Just sharing some of the photos taken at the Laman Impiana-Puspanita folkart workshop held at Saloma Bistro & Theatre in conjunction with the Malaysia Flora Fest 2008 event there last Saturday.
Just sharing the info on the coming workshop by Laman Impiana. Registration is actually closed as the places have been fully taken up. This is my fourth workshop with Laman Impiana, and all four sessions have been oversubscribed. As the intake for each session is limited, readers are advised to book early via Laman Impiana. To the readers who are coming to the workshop next weekend, see you there.
Bengkel Kreatif Asas Folkart
Kemahiran tidak diperlukan! Ketahui teknik asas melukis dan berusan salah satu karya seni rakyat popular pada permukaan ornamen taman. Sesuai untuk semua peringkat usia dan berpeluang untuk menambah pendapatan sampingan melalui folkart. Hasil kerja boleh dibawa pulang.
Tarikh : 19 Julai 2008 (Sabtu)
Masa : 9 pagi – 5 petang
Tempat : Saloma Bistro & Theater, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.
Yuran : RM80 (Tidak termasuk warna akrilik)
Pengambilan : Terhad untuk 60 orang peserta sahaja.
Anjuran : Puspanita, Kementerian Pelancongan Malaysia.
Syarat penyertaan :
- Wang tidak akan dikembalikan terhadap pembatalan penyertaan. Borang dan yuran sejumlah RM80 perlu dihantar segera sebelum 25 Jun 2008.
- Bayaran boleh dilakukan dalam bentuk Cek atau Wang Pos. Bagi bayaran secara Deposit Tunai sila masukkan ke akaun Kumpulan Karangkraf Sdn Bhd. Maybank: 512213305715. Resit hendaklah diposkan atau difaksimilikan kepada LAMAN (Sila tuliskan nama dan bengkel yang anda sertai).
- Untuk keterangan lanjut sila hubungi : Emma Masri 03-51013865 atau Darlina 03-51013741.
Hantarkan borang dan bukti pembayaran kepada :
Bengkel LAMAN & Puspanita, Kementerian Pelancongan Malaysia
Majalah LAMAN Impiana
Kump. Karangkraf Sdn Bhd
Lot 2, Jalan Sepana 15/3, Off Persiaran Selangor Seksyen 15, 40200, Shah Alam.
Tel : 03-51013865 Faksimili : 03-51013601
It has been a while since the last visit to Malaysia by any well-known folk art and decorative painting artist. Which also means that it has been some time since I last attended a workshop conducted by an expert teacher. Making a trip to Australia, Europe or US solely for the workshops conducted by prominent teachers there does not make much economic sense. But when they are here, even though the learning investment is still on the high side, it is a real chance to learn new skills and tricks in their respective areas of expertise. Last weekend, fellow decorative painters and I had the chance to attend a workshop by Vicki Nicholson, a well-known folk art and decorative painting teacher from Australia. She is also a senior support artist for Jo Sonja's products. Thanks to Craft Haven, the people behind the workshop and Vicki's trip here.
Yesterday was Teacher's Day here in Malaysia. As always, the kids had all sorts of ideas to celebrate and brought small gifts to school for their favourite teachers. It did not cross my mind that I would also be regarded as a teacher until I received phone calls, SMS messages and flowers from my painting students wishing me Happy Teacher's Day. Wow, I am a teacher! Perhaps not a real teacher according to the original idea of teacher's day when it started here in 1956. May 16 was chosen in the year 1956 when the Education Committee Reports were submitted to the pre-independence government as a foundation of education in Malaysia. It is not a school holiday and is celebrated earlier if the date falls on Saturday or Sunday. Teacher's Day is celebrated around the world on different dates with the days in the months of September and October being the favourites. The World Teachers' Day is October 5. In the US, National Teacher Day is May 6 and Teacher Appreciation Week is celebrated in the first full week of May.
The weekend talk at MPH Midvalley reminds me of the time when I used to attend workshops and seminars as a learner, particularly the opportunity to learn from globe-trotting, world-famous artists and teachers. Now I can appreciate the wows!, the ooohs! and the aaahs! reaction from the audience and beginners. I used to react in the same way when observing artists like Heather Redick (left), Peggy Harris (right), Ros Singleton, David Jansen (Jo Sonja's son), Carol Sharpe, Enid Hoessinger and Karl-Heinz Meschbach demonstrate their works. Watching them paint, especially Heather's Zhostovos and Ros Singleton's Roses, made me realise my own unconscious-incompetence. It was motivating and demotivating at the same time. So I decided to do lots of practice. My brush works are better now after a few years and happen more naturally without me being so conscious of it.
I keep telling my students that artistic talent, although it would fortunate to be blessed with it, is only part of the story. You need to combine it with interest, enthusiasm, lots of practice, lots of patience and self-belief. Some morale support from the people in your lives helps as well. It takes time, effort and faith to move up the curve from conscious-incompetence to unconscious-competence. I believe that everyone has a talent, it is only a matter of discovering or uncovering it. It is natural to have role models, like heroes and heroines. In this case, we look up to those who have been there and done it, like these famous artists and teachers who made their big marks in the world of decorative painting.
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