Zheng Lai Ming Fine Arts Mentorship

The Hyper-realist Painter

Zheng Lai Ming is a professional fine arts painter, philosopher, and mentor from Singapore who is well known for his large-scale hyper-realist paintings. He graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts with a diploma in Singapore at the age of 22 but has always shown talent and enthusiasm in art even at an early age.

Upon graduating, he started making large scale portraits where he specialized in hyper-realism. Some of his famous works were portraits of influential people like the president of Taiwan, China and even Barack Obama of the United States. He has also painted a large-scale painting of himself which received numerous compliments and praises from people all over the world.

When asked why he prefers to do portraits and faces of people, he said, “The human face bears history and experience of the person.” Most of his paintings are extremely realistic in detail and deals with childhood’s lost memories, culture, and history.

Zheng Lai Ming has been pursuing his hyper-realistic painting techniques and approach for many years now which makes him very familiar with different styles of abstract, impressionistic, realistic and photorealistic paintings.

Zheng Lai Ming’s paintings are exhibited internationally and are collected by art museums, galleries, and private investors from Italy, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Russia and the United States.

His work has also been featured in local media such as ChannelNewsAsia, Channel 8, TheNewsPaper, and TheStraitTimes.

Zheng Lai Ming is an artist with a heart and believes that, “Whether you are an artist or not, don’t give up on your passion and start doing something. One day you could inspire others.” This inspiration led him to build up an art school of his own to help people discover and learn the beauty of fine arts that he himself is passionate about.

Famous Works and Masterpiece.

Aside from his large-scale paintings from which he is well known, Zheng Lai Ming has also made different kinds of painting that has captured the interest of a lot of people.

In 2012, Zheng Lai Ming debut with his first toy painting named Lost & Found that was sold immediately. On the same year, he came up and made a second version of his first painting and named it Lost and Found #2 (Traditional Toy in the 1950s) painting which also received a lot of admiration from art enthusiasts.

Lost and Found #2 panting’s inspiration was Zheng Lai Ming’s father and his childhood memories in the year 1950-1960s. During that time, Singapore just got separated from Malaysia and kids learned to create a variety of traditional games and toys to play with during their free time.

Zheng Lai Ming further explained, “The traditional toy is one of the cultural heritages that are priceless and cannot be replaced because it symbolizes our culture and identity of Singapore. My dad once told me that he would use-recycled materials to build lanterns during a moon cake festival and many other occasions. Many children also enjoy visiting the mud swamp to catch insects, spiders, frogs, and fishes.”

Zheng Lai Ming often create paintings that are depicted from childhood memories, culture, and history.

Some of his works are the following:

Lost & Found #3 - Oil on Canvas, 180 x110 cm, 2013

Found - Oil on Canvas, 122 x 90 cm, 2014

Lost - Oil on Canvas, 168 x 152cm, 2014

Toy 2018 - Oil on canvas, 245 x 155cm, 2018

Lost & Found #4 : Mothers - Oil on canvas, 180 cm x 155 cm, 2018

Men - Oil on canvas, 155 cm x 155 cm, 2018

A Child is Born - Oil on canvas, 160 x 160 cm, 2018

Wedding Ring - Oil on canvas, 200 x 130cm, 2018

See the complete collection of Zheng Lai Ming’s paintings and artworks by visiting the Zheng Lai Ming Art Gallery page.

From being a hyper-realist painter, Zheng Lai Ming continues to educate young people and share his artistic skills and knowledge to everyone and to the world. With over 10 years of teaching experience, he aims to discover new artistic talents coming from the young generation of today.

The School

Being the founder and mentor, Zheng Lai Ming organized the Zheng Lai Ming Art Education school in the year 2017 which caters to children who are passionate about learning fine arts. ZLM Art Education provides art courses that are available for kids ages five and above and aims to groom kids to become better and creative artists.

ZLM Art Education offers courses that introduce children to oil painting and fine arts. In this school, children can learn the following art skills and techniques:

Proper way of handling a paint brush and pencil

Pencil shading

Color mixing

Oil and acrylic painting technique

Recognizing shape and form

Optical illusion

Oil paint mixing

Still life drawing and painting

Realistic drawing and painting

Art history

Under the mentorship of Zheng Lai Ming, children will hold art lessons in an art gallery environment. Thus, nourishing the creativity and imagination of the children even more. In ZLM Art Education, kids get to experience how it is to be like a real and a professional artist.

With over 50,000 followers on his page, here's what people say about Zheng Lai Ming and his art school:

"Nice works. Unbelievable." -Abi

"I'm inspired. Thank you for sharing your short memoir and artwork." -Inni

"Class of its own." -Dodi

“Great job. So talented.” -Margaret Sia

“Love it. God job!” -Julie Dedulla

“My favourite colours for both black and white. Nice art piece.” -Chris Lee

“Happy with the result. Thanks to Teacher Zheng Lai Ming.” -Priscilla Tay

ZLM Art Education offers affordable course fees with ​a trial lesson available for parents who wish to give their kids a try. All courses include art materials ready to use. Upon completing the course and passing the exam, students will receive a certificate signed by the founder and mentor himself, Zheng Lai Ming.

Benefits of Art Education

Enrolling your child to an art school has numerous benefits to their personal life and future career. But what specifically does arts can actually do to your child? Here are seven (7) reasons why art is essential to children and to their brain development:

Art encourages creativity and innovation. Art activities such as drawing and painting help children to unleash their imagination and to think out of the box. Colors, shapes and visual images help nurture a child’s creativity which will also help in the process of thinking new possibilities of things and in further innovation.

Art helps develop fine motor skills. Kids use their hands and fingers very often and make different motions and strokes that help them develop fine motor skills. Art activities that involve music and dancing also improve other motor skills such as agility balance. Engaging kids in art activities give them opportunities to become both physically and mentally active.

Art boosts confidence and self-esteem. Arts give children opportunities to express their personal feelings and ideas that make them identify their capabilities. The discovery and awareness of such abilities help them believe and take pride in what they can do, thus making them more confident about who they are. Art gives children a sense of accomplishment. Kids who are more inclined to arts are known to have better focus and attention and are also happier.

Art creates neural connections. When a child creates an art, his/her brain fires away to think of ideas and result in inventiveness. You can just imagine the expression kids make whenever they discover and try out something fun and new!

Art improves academic performance. Arts doesn’t just enhance creativity in kids but it also makes them smarter! Studies have shown that developing artistic skills over time can turn into better academic outcomes in subjects such as writing, literacy, mathematics, and science.

Art enhances decision making and problem-solving abilities. Kids learn how to make decisions on their own, even in small and simple things like choosing a color to use in a drawing or what materials to use in a solar system diorama.

A child’s mind is stretched as he/she explores new ideas, innovations, and possibilities for a better outcome.

Art promotes social skills. Through arts, kids can connect and spend a fun and meaningful time with other kids. This helps them to exercise social skills and become more aware of the different personalities and attitudes of people.

Art activities are a great way to encourage kids to express themselves and build relationships with others. Kids are naturally curious and seeing other kid’s work will always make them speak out and express what they have in mind.

Why ZLM Art Education

Art education is indeed essential to developing necessary skills and knowledge in life. Studies have shown that people who have art background tend to excel more compared to those who do not. Children who have fine art background actually thrive and improve their brain along with their IQ and EQ intelligence.

Do you know the owner of Alibaba, Jack Ma? How about the founder of the world’s largest social media platform known as Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg? These famous people along with many other successful entrepreneurs have had fine arts background that helped them achieve their goal to become successful in their chosen career.

Film makers, movie celebrity stars, movie writers, actresses and actors, directors and producers all studied fine arts and even more, are Masters in Arts.

The most innovative and creative people in the world are those who are inclined to arts.

We are now living in a modern world where technology and computers have become a basic necessity in life, Fine arts like drawing and painting, on the other hand, play an important role in developing innovators such as graphic designers, animators, web designers, architects and information technology specialists.

Besides from good education in school like English and Math, kids should involve themselves to art education as early and throughout their childhood years. A child nourished with artistic skills and talents will have the capacity not just to become successful but to contribute to a better world. Art is merely not an expression, but also power and influence to change the world.

So, if you are a parent and you want to secure a better future for your children, try enrolling them to an art school! The benefits of it are not temporary but can last over the years and their entire life.

In Zheng Lai Ming Art Education, your kids will learn the fundamentals of arts, discover their own talents and over the years develop their personal and social skills. ZLM Art Education ensures that your kids will not only learn but will also become excellent in what they can do. With mentorship from a well-known and talented artist, your kids are literally in good hands.

Start building your foundation in arts to foster your child in becoming the best version he or she can be. If you are planning to enroll your kids to an art school, consider Zheng Lai Ming’s mentorship and be part of ZLM Art Education to find out how fine arts can do to you, to your child and to the world.

Zheng Lai Ming

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