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6125 (Paper 2)

Meeting the expectations is a commendable achievement, indicating your dedication to the task. Your layout does display a good attempt at creating depth, showcasing your potential for good compositions. However, it is important to address the technical aspects of your work. The execution appears somewhat slipshod, suggesting a need for improvement in your technical skills. Paying closer attention to the finer details, such as precision in lines and shading work, can significantly enhance the overall presentation of your prep studies. With continued practice and a focus on refining your technical abilities, there is no doubt that you can transform your 'okay' into outstanding but you will really need to work hard.

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6125 (Paper 2)
Your final layout exceeded our expectations, showcasing your creativity. Your innovative approach and attention to colour theory is commendable, making your artwork stand out. In addition, your annotations are clear and shows that you carefully select the elements to support your end work. However, it is important to address the issue concerning the preparatory studies. Meeting the minimum required pages for your preparatory work is crucial as it provides valuable insight into your creative process. Without a clear understanding of your process from concept to completion, it becomes challenging for an examiner to appreciate the depth of your artistic exploration hence, unable to award marks in the different components accordingly.

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1) less is more
2) always put a base colour
3) don’t use more than 2 mediums

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1. Test the layout within the time limit first. See if you can finish it within the 3 hours

2. Less is more

3. Get straight to the point

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Less is more
Time management/ planning
Straight to the point

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1. plan my time wisely
2. dont use so many mediums (2 max)
3. go straight to the point

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- having a focal poiny
- being straight to the point
- using the mediums you are skilled in

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Travel can indeed be an enriching experience that opens entrances to new cultures, people, and perspectives. It allows individuals to learn about different customs, traditions, and ways of life, which can broaden their understanding and appreciation of the world.

Throughout my 15 years in life, I have travelled to many different countries around the world and it has opened a new perspective for me. It really shows me that every country in the world is like a new "entrance" and unique in its own way and helps me to understand how to appreciate that particular country. It also helps enhance the cultural understanding of any country which allows me to immerse myself in different cultures allowing me to gain firsthand experiences and insights.

Travelling is not the only entrance that allows me to appreciate and understand the world but also allows me to have a personal growth and self-discovery by pushing me out of my comfort zone, challenging myself, and helps me to develop new skills. It boosts my confidence, independence, and adaptability, fostering personal growth and self-awareness which lets me into a entrance of a better me.

Travelling allows me to expand my knowledge by visiting new places offers opportunities to learn about the entrance of history, art, architecture, cuisine, and various other subjects. It provides a hands-on education that goes beyond books and classrooms. It also creates lasting memories with the people that I travel with and it shows me to be grateful to have these people by my side.

Travelling does bring me joy and pleasure. Not only that it is an amazing experience to get to know more about a country, it's culture, language, food and much more. Entrances to a whole new world!

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The term “worn out” can be defined as: people who are tired, or objects that are starting to look broken or turning old. My artwork will depict a personal story based from the inspiration I have on life from a shoemaker.

When I was about 7 years old, I begin to notice an old and frail shoemaker opposite the street. She was never there at that particular spot before those years. She would begin her day as early as 8am and end her day by noon, sitting on a old, rattan stool. She looked worn out, as if se never slept the night before and her wrinkles were so obvious from far. Definitely not in her best-dressed each day.

My mother started to send heaps of different kinds of shoes to be repaired by her and would always bring me along. I never turn down those moments because I found myself being curious behind the life of the shoemaker.

"Who is this shoemaker as a person? Why is she working so hard? Why is she looking worn out despite only being at that spot, working for only a few hours a day? Doesn't she have children to support her?"

Soon after, I slowly stopped going to the place where her miniature workshop would be as I was overwhelmed with school work and other things.

After Covid-19 cases died down, I went back to the place where her workshop would be but she was gone. Everytime I went back, she was not there.

I would keep asking myself everytime I walked past her usual spot: "Where is she? What happened to her? Did she pass on? What about her business?"

Until this very day, I still have no clue about what happened to her or her whereabouts.

At the time I did not really think too much about time, but now I realise that time is moving too fast, modernisation is taking away all traditions and cultures by wearing them out, which were part my childhood.

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Food wastage/ "weathered food" serious global problem that affects not only our environment but also our economy and social well-being. According to the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food produced in the world is wasted every year, which amounts to about 1.3 billion tons of food.In conclusion alot of food to wasted every year.

Last year my parents and I was wanted visiting a fruit market for my mother's Day.We came upon a well know discounted fruits market.The market was pack the one and only rule there was you can pick which fruits you want.As a fellow Singaporean my parents and I took a long time the pick as we wanted to choose the best looking one as many of the weathered and look like they have been there a long time.After picking the fruits we were one of the last ones left.

We saw the owners packing up and throwing many of thise unwanted food as they look "weathered".They were casually throwing it into a huge bin and slowly fulling it up

After this incident,I learnt that food wastage is a big problem and it is gradually increasing without us knowing.As many people are contributing to food wastage there's are people trying to stop it too.

There ae many ways the stop "weathered"food from bring thrown.A simple way to rescue these "weathered food" is recycling food scratis to produce nutrients -rich fertilisers.these so called spoiled food actually has lots of prott available and are good for growing plants.Many company are using this method of converting discarded foods into compost for employees to bring home.

Through his artwork,I hope to be able to change the mindsets of people of "weathered" food Making them think that they are unique.

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the interplay between sun and shadow is a interesting subject as there are many different ways to interpret it. it allows many artists to explore the dynamic relationship between light and darkness and how these may shape our perception of the world around us.

the sun represents light and warmth, while shadow represents darkness and coolness. However, in art, these two opposing forces come together to create a visual interplay that can be both striking and profound.

my perception of sun and shadow is always being behind someone. For me, i always feel like i am never able to be better or even like my sister. always falling behind her on everything such as sports, studies and all that you can think of, even hight. every thing that she does like acing a test would be praised by my parents and while i can’t ace a subject, when i show my artworks to my dad, he says that studies is more important and i should be more like my sister and ace subjects and not draw. that really dragged me down and made me feel as though i would never be like my sister and because i am not like my sister, i would never be appreciated by my parents.

In conclusion, the relationship between sun and shadow has been a subject of fascination for artists throughout history. Whether capturing the way that light falls across a subject's face, or exploring the way that light and shadow interact to create sculptural forms, artists have found endless inspiration in this fundamental interplay of opposing forces. By paying close attention to the way that sunlight and shadow interact with their subjects, artists are able to create works of art that are both beautiful and profound.

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Growing up I always thought of the world in a black and white. Things we did were either good or bad. When we start to grow older, we start finding gray areas. People do the right things for the wrong causes, or the wrong ones for the right. It's confusing, much to the point where its impossible to find where you stand in either situations.

The idea for "Sun and Shadow" lies in the contrasting hues of black and white. Black representing darker ideals like greed,or pessimism, while white represents wholer ideals, like patience, virtue. Having gray in the middle with a person (it can be anyone) represents how it shapes the human mind. One cannot simply be only thinking in black or white, as it is simply impossible. Our minds will always have gray areas. To do this, will lead to that, etc. Black, white and gray are what makes up the human mind. Its to show my thoughts on our minds, since its very hard to even try to understand it.

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The definition of 'Flower heads" is a tight cluster of small flowers without stems that are arranged so that the whole looks like a single flower.

Flowers Heads, like humans, come in different shapes, sizes, and colours. They have their unique characteristics and can have distinct personalities, just like people.

Additionally, I liken the similarities of these flower heads to humans due to their cycles of growth and development, with each stage representing a different phase of life. They start as a seed, then grow into a sprout, a bud, and eventually bloom into a full-grown flower. Similarly, humans go through stages of life, from infancy to childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age.

Furthermore, flower heads rely on certain environmental factors to thrive. They need adequate sunlight, water, and nutrients to grow and flourish, just as humans require a healthy environment, nourishing food, and social connections to maintain their physical and mental health.

My artwork illustrates the many similarites between a flower head and human, particularly the different stages of life. In this case, my life - I want to show my development, from my childhood years up til my teenage years like now in secondary school.

Flowers are often used as a metaphor for personal growth and development. The way a flower grows from a small seed to a beautiful bloom is similar to how people grow and develop over time.

Through my work I want to show how my ups and downs, my experiences are like flower heads. The struggles I've faced through my childhood years up til my teenage years like now in secondary school. the various things that Ive had to go through. i want to represent these hardships through the hard work the flower had and the process the flower has of becoming a full bloom.

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My artwork is a reflection of my expectations in life especially so for my grades in school. As I grow older, I realise that having good grades are essential in a student's life. Many a times when the grades are not up to self-expectation or even of others, a mix of negative emotions are elevated- anger, frustration, disappointment, lack of motivation; to name a few.

Several people around me may feel that I set high and/or unrealistic expectations of myself. While I used to be adamant of not agreeing with them, I find myself questioning my expectations a lot these days. However, like a bird who seemingly soar high in the sky without any difficulties, I find myself getting tired of flying high and soaring into the skies.

I struggle with keeping up with my grades these days as the topic get more difficult every level you rise, problems like overthinking and stress arose inside my mind as it gets corrupted. The more difficult it gets the more I need to focus but it seems tough no matter how hard I try I always fail to reach.

The reason why I enjoyed it at the beginning is because when you get good grades you want it to stay and get better but as time pass it gets higher and difficult, I started to drop a lot. I look up to people who are better than me and I'm just at the same usual spot, seating on a rocking chair and the path infront of me being blocked by something called "obstacle and difficulty" and in it, it has overthinking and having a hard time to try and not be afraid of anything.

These few things were at my path blocking the way to success, like a huge wall being tall and difficult to break through like metal or brick. When I look up it's cloudy from the bottom and maybe reaching higher theirs light and hope saying that you finally did it, but as I look up I stilled had a long way to go. Broken stairs, walls that maybe need to be solve to continue. It was tiring but looking at how far I made I need to move on to reach my goal, no matter how difficult it can be..

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I have struggled with finding the love and passion for my CCA- Band, the last 2-3 years. Band was not a CCA of choice. Despite that, I have kept to a near-perfect attendance for CCA and have tried to find the "entrance" to the love and passion I envision to have for Band.

I was given the opportunity to be part of the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) this year. In the built up to the prestigious experience that not all students will have, I had my first-hand experience to watch a Band Performance by the Singapore Symphonic Orchestra.

As I walked into the entrance of the Esplanade Concert Hall for the very time, I was in awe with the vibes and architecture of the building. This entrance I made was probably the start of my love for band.

When the concert started, the performers entrance to the stage, their posture and everything was immaculate. Starting off was the piece that we are to play during SYF and it was breathtaking. They sounded neat and barely made any mistakes at all, what a show!

Sitting down on the front few rows, I got a tingle as they played their pieces wonderfully as they ended and everyone applauded loudly. That was when I got the feeling of satisfaction.

When we got back to school after the wonderful performance, I felt that for our band to get to their level, we should all put in our efforts to make SYF worth all our trainings. From then, when I enter the band room, I look forward to having Band sessions.

Finally the day arrived. I personally was afraid and nervous but I did not let it put me down. Entering the concert hall, we played the piece, and not long after we exited the hall. We. Got. DiStInCtIoN. That was the point that I felt proud to be able to get distinction and proud for the band. Our efforts payed off. It was truly a entrance to a new beginning for me

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Upon stepping into a concert hall entrance to view a performance which relates to our SYF which was upcoming, I still had a feeling that band is not the CCA for me. Moving back to Secondary 1 when I first chose a CCA of my choice, I was devastated when I got put into another CCA which in this case was band. I did not really look forward to having CCA after but still decided to try and explore the wonders of band. Still... I felt like band was not for me. Moving along the next few years of being in band, I start being familiarized with the ways of band. That's when SYF came into my life. We, as a band went to view a concert which will help us in our upcoming SYF performance. While sitting down on the front few rows, I got a tingle as they played their piece wonderfully as they ended and everyone applauded loudly. That's when I felt that band was not that bad and felt that after playing a piece that you have been practicing for months to have people clap and applause at the end felt satisfying. For the next few band sessions before SYF, I put in my very best and aimed for our band to get distinction. Finally the day arrived. I personally was afraid and nervous but I did not let it put me down. Entering the concert hall, we played the piece, and not long after we exited the hall. We. Got. DiStInCtIoN. That was the point that I felt proud to be able to get distinction and proud for the band. Ever since, I look forward to the band sessions ahead of me... It was truly a entrance to a new beginning for me
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13. Tan Jun Xian Artist Statement [DONE]

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13. Tan Jun Xian Artist Statement [DONE]

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Theme: sun and shadow

Always being behind someone’s shadow

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Entrance to a new beginning ~ ✨

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theme: entrance
brief description: my love for travelling around the world

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Reaching for greater ambition

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Theme: Flower Heads
Brief Description: How the vibrancy and the life cycle of the flowers reflect on my own life and my up and downs

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Concept: Shadow art

Brief description: wanting to reach out

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Theme:
Weathered

Dscomposing item /abandoned

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Theme:
Weathered | Worn Out

Brief Description:
Worn out things/traditions to represent time moving at a fast pace