英文原版对话1000个:792 Art

Todd: Shona, do you consider yourself an artist?

Shona: No, actually, I wouldn't use that word. I don't like when people use that word cause like artist to me is like someone who is like famous for like creating something like, there's like being a creator or a designer and there's being like an artist, and an artist like is someone who's celebrated¹ for what they do, so I'm not really celebrated for what I do but I do like to sort of like make things, so I like to paint and I like to draw and I like to like create things and design things.

Todd: So what kind of things do you like to paint?

Shona: OK, well the kind of paintings I do are like based on like three things I've noticed over this time that I've been doing it. There're based on color. Color is like so important to me. I like really bright colors. I like colors that kind of clash together that might not go. Also, I like shapes. Shape is like the most important thing to me. I like the shapes of sea horses, of butterflies, of like flowers, of natural things, of like the human form. Shape is like the biggest deal to me. I also like repetition in what I do, so I kind of repeat the same shape or like I'll repeat like part of a shape, like it will appear in many different parts of a painting that I'll do, so these are like the most important things, and they're kind of like, I suppose can end of a kind of bit sort of psychedelic or a bit crazy like, but like if you kind of look at them closely you'll see what they're made up of.

Todd: That's pretty interesting. So, do you like then, let's say, you know, architecture that uses patterns and things like that or do you just like painting as a medium on a piece of canvas.

Shona: Yeah, I like kind of all forms of art really. I like architecture. I like.. what I like to see is like where there's like an old building right next to a new one, like and you can see like maybe if the new one's slightly in front of the old one. You can see like the differences overlapping³. I like things that overlap². It sounds a bit weird⁴ but.

Todd: You like layers.

Shona: Yeah, I like layers. Exactly. I like collages⁶ as well, although I don't do them myself. I find it too difficult to actually do them. I like appreciate a collage⁵ because I like the fact that it's built up. It's like layered. It's more interesting to look at.

Todd: One thing that I think is really amazing is that, cause I do the web stuff, I do the web design, and I'm a novice⁷. Like yourself, I'm not really an artist but I'm always amazed how computers can't replicate⁸ the same colors of nature.

Shona: Yeah, exactly.

Todd: You'll see certain browns or purples or blues⁹ and you just can't get it on a computer.

Shona: Exactly. I know. It's like, it's difficult, like, cause nature is like so much more beautiful than anything anyone can ever create, you know, so sometimes it's kind of frustrating¹⁰, especially like if I'm just drawing like something in nature, like a scene. Like there's no way it's going to be as beautiful as what I can see with my own eyes in front of me, and it can be a bit frustrating sometimes, like the same with trying to find colors that match nature.

Todd: It's pretty hard, although it does seem that a really good artist on canvas can get pretty close with the colors.

Shona: Yeah, they can get close. You have to be really good at you're mixing. You see that's one of the like skills involved with painting. You've got to be able to like mix paints really well.

Todd: And can you mix paints really well?

Shona: I'm getting there.
 

1 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

2 overlap   

v.重叠，与…交叠；n.重叠

参考例句：

• The overlap between the jacket and the trousers is not good.夹克和裤子重叠的部分不好看。
• Tiles overlap each other.屋瓦相互叠盖。

3 overlapping   

adj./n.交迭（的）

参考例句：

• There is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
• A trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。

4 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

5 collage   

n.拼贴画；v.拼贴；把……创作成拼贴画

参考例句：

• A collage of coloured paper covers a table top.一副彩纸拼贴画盖在桌面上。
• He has used a mixture of mosaic,collage and felt-tip pen.他混合使用了马赛克、拼贴画和毡头笔。

6 collages   

n.拼贴画( collage的名词复数 )；杂烩

参考例句：

• My work includes mixed media, paintings and digital collages. 我的工作包括混合媒介，绘画和数码拼贴。 来自互联网
• I love making photo collages. 我喜欢做照片拼贴。 来自互联网

7 novice   

adj.新手的，生手的

参考例句：

• As a novice writer,this is something I'm interested in.作为初涉写作的人，我对此很感兴趣。
• She realized that she was a novice.她知道自己初出茅庐。

8 replicate   

v.折叠，复制，模写；n.同样的样品；adj.转折的

参考例句：

• The DNA of chromatin must replicate before cell division.染色质DNA在细胞分裂之前必须复制。
• It is also easy to replicate,as the next subsection explains.就像下一个小节详细说明的那样，它还可以被轻易的复制。

9 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

10 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》