VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Homework

Write about perspective in Japanese art. How is it different from Western or Chinese art? (Maybe do this in an email service.)

Next Class Focus

Correct the speaking below.

Vocabulary

Restore – to make a painting look like it originally did after fixing some damage (water, smoke, bugs, etc.)
e.g. It takes both a scholar and a talented artist to properly restore a piece of art.

Talent – someone who is very, very good at something, very skilled
e.g. Your son shows a real talent for painting.

Perspective – what something looks like from the place you are at, 角度; your opinion
e.g. From my perspective, I can see that he has a bald spot (in his hair).

Bald – someone without hair on the top of their head

Shape – the form of something, like square or round, how many sides something has 形状

Gray (Grey) – 灰色

Main – the biggest or most important thing 主要的
e.g. The main feature of this painting is the large building in the middle.

Floor – the parts of a building
Level – parts of something, from top to bottom, or sometimes first to last
e.g. SmartEnglish is on the ninth floor of the building.
e.g. A painting has many levels. First is the drawing of the important shapes. Then there is the first level of paint. Then there is the next level of paint, until it is finished.
e.g. My Chinese is still at a low level.

About – to tell you what the topic, or subject of something is
e.g. This book is about Mao Zedong.
e.g. This painting is about the life of Japanese nobles.
Noble (noun) – people who were of a higher social level

Grammar

but it add about oil painting – they added oil painting techniques / they added techniques from oil painting

Speaking exercise

We study(fenxi) from the Japanese painting on the first level we will translate the different shades to the white black and gray. This is the first level we study. And we also study the oil painting with the same way / in the same way. Then we get to the second level, for the color. We collect the color from the different paintings, such as Japanese painting, oil painting, Chinese painting, and mural painting. Then we use these colors to draw some small painting just for ourself to draw some pictures like people, fruit, buildings, flowers, and so on. This is the way we study different ways the specific (zhuanye). After these, we use the (caizhi) special. We use the different (caizhi) for painting. We use this to painting. It is the first level, second level, third level, maybe have the fourth level. They together  to be our whole rock color painting. Even though we can’t see the last level, but under the last level there are three levels. If we see the ancient paintings in the museum, some painting is destroyed, we can see from the place that destroyed and then we will find the different levels about that painting. So we know the way of rock-color painting is a traditional way.


We study(fenxi) from the Japanese painting on the first level we will translate the different shades to the white black and gray. This is the first level we study. And we also study the oil painting with the same way / in the same way. Then we get to the second level, for the color. We collect the color from the different paintings, such as Japanese painting, oil painting, Chinese painting, and mural painting. Then we use these colors to draw some small painting just for ourself to draw some pictures like people, fruit, buildings, flowers, and so on. This is the way we study different ways the specific (zhuanye). After these, we use the (caizhi) special. We use the different (caizhi) for painting. We use this to painting. It is the first level, second level, third level, maybe have the fourth level. They together  to be our whole rock color painting. Even though we can’t see the last level, but under the last level there are three levels. If we see the ancient paintings in the museum, some painting is destroyed, we can see from the place that destroyed and then we will find the different levels about that painting. So we know the way of rock-color painting is a traditional way.