A series of 4 sessions of E-learning using G-suite was conducted for the teachers going to start the secondary portion of El Shaddai school in Jan. The diligent teachers asked many good questions and came from different cities – Malaysia, Iran and Singapore. Here’s wishing them success as they roll out their e-learning plans for…
Month: December 2016
Painting the Xmas tree
The first session started with the students learning how to paint an Xmas tree using Chinese ink brush strokes. Here are some of their works and pix.
Painting the cat and butterfly
The girls have done well again as it was not easy to capture the spirit of the cat trying to catch the butterfly!
Painting the snowmen!
A session on how to paint the snowmen for the students at El Shaddai Learning Centre, Klang.
Painting classes at El Shaddai Learning Centre
Learning to draw the Rooster! Well done gals!
It’s Xmas!
One of my students Valerie asked to draw a Xmas card last week and since I have done a painting last year which was pretty well received by friends I thought we would have a go at it today as a class to get into the mood for X’mas. Here are my diligent and awesome…
The diligent students and their bio – Nicholas Hong
Nicholas Hong Nicholas Hong, first dabbled with Chinese ink painting while being a volunteer at the Chinese ink painting classes held at Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Dialogue in the Dark in 2014. He was able to exhibit his first painting at SG50: Art and Diversity Exhibition at The Gallery@The Arts House together with the visually impaired…
The diligent students and their bio – Toh Szu Hui
Toh Szu Hui (Former intern at Dialogue in the Dark) Hi, I am Szu Hui, one of the students in the Chinese Ink Painting class taught by Pin Lay. I got to know Pin Lay when I was previously an intern in Dialogue in the Dark and I have also participated in learning and helping…
The diligent students and their bio – Ms Evangeline Yeo (Visually impaired)
Ms Evangeline Yeo (Visually impaired) My name Is Evangeline and I was born with low vision. Since young, I have always enjoyed learning new skills such as drawing etc. However, it was never satisfying. Someone ever commented that “my drawing is like a kid”. Through my previous workplace, “Dialogue in the Dark”, I was given the opportunity to…
The diligent students and their bio – Mr Wesley Seah (Visually Impaired)
Mr Wesley Seah (Visually impaired) I am visually impaired since 2002. Life has been unfruitful until 2009. Since 2009, I started working as a guide with Dialogue in the Dark Singapore. In spite of my limited vision, I begin my journey on Chinese ink painting in 2015. I realised that I could express myself and…
The literai and their poems-The Plum Blossom (梅花）
According to dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/literati) The word “Literai” is a plural noun, singular literatus [lit-uh–rah-tuh s] (Show IPA) and refers to persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals. In the past, the people who painted are roughly divided into two types of classes, those who are craftsmen and those who are the literati. The scholars are not…
