9 Aug – 15 Aug 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 45, 2 Aug – 8 Aug 2020
Installing Wind from St Ives was challenging. This pandemic situation significantly limited spacious options I possessed. There were a few abandoned conceptions before the exhibition proposal was… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 45, 2 Aug – 8 Aug 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 43, 19 July – 25 July 2020
Day 1 A typical day of Ce Chen, filled with random ideas and senseless thoughts. Day 2 Sea Wind to St Ives As I stated in yesterday’s video… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 43, 19 July – 25 July 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 41, 5 July – 11 July 2020
Irrelevant but worth talking about:My series of doodles was requested to engage in mental recovery therapy service of Shaoxing’s No.7 Hospital. I am glad that my work… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 41, 5 July – 11 July 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 36, 31 May – 6 June 2020
Week 36 began with continuous experiments of salting natural objects. The dryness of the air and early summer temperature arranged a suitable environment for drying flowers. Also,… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 36, 31 May – 6 June 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 35, 24 May – 30 May 2020
The major interest of this week is in making reflective surfaces on those salted crafts. Glistening waves that illuminated by light shines through the rifts in the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 35, 24 May – 30 May 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 32, 3 May – 9 May 2020
Except “a depressing, endless rain that easily can ruin your vacation and blur everything into each other”, what else natural element could stand for the distinctiveness of… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 32, 3 May – 9 May 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 31, 26 Apr – 2 May 2020
It Rains in Mount’s Bay Today is a series of watercolour painting about heavy foggy rain on various perspective points from Newlyn to Marazion. It emphasis the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 31, 26 Apr – 2 May 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 29, 12 Apr – 18 Apr 2020
Random thought: How are you going to depict Cornish landscape? The phase historians use to talk about indigenous painters like Alfred Wallis and Peter Lanyon is always… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 29, 12 Apr – 18 Apr 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 27, 29 Mar – 4 Apr 2020
Sunset Safari above St Ives This watercolour painting is based on my previous experience in west Cornwall. It is a development on my understanding of Peter Lanyon’s… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 27, 29 Mar – 4 Apr 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 26, 22 Mar – 28 Mar 2020
I took an experimental step in this week’s physical practice. I destroy one of the previous work after recognising “outsider’s perspective” may have a substantial impact on… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 26, 22 Mar – 28 Mar 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 23, 1 Mar – 7 Mar 2020
Some thoughts from 2nd Feb’s seminar given by Mr Mark Fairninton were finally organised. Subjective Manipulation Subjective Manipulation is the process of over-lay the painkter’s own ideas/understanding/emotional… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 23, 1 Mar – 7 Mar 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 17, 19 Jan – 25 Jan 2020
A briefed outline of a research direction has been shaped during this week. I understand a lot of work is required to narrow it down so I… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 17, 19 Jan – 25 Jan 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 15, 5 Jan – 11 Jan 2020
Painting process finished on this week precisely. These works were scanned and edited to recover its original colour on Photoshop, then uploaded to the InDesign file. I… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 15, 5 Jan – 11 Jan 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 13, 22 Dec – 28 Dec 2019
In Reflective Journal Week 2, I wrote about the Chinese people’s obsession with the ownership of a piece of land. “I guess my nostalgia feeling regarding the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 13, 22 Dec – 28 Dec 2019”
From Zuheors to Cuckmere, Jan 2020
From Zuheros to Cuckmere was produced as the outcome of the first unit of my study in Camberwell College of Art. The project consists of two parts:… Read more “From Zuheors to Cuckmere, Jan 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 12, 15 Dec – 21 Dec 2019
The major contribution of the week was the confirmation on technical parameters of book designs. According to the previous plan, I have designed two formats, Royale and… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 12, 15 Dec – 21 Dec 2019”
Reflective Journal Week 11, 8 Dec – 14 Dec 2019
The pop-up show was fine. I missed the opening talk and the toast; I was busy running down block A, consulting tutors of printmaking, graphic design and… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 11, 8 Dec – 14 Dec 2019”
Reflective Journal Week 8, 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2019
A fascinating opportunity was given to visit Mark Fairnington’s workspace in East London. His work and statements regarding his preference of a realistic painting style as partly… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 8, 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2019”
Reflective Journal Week 7, 10 Nov – 16 Nov 2019
The week started with producing a basic preparation if the human figure will be added into the project. The character design finished quickly, and the scene in the background was chosen and sketched. I specifically looked into works of Steve Hanks for gorgeous, naturally composited female figures. Works of Jacob Schikaneder and Abbott Fuller Graves […]
Reflective Journal Week 5, 27 Oct – 2 Nov
The last weekend was spent on pushing the deadline of proposal submission. I have to admit that I do miss stay up all night studying. Can be… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 5, 27 Oct – 2 Nov”
Reflective Journal Week 4, 20 Oct – 26 Oct 2019
One of the major outcomes of the fourth week was the essential supports of the determination of producing a book. I have decided to demonstrate the distinctiveness of the two regions through comparison. The specific method would be arranging them in a particular order. As I have decided it will be a nonlinear sequence, I […]
Reflective Journal Week 3, 13 Oct – 19 Oct 2019
The first group crit revealed severe problems. After installing works on the wall, on the first glaze, they looked beautiful; however, any closer look at the presentation… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 3, 13 Oct – 19 Oct 2019”
Reflective Journal Week 2, 6 Oct – 12 Oct, 2019
Developments envisaged in the previous week started the second week in Camberwell. While working on new pieces with a stable efficiency, I can’t help to notice there… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 2, 6 Oct – 12 Oct, 2019”
Tootings before Autumn, Sept 2019
After receiving the offer from Camberwell College of Art in Feb, I should have entered a period of stable work-producing and self-learning. What I did not foresee… Read more “Tootings before Autumn, Sept 2019”
Ich hab die Nacht geträumte 02, Feb 2019.
Another eposide of Unlloped Moments of Life has started! I am thinking about a full focus on recording ordinary scenarios of life in China. Unlike those fancy… Read more “Ich hab die Nacht geträumte 02, Feb 2019.”
Burning of Fields, Colour of Rocks, Nov 2018.
In some rural areas of China, it is very common for farmers to burn plantation waste like rice straws after harvesting crops. They use ash afterwards to… Read more “Burning of Fields, Colour of Rocks, Nov 2018.”
Ich hab die Nacht geträumte 01, Nov 2018.
The project was designed to oppose the flooded Titty Tainment in China. Footages have been collected since 2014. The project was firstly published on TikTok, a Chinese… Read more “Ich hab die Nacht geträumte 01, Nov 2018.”
Los Fragmentos del Albaicín, Two Sides of Dreams, Sept 2018.
A joyful experience is unavoidably going to fade. Your memories started being blurred, details are gone, like falling rain through a sewer. Soon, scenes you have gone… Read more “Los Fragmentos del Albaicín, Two Sides of Dreams, Sept 2018.”
Los Fragmentos del Albaicín Part 2, Sept 2018.
Initially, there will be no change of colour in the project, but this plan became expired on the third day of the first stage of Los Fragmentos… Read more “Los Fragmentos del Albaicín Part 2, Sept 2018.”
Los Fragmentos del Albaicín Part 1, Sept 2018.
Los Fragmentos del Albaicín is a project that I have been planning since the major success of 25 Pieces of Romanticism. The original idea was to reproduce… Read more “Los Fragmentos del Albaicín Part 1, Sept 2018.”
Visual Diaries about Córdoba And The Way to Granada, Aug 2018.
The exhibion was finished. The town mayor gifted me several souvenirs and a certificate of appreciation. I have to point it out now that, I have only… Read more “Visual Diaries about Córdoba And The Way to Granada, Aug 2018.”
Drawing with Dots: Una Mirada A Andalucía, July 2018.
According to the date that recorded in the photo data of the first image, I started this pen dot sketch on 31st May. The process has lasted… Read more “Drawing with Dots: Una Mirada A Andalucía, July 2018.”
El Reino Entre Olivares, The Self-made Colour I Mentional So Much About, July 2018.
Finally comes to the work that applied the paint I talked about so much. The first stage of this piece, right after a two-days effort of drawing… Read more “El Reino Entre Olivares, The Self-made Colour I Mentional So Much About, July 2018.”
Granada: The First Experience, Mar 2018.
I Apologies because the date should be Mar 2017, I posted it in the correct order but somehow it ended up in ‘drafts’. I had to change… Read more “Granada: The First Experience, Mar 2018.”
Six Tiny Pieces of Oil Paintings, and Two Watercolours for the Exhibition, June 2018.
Two watercolour paintings for decorative purpose were creadted. Sometimes I relatively enjoy creating works that only for recording the beauty of natural, or an ordinary scenerio, instead… Read more “Six Tiny Pieces of Oil Paintings, and Two Watercolours for the Exhibition, June 2018.”
Mañana de Las Luces, May 2018.
Here’s what I am most proud of in my landscape watercolour, Mañana de Las Luces. The painting successfully touched El Ayuntamiento de Zuheros, and they offered me… Read more “Mañana de Las Luces, May 2018.”
El Castillo de Zuheros, Apr 2018.
Remember the time I said that Zuheros might invite me to a personal exhibition? I actually got the invitation after showing the half-finished Mañana de Las Luces,… Read more “El Castillo de Zuheros, Apr 2018.”
Westerminster in Fog, Mar 2018
As usually, some materials had been added to the ink I used to make it thicker enough to express the strength of the building. Also it made… Read more “Westerminster in Fog, Mar 2018”
25 Pieces of Romanticism, the Inspiration of Desperation Archive, Nov 2016.
The last project of the first semester of level 6. It symbolised the idea of old-school/classical style has occupied a considerable part of my work. Sometimes I… Read more “25 Pieces of Romanticism, the Inspiration of Desperation Archive, Nov 2016.”
Shades of Granada, Feb 2018.
The series tried out use different style and materials to reproduce four random views of the Alhambra. Various materials like highlighting with mineral colour, blending pencil… Read more “Shades of Granada, Feb 2018.”
The Plaza beneath The Castle of Zuheros, Jan 2018.
Before The Plaza beneath The Castle of Zuheros, I barely put attention into the form of displaying my work visually. Mostly, after I finished a piece,… Read more “The Plaza beneath The Castle of Zuheros, Jan 2018.”
Oh Hello! Tiny Pieces Again! Oct 2017.
The project was designed for practising producing strong visual communications through watercolour painting on a very limited size of paper. Training myself to demonstrate preciseness on a… Read more “Oh Hello! Tiny Pieces Again! Oct 2017.”
Senza Titolo: East Sussex, July 2017.
After those single-colour watercolour paintings became a major success, I have been considering producing some more. This project was designed to display my understanding of countryside views… Read more “Senza Titolo: East Sussex, July 2017.”
Senza Titolo:CN, A Decent Exploration of Single Colour Watercolour, Nostalgia and Chinese Simplism, Jan 2017.
The project shows several natural scenes of mangrove forest near Shaoxing, China and landscapes of West Lake, Hangzhou. Inspirations were gained from traditional Chinese painting’s ink landscape… Read more “Senza Titolo:CN, A Decent Exploration of Single Colour Watercolour, Nostalgia and Chinese Simplism, Jan 2017.”
Level 5 Option, Go Wild, April 2016.
I have to say, Level 5 Option class, which is full about life drawing and field trip, has been the most interesting course I have ever experienced.… Read more “Level 5 Option, Go Wild, April 2016.”
Development of Single-Colour Watercolour after Cornwall, March 2016.
After got back from Cornwall, I found watercolour is suitable for me to sketch a scene with proper construct of light contrast, volume and space. Therefore a… Read more “Development of Single-Colour Watercolour after Cornwall, March 2016.”
The Beginning of Everything, Feb 2016.
At the evening of a cold winter night in Feb 2016, the radiator in the old studio apartment I rent refused to be functioning properly, again. It… Read more “The Beginning of Everything, Feb 2016.”
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