“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”
Tag: watercolour
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 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 30, 19 Apr – 25 Apr 2020
Most of the physical practice were experiments of placing figures in the landscape. I intended to create neutral objects that represent the real relationship between human and… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 30, 19 Apr – 25 Apr 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 21, 16 Feb – 22 Feb 2020
Despite the fact that it was relatively narrowed, “to produce Cornish landscape in the Hudson River School’s idealised landscape” is barely close to the essence of this… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 21, 16 Feb – 22 Feb 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 20, 9 Feb – 15 Feb 2020
I was genuinely intrigued by the idea of “idealised landscape” among the Hudson River School and its contemporaneous art movements like Barbizon School, Newlyn School, etc. Noticing… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 20, 9 Feb – 15 Feb 2020”
Reflective Journal: Periodic Summary, Week 16 – Week 31
The theme of the current stage is exploring the connection between landscape, culture and identity. With a specific interest in Penwith Peninsula, I have been working on… Read more “Reflective Journal: Periodic Summary, Week 16 – Week 31”
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”
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 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 9, 24 Nov – 30 Nov 2019
Week 9, and very likely the following week will reduce my attendance to an extremely low result. A pop-up show will be arranged in two weeks, and… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 9, 24 Nov – 30 Nov 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 6, 3 Nov – 9 Nov 2019
After a week and a half, the second individual work of the project was finished. I further developed the washing technique on my watercolour to create a… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 6, 3 Nov – 9 Nov 2019”
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 1, 29 Sept – 5 Oct, 2019
Reflective Journal Week 1, 29 Sept – 5 Oct, 2019 Although the very first project has not been briefed yet, there is no reason to pause producing… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 1, 29 Sept – 5 Oct, 2019”
Reflective Journal Week 00, 15 Sept – 21 Sept, 2019
Reflective Journal Week 00, 15 Sept – 21 Sept, 2019 In the spirit of learning, I initiated journalising on the day I arrived in London. Please be… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 00, 15 Sept – 21 Sept, 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”
Olives of Córdoba, Jan 2019.
Olives of Córdoba is a project consists of eight pieces of watercolour paintings. Judging from painting technique side, it is an experiment whether the style project Zhivago… Read more “Olives of Córdoba, Jan 2019.”
Holy Site 01: An Old Grocery Store, Dec 2018.
The first piece of holy site series has painted the scene of an old grocery store in memory of an old convenient shop of my hometown.… Read more “Holy Site 01: An Old Grocery Store, Dec 2018.”
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.”
Mercury Dice, A Spray in Chinese Equality Movements, Oct 2018.
Yes, I do sometimes produce work reflect politics. Mercury Dice was one of my best. It was viciously reported on a Chinese media platform similar to Tumblr.… Read more “Mercury Dice, A Spray in Chinese Equality Movements, Oct 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 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.”
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.”
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”
Nandina, Another Watercolour Stilllife with Essence of Traditional Chinese Painting Features, Mar 2018
Nandina plays an important role in traditional Chinese culture, especially when it comes to interior decoration, literature and painting. Personally, I think any plant grows mature in… Read more “Nandina, Another Watercolour Stilllife with Essence of Traditional Chinese Painting Features, Mar 2018”
Evita de Calle Poeta Gracián, Dec 2017.
Before putting colours into outlines, I asked myself, how can I establish a connection of personal emotion for her? Eva is also an international student, and she… Read more “Evita de Calle Poeta Gracián, Dec 2017.”
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 Owner of BK Espresso, Dec 2017.
In Dec, I found a coffee shop called BK Espresso. Due to the distinctive taste of milk between China and UK, I’d say finding this café is… Read more “The Owner of BK Espresso, Dec 2017.”
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.”
Roses: Watercolour Still Life, Feb 2017.
These roses are the very beginning where I looked into produce detailed still-life watercolour. Not many things I could say about this. But it influenced the way… Read more “Roses: Watercolour Still Life, Feb 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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