I had the opportunity to come back and interview Sukit Sukrakan, an artist in the South who taught disciples that passed through many generations when he returned to his former home in Trang. Trang is a province located on the southwest coast of Thailand next to the Andaman Sea. It is a famous province with the beauty of the sea. and an abundance of forests and caves, It features tourist attractions, and Southern Thai-Chinese food in the morning time with coffee and tea.
The
renovation
of
Pak
Meng
Pier
in
Trang
Province
developed
into
a
large
port.
Travel
to
various
islands
provides
convenience
for
Thai
tourism
and
adds
much
more
charm
to
Trang.
I
found
that
Sukit
Sukrakan
is
still
working
hard
as
before,
having
renovated
his
house.
planting
teak
trees
and
other
plants.
His
butler
who
cooks
food
from
the
South
comes
out
to
make
life
taste
admirable.
There
are
solo
exhibitions
and
workshops
with
artists
from
other
provinces
in
the
South
continuously,
together
with
students
who
came
to
participate
in
watercolor
painting
in
other
provinces
after
my
original
interview
with
him
in Scene4, 2017.
At
that
time,
Sukit
Sukrakan
worked
in
a
gallery
in
Phuket.
I
found
that
Sukit
likes
to
draw
different
kinds
of
boats,
which
he
sees
in
everyday
situations
along
the
Andaman
coast.
When
returning
home
to
Trang
he
contued
working
on
watercolor
painting,
But
this
time,
he
suggested,
that
he
was
starting
to
go
back
to
oil
painting.
Personally,
I'm
better
at
it,
he
said,
with
a
lovely
smile.
The following is the new interview.
JY.
Please tell us about the progression of artists in the South that you have worked with. You had just traveled to work for the last time in Chumphon Province on February 16-17, 2023. What was the atmosphere of the event. Recently, I saw your poster to show your exhibition will be held in Phuket in May 2023 at the Phuket Art Club.
SS.
A group of southern watercolor artists gathered from the operation of
IWs Thailand with Bancha Sriwongrat as the president of the Watercolor
World Thailand and appointed Direk Sikaew as the president of the
Southern Watercolor Group. Most of the members were teachers and
general people in the southern part of Thailand. There will be activities for
people in the area of watercolor continuously. Recently, Southern
Watercolor organized an activity: Chumphon Land art was drawn at the
end of February. This is considered the first watercolor activity in
Chumphon Province. There are workshop activities of the leading
watercolor artists in Thailand who have been invited to teach watercolor to
those who are interested and painting activities both inside and outside the
place There is a good response.
JY.
Please introduce yourself one more time.
SS.
I returned to my original home in Trang in early 2018. I opened a
watercolor house to be a source of learning mainly to paint with
watercolors In fact, I will teach you how to draw almost every color. But
the watercolor house will mainly focus on teaching painting with
watercolors. During my stay in Phuket from 2013 to 2017, there were solo
watercolor shows twice a year. Then there was an economic recession in
2015-2017. So I came back to live at my old house in Trang. I opened my
home Bann Sii Nam to teach watercolors to students and the public who
are interested in painting with watercolors.
It will mainly teach on holidays and on weekends. It has received the
attention of parents whose children also want to learn to draw.
Currently, I teach watercolor painting with Nipa Sukrakan, who is my wife
and a drawing teacher. Most watercolor teaching will focus on basic and
important techniques, such as wet on wet, wet on dry, and dry on dry
techniques, which is an important basis for teaching introductory
watercolor painting using the landscape as the main image. and using the
student as the center of learning. Each person who comes to study will
draw a picture, but the content is different according to their ability. I
mainly use the principle of observing the students, and inquire about the
need to learn mainly by the instructor, setting up learning activities
together with the instructor.
The important thing is that the learner will be happy with what he wants to
draw. And I will not teach to draw in my style, but will allow the learners to
gradually find the strengths and style of their drawing by using the drawing
process according to the steps that I teach. Therefore, you will see a variety
of drawing methods and styles from this method. It may be tiring for the
teacher, but the students will be more than happy that we go and
determine how to draw for the students. This method will occur when each
student has mastered the basics of drawing that I set up first.
JY.
Please tell us about the activities of Bann Sii Nam (Watercolor House).
SS.
Bann Sii Nam encourages young people to participate in various
painting activities on-site and off-site in order to assess themselves in their
own abilities. During normal times, teaching will be emphasized only on
Saturdays and Sundays. Twice a day, morning and afternoon.
In the future, I would like to have a large exhibition room to store my
works that I have been painting since 1972. I have kept a lot of works.
Unfortunately, many stages of the watercolor paintings' life were not
desirable. Termites gnawed and ate a lot, some flooded, some disappeared
in thousands of pieces. Life can only be dreamed of having a gallery... it
requires a lot of capital. Investment that does not have any agency or
support from any organization makes it difficult to achieve the dream
For me, it was determined that I would paint for the rest of my life as long
as I breathed and share knowledge to those who come to study. Nothing
more ambitious than what has been said. I would like an organization that
promotes the arts to support the idea. and the work of artists who work
with art seriously. It is unfortunate that society still does not see the
importance of art like other countries
Success in painting is never over as long as we have breath. Every time we
draw, we will develop ourselves. The more we do, the more we will grow.
Life is very short. Create an equation of goodness and create works that are
unique for society.
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