Before the First Class - Three Images
1) My Best Piece of Creative Work Before Coming to This Course
A Convex Mirror Castle on the Scroll
I created this
art work when I was in high school, and I put it in my portfolio package when I
applied for UNSW. My parents and I like it very much, as it includes a lot of
my own ideas. Once in the parking place, I discovered a convex mirror in the
corner through a ninety degree turn. That is a wide angle convex mirror through
which the driver can observe the traffic of the turn with the wide angle. It
happened that I saw the change of the wall surface and discovered a novel
feeling, and then, decided to show it on the paper. I bought the silver ball
ornaments in the supermarket and found it has similar characters of convex
mirror imaging. So I painted the original image of the castles on the sketch
book, then through silver ball ornaments observed it and painted it. It became
more and more interesting and I felt happy, regarding it as an exciting
experience. The style of the castle is ordinary, and it is the yellow castle
style painted by me. While through convex mirror imaging it turned out to be a
very interesting style. So I painted it as a convex mirror castle on the scroll
with color pencil.
2) An Image of a Great Piece of Architecture
Pangu Plaza
This is
Pangu Plaza, which was designed by a world-famous architect named Li Zuyuan. This
dragon-typed building is just located on the opposite side of the Water Cube
(The National Aquatics Center) in Beijing. This masterpiece is composed of five
parts: one office building, three residents/apartments and a 7-star hotel. A
long corridor called “the Dragon Corridor”, which was using the concept of the
Forbidden City’s “Thousand-Step Gallery”, connecting the five parts together.
Pangu Plaza is combined with traditional Chinese culture and the advanced
western architectural technology. I think the most amazing part is the top of
the office building, “the Dragon Head”. It makes a major breakthrough in the
physical aspect of the architecture: there is a huge horizontal extension at
the top of the office building. Another interesting concept called “A Minor
City in a Major City” is embodied in the building. The “Courtyard-Air” is using
this concept. The "Courtyard-Air" was built on top of each resident tower at the height of 85
meters. This is a unique place to get a wonderful scene of the Olympic Park.
3） An Original Photograph of Something Beautiful
The Niagara Falls
I
took this photograph when I was studying in high school in Canada. That was the
first time for me to see the magnificent scene of Niagara Falls in person,
and that incredible sight was really surprised me. When I walked along the
cliff edge, I could feel the spray of the waterfalls. There are two huge waterfalls
in that area, and the waterfall in this photo was one of them, which just next
to Canada. I took this photo just behind the fence, and it was very exciting to
stand at that place. I could see the water just falling down and making giant
water spray in the air. Listening to the sound of waterfalls is an unbelievable
and unforgettable experience that I ever have.
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