Thursday, November 19, 2009

Sand Drawing


Yes! This is it! The thing that I recently fall in love to~
Sand Drawing!!!
It's amazing, drawing on sand using only your finger and hand. The finger as brush and duster, the sand as colour, working together to create a drawing on a light box which act as the drawing paper. It sounds simple, but not until you try it.
Sand drawing requires good skill and technique from the performer. It may not paint realistically as oil painting (it is more into cartonese), but it is very important to draw out the expression and the spirit of the character so that the drawing will look rich and lively. And sand drawing is not easy to control (especially when you have to finish it fast), as you know the sand is very light, it goes and fly all around and your movement have to be very careful so that you won't destroy the part that you already done.
It is usually combine music and the lightning effect, telling a story or expressing a theme by drawing. The drawing will be whip away as it is done and will be replace by another. Every touch shall be as graceful as a poem and the whole process is TOUCHING!! You can feel the message that the performer want to deliver through the drawing (even you are not watching LIVE but through youtube). The effect is....HMM!!!
It reminds me of these proverb: the pain will past, but the beauty will remain. Perhaps we can change a little bit for this:
The beauty is short and will past by time, but it will still remain in everyone's mind and soul
Cheers Sand drawing~

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