Modern dance

The video above depicts a young female dancer showcasing her performance of a contemporary dance during the National Finals.

After watching this video, some of you might be wondering what exactly a contemporary dance is. 

Basically, contemporary dance is an art form of dance combination of modern dance, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet elements.

Afterall, what is it about?

Contemporary dancers when dancing, indulge in the music and movements which helps them to freely express their innermost emotions. 

Contemporary dance employs many modern dance techniques such as contact-release, fall and recovery, floor work, improvisation, and lifts in partnering. 

Last but not least, comment and share~

Enjoy! :)

Dance to express.

 “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”

― William W. Purkey

Reference:  

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/dance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_dance

http://dance.about.com/od/typesofdance/f/What-Is-Contemporary-Dance.htm

T-ARA Day by Day (Flute cover)

HI people! 

If you are into kpop or happen to know that T-ARA recently have a new song..

This is a flute cover of T-ARA Day by Day! 
He play western and chinese flute for this cover! 
Do comment here and like his youtube video! :D 
Here you go! 

Enjoy and do comment and share with us yours artwork in our fb page ! 

Claying~

Hello everyone! Today we will be teaching you how to mould a coil pot.
Claying can be fun and tests one's patience as claying can take up a lot of time.

Step 1
Squeezing the clay into a coil or rolling between your hands are two ways to make coils. This technique can be difficult to make a smooth round coil because of the uneven pressure from your hands and fingers.


Step 2
When hand rolling coils, use a smooth surface and spread your hands to apply even pressure. Gently roll the clay back and fourth.


Step 3
Roll the coils so that they are a little thicker than a pencil. Then stack the coils one on top of another.


Step 4
For strength, force the clay together on the inside of the piece. Use your finger and scrape the top coil onto the coil under it.



Step 5
When smoothing the inside of the piece hold you other hand on the outside so you do not damage what you have completed already.


Step 6
If you want the top to be level, gently turn your piece over and lightly tap it on a smooth surface.


Step 7 
When you are finished with your piece let it dry slowly. The grooves in the piece are weak spots and if this dries too quick it will crack.


Credit: http://www.jhpottery.com/tutorial/coil.htm

And you are done! All can be done in 7steps.

When you are free, do try claying. (:

You can also showcase your clay works to us if you have any.

Thanks for viewing! Have a great day ahead.

Origami

Good evening readers! I was just browsing through my Facebook feeds and I came across a post about making an origami of pikachu (you know what that is)


So, for those who are interested in learning how to make this, below here are the following steps. (pardon me if my skills suck) :B and the not-very-clear steps (>_>)

Tips for simple shading and sketching

How to draw and shade shapes and simple structures

hey~ and so.. Fundamentals of sketching!~:

-paper

        -pencil/ pen

( You don't need much skills to learn how to sketch or shade something, common sense is pretty much all you need(: hahaha)

All you need to do is take note of the direction the light is coming from and you can hardly go wrong:)

These rolled paper felt sticks are called stumps that helps to blend your shadings to give a better gradient to the contrast. yep, they can be bought at art friend at a reasonable price say about $1.93 cents? yup. haha

If you're gonna sketch something like a cube, cuboid or any object that has a standard shape, (buildings, walls boxes, streets.. etc.) then perspective is very important! or it'll all look distorted and flat

So to begin, mark 2 points on the paper, or if you want a wider perspective it can be further apart. 

For this example, it shows the diagonally top view of the box

Connect the corners and choose the length and width of the box. make sure the verticle lines are parallel, and join all the points to the two points

Erase off the guide lines

To shade a transparent box, make the lines that are closer thicker than the lines at the further end of the box. you can shade or blend the corners with the stump

To shade a solid opaque box, erase the lines on the other end of the box. Shade the areas further from the light

Shade or use a stump to blend the colors of the shadow

To shade a sphere, start with a plain circle

Shade and darken the opposite end of the light, take note of the contour of a sphere and shade accordingly:)

To shade a cone, start with a triangle with a slight arc as the base

decide on the direction where the light comes from and darken the sides that are further from the light

For any other curved surfaces like poles etc. you can start with a simple rectangle

Simply shade the parts where it is further from the light source

Before you know it, you can shade anything you want! All that matters is the gradient of the shadings and the darkness to enhance the shape. there is no right or wrong to art. Anyone can do it! 

Please do post your own sketches and drawing as comments:) your response is much appreciated:))

Whoo!~

Self-Composed songs

Hello peeps!

Have you guys ever thought of composing your own song in your life? When I say that, I do not mean to just find an existing song and sing your cover of it. I'm talking about creating your own lyrics and finding your own tunes for an original song.

With that, I shall kick-start this with mine (albeit being very shy about it)!

P.S: You need to log into Facebook in order to listen to the song. It is uploaded in a video format and it should be on our page @ www.facebook.com/artxenses.

Just some background information about this:

- Made two years ago, while I was in Secondary 3.
- It was for my girlfriend who was celebrating her birthday at that time.
- I.Am.NOT.a.talented.singer

In all, I feel that anyone who wants to express their emotions through songs can do it, regardless of whether you're talented in singing, or for whatever reason that you're composing one.

I hope that motivates all of you to have the courage to sing to your heart's content. I also look forward to seeing self-composed songs from you all!

Have a nice day!

Dizi cover

Hi people! 


If you love kpop, 
See this music video cover! 
If not.. still do enjoy listening! 

Davichi & T-ARA - We Were In Love (*Dizi cover)


Hope all of you enjoy listening to this! 
credit: Lim Jun Jie


*Dizi is a chinese flute.