It's been half a year since I came to the UK, and one of the most rewarding things for me is that I have regained my sense of life. No longer anxious but go with the flow, accept everything while feeling the beauty of life.
The first semester of my school in the UK has been very stressful, and it seems that I have not yet escaped from the environment of domestic papers, and I can't lie down and don't want to work hard. So in the second semester, I took an elective on the topic of "Personal Trainer" that I was interested in.
。 The teacher took us to the Olympic Park to exercise, and took us to play and exercise in class, which was very interesting.
This course made me experience first-hand that sports are also an art, and art cannot be limited to fine arts. It gave me a new understanding.
And this kind of artistic openness can be experienced in all the workshops of Huangyi.
There are very few imperial art classes, so it is very free.
What I valued more when I chose Huangyi was its title, which allowed me to get in touch with more artistic resources. In the past, my perception of printmaking was only tiring and troublesome, a bit thankless, so that in the first semester I was always confused, what is the point of me doing this?
In the process of learning and thinking again and again, I gradually understood its meaning and fun. There is uncertainty in the process of printmaking, and the result may be different from what was imagined, and it is precisely because of this unpredictable result that different beauty is created.
When you visit art museums and exhibitions, you should have seen that some artworks are not originals, but reproductions, and such as stamp design and banknote printing are all types of prints. - It is to enjoy the process, like a flower, watering it carefully, watching it bloom little by little.
Huangyi retains a large number of machines and equipment of traditional crafts, and there are dozens of large and small studios, and printmaking alone is subdivided into more than a dozen different plate-making machines. Let me find the immersion and joy of traditional handicrafts in screen printing, type printing, lithographing, and copper engraving.
The technical teachers who teach practical operations are also very careful, and they will not take many students to learn together. Like me, a zero-based novice in screen printing, I have learned all the machine operations, and the experience is very good.
There are not many printmaking classes, but every tutorial is very rewarding for me.
Some students will let go of themselves to pursue the wilderness of life, and some students complain that they are too free and no one cares, but there are many things that need to be fought for by themselves, and if they don't understand, they have to ask. Luckily, I met a very good mentor who not only answered my questions, but also recommended me to many artists and exhibitions.
My classmates are basically half Chinese and half foreigners, and basically foreigners are older. They don't seem to have the anxiety of what they have to do at any age, but they know what they want, which is to feel life.
Hyde Park
I didn't know what to do before.,But after coming to Huangyi.,I feel that this environment is very training for me.。。
We have a school-wide collaborative project, which is a bit like a summer camp at Han Yi, where the goal is to bring together different people from each major to solve problems together. The team members around me come from different disciplines, including IEDs, automotive service designers, and extended practices, and several of us are starting from nature to solve the problem of environmental crisis.
At that time, I had just arrived in the UK, I was not very good at speaking, I was very nervous, and I only wanted to team up with Chinese students. My tutor found out that he didn't say a word and pulled me into the alien pile and told me very gently, so I gradually integrated into the environment that had made me feel unfamiliar before.
I am still very grateful to her for making me braver and confident in communicating with foreigners and practicing my spoken English.
The first semester was art that healed me.
When I came here in the first semester, the unfamiliar environment and the unfamiliar language of the major led to a lot of stress. At that time, I didn't know what to do, so I just painted what I wanted to paint. It seems that only when I draw can I get calm and no anxiety.
Just in time for the mid-term exhibition, when I showed my highlights to my classmates, I had to brace myself up and finish my work.
I painted a set of windows.
In the past, in Hanyi, I had a topic called pink, in fact, everyone is bad at pink, but you must know that everyone's interpretation of pink is different, and the same is true for windows.
Sometimes I sit on the carpet in my bedroom, looking up just enough to see the sky, looking up at the bright moon, looking down at my hometown, and there are planes flying by outside the window, and I think that although I can't reunite with my family, one is in the easternmost part of the Eurasian plate, and the other is in the westernmost part of the Eurasian plate, at least we can see the same sky.
"Window" part
I never think that good works have to cost a lot of money, but works that are done with heart and love can be felt. So I think it's good to study art, it makes me feel better, makes me happy, and calms me down. When I have enough energy to make myself happy, I can pass on my energy to others.
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At the beginning of this semester, I finally returned home in April, and when I returned home, I saw that the person I missed the most seemed to be resurrected and I was able to devote myself to my creation. After this experience, the theme of my second semester is Art Conveys Love.
Everyday creations
There are also some fragmentary thoughts.
To be honest, studying art is quite expensive, and I cherish my parents' difficulties. Moreover, my undergraduate starting point is not high, and many of my classmates are either CAFA, Haiben, or foreign students.
The good thing about Huangyi is that it doesn't look at your background, but at your strength. So since my parents sent me here, I want to work harder and prove that I'm not bad.
This kind of mood is the same as when I chose Hanyi. Initially, I didn't have the idea of making a portfolio because I thought it was too difficult, like going through a re-reading and really not having the courage to do it again. I want to change my major this time, I don't want to study art anymore, I don't seem to have so much creativity and inspiration.
The essay teacher looked at my grades and told me that I had a better chance of applying to a good school with a portfolio, and after I told her what I thought, she told me that my grade point was very high, and since I could do so well in school, why not give it a try?
。 When I went back to school, I told my parents that I wanted to make a portfolio, and I immediately signed up for Hanyi.
Because I always have a sense of crisis, I haven't been to offline classes, and I don't know what kind of level is a good work, so I just don't want to do it and start doing it. Since the first project, I don't seem to have slackened, I almost auditioned teachers from different majors, and told the academic affairs teachers my thoughts, and the academic affairs teachers were shocked that my project was very large.
。 This also laid the foundation for my study of Huangyi, and at the same time summarized my own research and creation methods.
At Hanyi, I not only teach classes, but also talk about my outlook on life and values, and Mr. Niko has always told me to be bold and brave. Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have. I met several teachers who had a great influence on me, and I remember all of them. So I don't want to disappoint those who are good to me, and that's what drives me to work hard.
The little bee is related to Bishi
Some time ago, I chatted with my classmates, and when I first came to the UK, I said that I liked it very much and wanted to stay here. I'm a very P person, I don't have any ideas about going or staying when I am about to graduate, my plans can never catch up with the changes, everything is "said when the time comes"!
All in all, it's pretty good to go abroad, it's really a workout, and you have to experience a lot of things yourself to grow.