Monday, 29 April 2013
Linda Wan's Paintings and Other Artworks: Harmony...an impossibility if no Self Importance
Linda Wan's Paintings and Other Artworks: Harmony...an impossibility if no Self Importance: I have heard many times of family strifes and the basic reason of not reaching a compromise is the evil of self importance. The blindness o...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Linda Wan's Paintings and Other Artworks: Funny Way of Painting
Linda Wan's Paintings and Other Artworks: Funny Way of Painting: While most people will paint the background first, I will usually paint the main subject first. The reason behind my doing so is that I h...
Funny Way of Painting
While most people will paint the background first, I will usually paint the main subject first.
The reason behind my doing so is that I haven't the confidence of successfully completing the
painting, especially on the main subject. As such, if I can't paint it right, I will just abandon it
without wasting the paint that has gone into the background. However, so far, I find myself quite
capable of painting, which surprises myself a lot.
I am in the midst of discovering my own capabilities, so as to say. I can't deny that more practice and more courage in doing new things will make myself evolve into a painter of some uniqueness.
Pray God will give me more power as I strongly believe it is Him who has been guiding me along!
I need only believe!
The reason behind my doing so is that I haven't the confidence of successfully completing the
painting, especially on the main subject. As such, if I can't paint it right, I will just abandon it
without wasting the paint that has gone into the background. However, so far, I find myself quite
capable of painting, which surprises myself a lot.
I am in the midst of discovering my own capabilities, so as to say. I can't deny that more practice and more courage in doing new things will make myself evolve into a painter of some uniqueness.
Pray God will give me more power as I strongly believe it is Him who has been guiding me along!
I need only believe!
Linda Wan's Paintings and Other Artworks: Further to Crocheting with Cloth Strips
Linda Wan's Paintings and Other Artworks: Further to Crocheting with Cloth Strips: It just dorned on me I need not actually use polyester cloth for fear of fraying. Fraying may be good as it will give another kind of loo...
Further to Crocheting with Cloth Strips
It just dorned on me I need not actually use polyester cloth for fear of fraying.
Fraying may be good as it will give another kind of look or texture, just like a furry bag.
Maybe I will try doing one and see what the end result is. I will try to make a psychedelic one,
kind of punky style.
Maybe I will do it in random colours , textures and shapes.....
I suppose there is more versatility in cloth strips....not restricted to the wools, strings or threads available in the market.
If you like soft, cool silky touch, try silk. Wow, I can imagine all the floral kinds, geometric designs , plain sweet ones etc etc
About cutting cloth strips, if you using polyester, it is harder because you can't tear them as in cotton or silk. While cutting , put the cloth all laid out flat and as you cut , look at the strip and not at the wider part of the cloth. Look a little further than the position of the scissors, that way you can be sure of cutting a straighter piece. You have to use a large pair of scissors if you want smoother edges . Otherwise, using a smaller scissors will cause jagged edges to your cloth strip. Even that is okay, because you will produce a special effect to the surface of your bag. It is all part of creativity.
However, choose the size of the needle carefully. A large one will help you finish the work faster but there will be larger holes and a lining is needed.
Fraying may be good as it will give another kind of look or texture, just like a furry bag.
Maybe I will try doing one and see what the end result is. I will try to make a psychedelic one,
kind of punky style.
Maybe I will do it in random colours , textures and shapes.....
I suppose there is more versatility in cloth strips....not restricted to the wools, strings or threads available in the market.
If you like soft, cool silky touch, try silk. Wow, I can imagine all the floral kinds, geometric designs , plain sweet ones etc etc
About cutting cloth strips, if you using polyester, it is harder because you can't tear them as in cotton or silk. While cutting , put the cloth all laid out flat and as you cut , look at the strip and not at the wider part of the cloth. Look a little further than the position of the scissors, that way you can be sure of cutting a straighter piece. You have to use a large pair of scissors if you want smoother edges . Otherwise, using a smaller scissors will cause jagged edges to your cloth strip. Even that is okay, because you will produce a special effect to the surface of your bag. It is all part of creativity.
However, choose the size of the needle carefully. A large one will help you finish the work faster but there will be larger holes and a lining is needed.
Monday, 22 April 2013
Making a crocheted cloth bag,
My past posts have been corrected. Discovered what I have shared isn't too correct.
The base of the tote bag is getting heavier and I have changed the dimension of the strip to make a lighter bag. Besides that, if your crochet stitch is loose and results in holes, then you have to put lining. It is better to put lining for any bag you make. It gives the bag a body and also it improves the quality.
The base of the tote bag is getting heavier and I have changed the dimension of the strip to make a lighter bag. Besides that, if your crochet stitch is loose and results in holes, then you have to put lining. It is better to put lining for any bag you make. It gives the bag a body and also it improves the quality.
Sunday, 21 April 2013
Linda Wan's Paintings and Other Artworks: Fibre to Polyester Fabric,Fabric Strips to Polyest...
Linda Wan's Paintings and Other Artworks: Fibre to Polyester Fabric,Fabric Strips to Polyest...: I am going to convert a piece of brown polyester cloth into a crocheted tote bag. First I cut the cloth into strips of 1 inch wide. Th...
Fibre to Polyester Fabric,Fabric Strips to Polyester Tote Bag
I am going to convert a piece of brown polyester cloth into a crocheted tote bag.
First I cut the cloth into strips of half inch wide. The length is not fixed and it can be as long as possible because the strips are going to be the fibre for crocheting. They have to be joined up to make a long string. A piece of 1m cloth is sufficient to make a fairly large bag.
You can make several granny squares and then join them up to form a bag shape. You have to be creative here.
The picture shown here is the half completed circular base of a cylindrical tote bag with drawstrings at the top. Note the size of the needle. It is size 6 and also note the end of the strip to be joined to another to continue the crochet.
I will not make a very big bag because I don't want to carry a heavy bag. It is going to be heavier if the strips are big. It is better to put a lining and for that we have to machine sew a bag of cloth of matching colour and then sew on to the finished work.
Will post again to show the progress. Go and get the polyester cloth and start cutting them into strips. Use a good and sharp pair of scissors and that will make your job easier. They need not be perfectly straight or equal. The cloth is only RM2 to 3 a meter. The needle costs RM2.50. The cost is very low. All you need is to spend some time. It is something different from the usual rug we make.
You can buy 2 colours. It will turn out to be very unique . You can make many creations, uniquely yours. Polyester cloth is good to work with because it is stretchable, but do not overstretch it. If you overstretch it, it will become thin and can break easily.
You will learn about it when you try and play with it..
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Friday, 19 April 2013
The Cat
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
The Beauties...can you identify them?
Works in Progress.....
I managed to sketch these images from the Youtube, while waiting for my students to come.
For the past month, I have been sitting and staring into the thin hot air, trying to keep cool in this extreme
heat and humidity. At this hour, about 3 pm , the ground, especially the tarred roads around the estate, have been heated to its maximum, and as one walked out, one can feel the radiating heat.
Thank God I need not go out at this hour and if one does, it is better to have some protection from the heat and the Sun's rays.
I managed to sketch these images from the Youtube, while waiting for my students to come.
For the past month, I have been sitting and staring into the thin hot air, trying to keep cool in this extreme
heat and humidity. At this hour, about 3 pm , the ground, especially the tarred roads around the estate, have been heated to its maximum, and as one walked out, one can feel the radiating heat.
Thank God I need not go out at this hour and if one does, it is better to have some protection from the heat and the Sun's rays.
Sunday, 14 April 2013
My artwork can wait.....this is a HUGE sacrifice!
Images kept running through my brain; wonderful pictures but alas, I have not been able to put them on
canvas or paper. 'That can wait,' I told myself comfortingly.
Sometimes we cannot be thinking of ourselves only. We need to give time to our loved ones and consider what is more important, in which case, I had to put my family first.
My hands had been 'twitching' to hold a pencil or a brush and I felt quite sad or a little disappointed that I was not able to do anything. I had to paint what I saw in my brain first and even with that, I found much satisfaction. I wonder if that is the same with other painters.........
Finally I get to paint the pictures I have sketched months ago. Although they are not completed yet, I
am happy to see them coming into reality. Sometimes after sketching, I fear my painting will not bring out the results I want. Usually, I will boldly step into the next thing to do, provided I have the time. Come what may, I will always try to be happy with the eventual artwork. I got to like my own artworks before I can expect others to like them. I think.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Bracket fungus on the tree stump and green grass/weeds growing around it
Cotton tree with flowers and buds
Hey! Wait for me....
A cockerel and a hen among a heap of cut garden plants and dried leaves.
canvas or paper. 'That can wait,' I told myself comfortingly.
Sometimes we cannot be thinking of ourselves only. We need to give time to our loved ones and consider what is more important, in which case, I had to put my family first.
My hands had been 'twitching' to hold a pencil or a brush and I felt quite sad or a little disappointed that I was not able to do anything. I had to paint what I saw in my brain first and even with that, I found much satisfaction. I wonder if that is the same with other painters.........
Finally I get to paint the pictures I have sketched months ago. Although they are not completed yet, I
am happy to see them coming into reality. Sometimes after sketching, I fear my painting will not bring out the results I want. Usually, I will boldly step into the next thing to do, provided I have the time. Come what may, I will always try to be happy with the eventual artwork. I got to like my own artworks before I can expect others to like them. I think.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Hey! Wait for me....
A cockerel and a hen among a heap of cut garden plants and dried leaves.
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Monday, 1 April 2013
The Rape of the Virgin Forests(a work in progress)
Eventhough I have done this kind of painting before, it has been almost two decades now since I last did it.
I used to do Chinese painting, using just black ink, red colour and some green, to paint pictures of lotuses. Sometimes it is just black ink for painting bamboo trees.
Now I am having a problem of executing the strokes confidently-the result of insufficient practice.
I am trying to paint what I have seen during the jungle trips that I went on with my father and mother. My father used to bring my mother to the site where the land was cleared for commercial crop cultivation. I used to tag along and I was immensely amazed at what I have seen. Tall straight trees that I have never seen before and occasionally a king fisher could be seen flying across the land and perching on a branch after its meal at a brook nearby. At one time, I even saw a land tortoise walking tirelessly under the hot blazing sun to a water source, which I found later, turned out to be a small stream hidden by tall grasses. The survival instint of the tortoise is remarkable.
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