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Katie Poon
Nov 7, 20221 min read
131022 - Glazing with Anna Bingham and live drawing with John Close
Glaze is a continuous vitreous layer attached to the surface of a ceramic body, or a mixed layer of vitreous and crystal. The glaze may...
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Katie Poon
Nov 7, 20221 min read
121022 - Lino making and discussion
Today I first made a 3D bus for one of our classmates to send our best wishes to him. With the help from my friend Lydia I managed to...
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Katie Poon
Nov 7, 20221 min read
111022 - Invisible Cities (continued) & film night
Today we continued with the Invisible Cities project and I was delighted that I was able to finish all of the planned work on time. I...
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Katie Poon
Nov 7, 20221 min read
011122 - Traces and film night
From today we started on a journey to explore the idea of Trace via two sub themes: the body ("as absent & substitute", and "as energy &...
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Katie Poon
Oct 8, 20221 min read
061022 - Oil painting with Mattea Perrotta, and life drawing with John Close
It was our great pleasure today to meet Mattea, a Paris-based artist born and raised in Los Angeles. She encouraged us to use 5 forms and...
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Katie Poon
Oct 8, 20221 min read
051022 - catch up with Susi and an intro to new materials!
Today I showed Susi my blog pages and the first sketchbook I have made so far. Susi gave me many ideas, i.e, artist Boyd Webb with his...
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Katie Poon
Oct 4, 20221 min read
041022 - Invisible Cities (continued) and JR: Can Art Change the World? (TED Talk)
Today I continued with my Mogao cave (it could also be used as an incense burner if you turn it upside down) and associated clay work...
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Katie Poon
Oct 3, 20221 min read
290922 - my first oil painting with Matt Philips & life drawing with John Close
We were thrilled to hear that we would have the opportunity to learn oil painting with Matt Philips, whose work includes buildings,...
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Katie Poon
Oct 3, 20221 min read
280922 - my first Pecha Kucha Presentation!
I am pleased that I managed to put 20 slides together and presented in front of my class with my first Pecha Kucha presentation! I have...
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Katie Poon
Oct 3, 20221 min read
270922 - Invisible Cities (continued) & "Art that made us - To Kill a King"
We continued our leftover work from last week for the Invisible Cities project, and I managed to make a new plaster "cave" model that can...
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Katie Poon
Oct 3, 20221 min read
220922 : Art lab with Mick Kirkbride & life drawing with John Close
Mick began his class by sharing a quote from Grayson Perry (the Turner prize winning artist): "Until we can insert a USB into our ear and...
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Katie Poon
Oct 3, 20221 min read
210922 - Hew Locke, Cornelia Parker, Maria Bartuszova, and Lubaina Himid & B-list project
It was an eye opening experience for me! We first began our day with the Procession at Tate Britain. British sculptor and contemporary...
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Katie Poon
Oct 3, 20221 min read
200922 - Invisible Cities & 3 great artists
From 2D to 3D, we were encouraged to explore plaster and clay to construct and form a city. We anticipate in the end all of our work will...
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Katie Poon
Oct 3, 20221 min read
2022 new adventure starts here -
Welcome to Katie's art blog at the HSoA! Never too late to learn something new! Hello! I've always felt a gap between my Chinese painting...
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Katie Poon
Sep 30, 20221 min read
150922 - Hello my first lesson at HSoA!
Below is my first Art Lab work - a pair of glasses that I made with Edmond's help! First life drawing experience started on the same day...
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