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Mothering Sunday

Yesterday was Mothering

Sunday. In England and a few

other English-speaking

Commonwealth countries this

is a special day. It is a

traditional time to visit your

mother and give her a posy of

flowers and a piece of Simnel

cake. This is a light fruit cake

covered in marzipan or

almonds with some marzipan

or almonds in the middle of it.

It is very delicious!

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Monday, 31 March, 2014

The Newsletter DYU students draw and photograph

DYU’s trees and flowers

In this issue you can see some more

drawings and photographs by Da-Yeh U students of Cultural Creative Industries. They said that they really enjoyed going outside to draw and take photos in DYU’s beautiful campus grounds. _____________________

A Fuji cherry tree

Jay 陳秋霖 said that when he looked

at this tree, which is a Fuji cherry tree

from Japan, he just wanted to make a

beautiful drawing. He said that

although he knew that he could not

draw like Van Gogh or other famous

artists, he could still draw with life and

feeling. “l tried my best to draw it and I

think this drawing is the best I have

done in my whole life. This was the first

time I have gone outside to draw. This

was a life changing experience because

it gave me time to focus on DYU’s

beautiful surroundings,” he said.

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Flowers

More flowers

Joanne 黃品璇 said that when she

drew the picture on the left, she

focused on the colour of the flowers.

In her drawing she used red, green,

black and brown. “In the sunshine

the red flowers and green leaves had

many different colours. The flower

centres even had a bright golden

sparkle. It was amazing,” she said.

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Amy Liao 廖瑞玲 said

that her class had recently

learned about Van Gogh’s

works. “We saw many

paintings by Van Gogh

then I used pastels to

draw these flowers. I

tried to imitate Van

Gogh’s style. When I saw

these flowers I felt very

happy because it made

me feel full of vitality.

Since this is my first

sketch, I felt that drawing

it was quite novel,” said

Amy 廖瑞玲.

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A closer look at a crown of thorns

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Many thanks!

Judy 林珈佑 said that she tried to take her

photograph from an angle that showed the

natural beauty of DYU’s campus grounds.

“It’s so much fun going outside to learn. It

was a leisurely morning. We didn’t just stay

in the office or class. We thought we’d go

outside and take a walk and breathe the

fresh air. What a wonderful day,” said Judy

林珈佑.

Tree leaves