2015-05-28

【Aiden in English】

        The Art Show at the North Penn High School is really something worth going to. The halls of the school are transformed from a learning facility into an art museum, and I’m telling you that we have a lot of talented students across all grades. 

        Now, I’m not gonna talk about my piece of art work because I don’t consider it one. How did my name-tag enter an art show? It was probably because I drew it spending a little more effort than the rest. But seriously, I’m talking on a stage of paintings, sculptures, and artworks that could be sold with actual money. This event showed many of the future classes that we, as North Penn Students, can take in the upcoming years. Scattered artists around the building of variety of skill sets were demonstrating their strongest suit. I’m talking about the best of the best like paints, sketches, clay potteries, animations, and everything. However my largest thing today I learned would be from the artwork I saw.

        I lost interest in art long time ago. Yet for some reason, I remain as a top drawer in my grade. But some serious talent was in the making at my age, and this was the perfect opportunity to up my game. What I loved about this year’s art show was there were many nature and realistic pictures. The reason behind it was that realistic art work was my strong card, but anime characters were a class second. For one, I learned to add a light blue into the background for scenic pictures. This tint was a shade that defined distance, emphasizing the horizon line. It was a very key element I was missing in some of my art works. One sketch in my art class was on a mountain range, and the main mountain looked fine to me. It’s just that the other mountains looked kind of… weird. It’s a feeling that I had when I didn’t like something. Now I got it. But today’s lessons don’t just stop there. When drawing a reflection on water, the colors need a more diluted tint as if there was real water on the color pencil or paint. It’ll be easier for painting since you just need to add more water to the mixing tray, but I’ll need to be extremely selective with my colors from other stencils.

        Looking at other art works better than mine can really be a learning opportunity. It seems like life. Learning from others more successful at it and learn or follow.

【红霞译文】

        观摩水平比自己高超的艺术作品其实就是一次学习过程，如同日常生活一样，只有取人之长补己之短，才能完善自身。

        在北宾州高中举行的艺术展确实值得一看，平常读书学习的场所一下子变成了艺术博物馆，用我的话来说，这一切与许许多多中小学生的聪明才智分不开来。

        眼下我并非想谈论本人的艺术作品，因为它没有什么艺术成分，天晓得自己涂鸦的名字挂牌为何入选？也许因为我比别人多下了点功夫，但凭心而论，我觉得会场上展出的绘画、雕塑等艺术作品甚至带有经济价值，为我们北宾州后面几届学生做出了榜样。分布在展览大厅各个角落的艺术家现场为来宾表演了拿手好戏，在写生、素描、泥塑、动漫各个方面令人大开眼界，当然，我最大的收获无疑源自亲眼所见的艺术作品。

        很久以前我早已对艺术失去了兴趣，不知怎么搞的，本人的绘画水平却仍然名列本年级前茅，不过那些极富潜力的同伴尽显身手，为我提供了一次绝佳学习机会。我之所以欣赏今年的展览，不能不归功于许多作品自然逼真，而写实的确是我的强项，其次还有动漫人物。首先我学到了如何给风景画涂抹淡蓝色背景，靠阴影来反映距离，借以突出水平线，这正是我在画画中所忽略的基本要点。图画课上画过一幅山脉，对我来说，展示主峰不成问题，但表现其它群山就显得……别扭，弱点暴露无遗，现在我知道该怎么做了。另外还有一点就是，当画水面反光的时候，无论水彩画或素描，切记颜色要淡，其实做起来也比较容易，只要在调色板上多加上一点水就成，不过我倒更需从其它绘画技巧中把握颜料的着色。