Reflection on Individual Mask

If you were to ask me if this project work is easy, I would say no. Skills and patience are needed.

I have drawn Chinese Opera Mask as my individual mask. I find it interesting as the colours resembles different personalities. For instance, red stands for loyal, courageous and upright people; white for sinister and cunning officials; and golden and silvery colors for gods and ghosts.

My Individual Mask:





















As I have mentioned earlier on, drawing this mask is not easy. I kept erasing my drawing and editing my work until it looks right. All the erasing and editing took about one Art lesson ( which is 1 hour ). Like what most of my members did, I brought it home to continue my work.

At home, I started colouring my work. Instead of showing just the normal colours of the mask, I showed tones, just as how my teachers suggested. So, it looked slightly different from the original mask uploaded on the internet. ( Personally, I think it looked great! )

I find it difficult to sketch the mask, as well as colouring the mask with tones. However, I really enjoyed the process even though it is tedious and tiring. I like the final product of my work as it looks much more interesting and unique compared to the common Chinese Opera Mask we normall see.

In conclusion, I like my final Art work of my individual mask and the process of sketching and colouring it. I have also learned many new knowledge from the research that I have done for this project. Overall, I have enjoyed myself.

~ Xiao Yu ^^