wk 6- AEP so far in year 4

well a post out of the ordinary for you guys. in stead of some feature and introduction to art styles, i'm going to talk about art in general this year, my feelings and stuff. maybe we can call it a reflection.

basically i think this years SOVA has been slightly less interesting

but i think mrs tay's training has really caused us to improve. it is like we instead if knowing the art form, we know how to analyze it, how to write an essay how to argue and know what the question is asking for. in a sense its teaching us to be more exam smart. yes i must admit i am not horribly excited  about learning about asian artists ( singapore ones particularly) but i guess we do need to learn many things and we should not leave out our own roots either! 

however i think all in all i'm still alright with the whole system, despite the increased amount of stress this has caused. i think after miraculously getting 19/20 for my SOVA test really made me go " woah i can do this? it is possible?" it is something like what i had experience last year i suppose and i hope it will lead to what it lead to last year too! ( last year i also aced some math test after lots of hard work over the june holidays and caused my marks to rocket upwards)

an even better esteem booster would definitely be the mock test we had on monday. i did not realise there was a test on mon and since i found out a tad late ( i forgot all about taking the notes) mrs tay decided that since there was a larger amount that had forgotten to take the notes that the test would be postponed. amazingly the next day i went to class unprepared and unstudied and found out we were to do the test as a practice.

i was sort of surprised and annoyed but i did it in the end. on friday when i got my paper back i was utterly shocked. i had gotten 15/15 a full mark! i never thought it was possible, but i believe this 2 times lucky should mean that i should really study more so i can get amazing marks!

on the side about studio. i also think i am enjoying it much more this year. for some amazing coincidence my NAFA teacher is also my studio teacher. so it is kind of interesting since i got to know her alot better than any other of the students since i got to see her so many times.

we went back to basics doing shadings and paintings. it was refreshing since i have not done those in a long time and it was a good time to brush up my skills again.

i like the fact we got to do such a huge painting. it has now turned into my pride and joy, something i really want to do well! UOB competition here i come!

so in all i believe i performed better for art this year since my weak point SOVA has suddenly turn into my excelling subject and my studio is much better as i am much more familiar with it than the rest of the class and more familiar with it as compared to chinese painting. or animation.

so hopefully it is a pretty A+ for art on my report book and a high GPA to go with it. better art journeys in the future and more things to try out.