Final Project - Impressionism on Child Labour

Canvas Size 420 mm (height) x 549 mm (width)

image - 300 pixels/inch

Adobe Photoshop CS6

The Art illustration is based on a class project which themed on Child Labour.

This is the Original Photo sketched using pencil and colour filled in using crayons 

Revolution of the Arts

Technology has advanced so far into the future, where canvas, brushers and paint are laughed at. The SketchBook Pro is a professional paint and drawing application used on a tablet or iPad to assist artist with their inspiration on-the-go. It helps to unleash the creativity from within for an occasional doodler or a professional illustrator. The application is both friendly to the finger or a stylus. It is almost as powerful enough to replace Adobe Photoshop.

The National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

Located at the in a beautiful location of Lake Titiwangsa, The National Art Gallery is a home to many art peace exhibition by local artist. The art gallery is established in the 1958, by Tunku Abdul Rahman(first Prime Minister of Malaysia), it is the foundation of the Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism of Malaysia. Today, it carries the name as National Visual Arts Gallery.

During my visit there, i was particularly moved by one art piece that illustrated todays world. Details of the art piece is below (there is no visual assistance because i was not permitted to snap a photo)

TOWER OF SHAME
Iiham Fadly Mohd Shaimy
2010-2011
Acrylic, Charcoal, collage on paper.
137 X 90 cm
BSLN 2011.044

The Tower of Shame has illustrated todays modern society with all of its shame based on the Malaysian culture. it portrait the greed for power and money, the act of humans against social norms(gay, pregnant woman before marriage, and also homicides).

Central Market, Kuala Lumpur

                                

The Central Market or also known as Pasar Budaya @Jalan Tun Tan Cheng lock, Kuala Lumpur is a few minutes walk from Petaling Street; founded in the late 19th century, when Malaysia was called Malaya, by the British and it was recognised as an Heritage Site by the Malaysian Heritage Society in 1986, it represents the culture and heritage of Malaysia. 

Central Market has many stalls, each holds a unique feature of each race in malaysia; Lorong Melayu, Lorong India and Lorong Cina. This is planned in such a way so that people who pays a visit to that place can see the obvious differences in these three cultures. 

This unique multi-cultural building holds many art works, from clothing, accessory, jewellery, furniture, art sculptures and many others. To add, it also hold variety of local food and also western food to cater the westerners who are not yet comfortable with asian food. 

COLOUR

RED is a colour of danger, sacrifice, passion, fire, beauty, blood and anger. As for me red is associated with passion, power, possession, protection, and seduction. The first thing that comes to my mind when i think of red is fire. The element from earth; fire is also famous in the Greek Mythology, Prometheus the creator of mankind. Prometheus thought men maths, science, navigation and also medicine. RED is also the colour of luck according to chinese believes. Todays world see red as the colour of sex and lust, it psychologically help the increase in hormones which helps in making love. 

The Young Queen Elizbeth I (around 1563) loved the colour red, before she adopted the image/title "Virgin Queen". To her it symbolises power and fear.

Red is the colour celebrated on Christmas and Valentines Day.