ack. the weather here is nuts i tell u. it dropped by 10 degrees F from yesterday to today and it's BRR COOLLLDDD... this morning was like 5 degrees celcius. surprisingly, it is still pretty tolerable considering that all i have here is my hoodie, jeans and normal singapore clothes. 

so this week is rather crazy, with our insane art hist exam 2 coming on thursday and homework due during the week, which is really rare since most of our homework is given for the weekends. so it's been pretty tight :| nonetheless, i will survive! tis no sweat compared to the A levels ;p

so things haven't been very awesome. all my teachers have decided that i do not need help and their critique comments for my work has dwindled to a pathetic that's very good work and then moving on, which makes me irritated cos it's not mindblowingly great, but simply just skimming the surface of what is required. this is not why i go to school for. i go to school to learn and improve and be the best!!! grr...

sooo...after doing a few charcoal drawings for drawing class, i have thus decided to crown charcoal my favourite medium. graphite has been kicked off it's throne. though messy and outragously harmful to health, charcoal has been easy to apply, covering a massive surface area with one swipe of the hand, easy to darken, easy to erase, best of all, you can just smudge it easily :) it creates works of high contrast, giving it a more finished feel. so TA DAAAAA

work 1: 1st drawing class homework

2nd drawing class assignment/homework:

it's both soft compressed charcoal on newsprint. the only difference is the surrounding lighting. amazing how lighting affects the look and color eh? so after all that i still prefer my first charcoal drawing. think i got abit xianed-ded with all the stupid details in the second one. now that i posted the second drawing i notice a few problems with it. HAHAHA. oh well. i will edit it later on. i'm too clean to get charcoal on myself again. meh heh

there's such strange people here in art sch. i was on the bus on my way back to the dorms after drawing class when like this weird dude sits next to me and starts demanding in this rough, mean, gruff voice. this was our conversation:

dude: ARE YOU HAPPY?

me: i'm alright.

dude: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHY ARE YOU NOT HAPPY?

me: becos there's nothing much going on to make me happy or sad?

dude: BE HAPPY. SHOW ME A SMILE. AND NOT ONE OF THOSE CRAPPY FAKE SMILES

me: *smiles a REAL happy smile*

girl behind him: is he making you feel happy?

me: no

dude: SMILE!

me: *i smile*

dude: SEE. NOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY

me: great. i will.

dude: YES. YOU WILL BE FANTASTIC

me: awesome. *thinking yeah right...now i'm just feeling weird cos of u*

dude: do you know ___ ___?? some guy's name la

me: nope (not thinking if there's any problem with not know that person)

dude: GOSH *shakes head with the what the hell is wrong with this world attitude and turns his back on me :S *

.....

so the ride goes on with him yelling at the top of his lungs nonsense rubbish, trying to be racist against the whites (ironically, he is white) and then forcing people to want to learn a song that consists of vulgarities.

what the hell man.... 

CRAZY PEOPLE. must be too much charcoal and fixatives in their brain.