Painting Gumnuts
Experimented with a black background and painting gumnuts and gumnut flowers! Acrylics on canvas, 16″x20″
Category: Traditional Art
Learning calligraphy
Practicing with quotes 🙂 Learning a lot from @domestika’s Bego Vinuela.
Watercolor Sundays
Reading a book by Emma Block, I was inspired to do some flowers in a vase, using watercolors.
The tiger shall join us for tea
Joining the Exquisite Palette Show by St. Luke’s Colourmen, at the Tacit Gallery on June 6-July 7, 2018. This is my entry.
Boracay Sun
Went on a beach trip with my parents and sister last year–we went to Boracay. Except for the many people selling hats, sunnies and food (far too many!!), and the grey skies for the first two days, everything was great! Powder-soft sand, blue skies, blue waters, sun–love it!! Was inspired to paint my sun after the trip, with additional inspiration from shells from Puka Beach! Used gouache paints, in shades of yellows, oranges, sky blue and aqua blue!
Royal Botanic Garden’s Rosy Pavillion
I am fond of parks/gardens, and most especially the Royal Botanic Gardens! For awhile, I was living near the Royal Botanic, and during afternoons, I would bring my art materials and my notebook and head off to draw and paint! This is of the Rose Pavillion, which is surrounded by roses, hence the name. Really pretty!
Paint them Ladies
From a visit to San Francisco, I drew an illustration of the Painted Ladies at Alamo Square. The Painted Ladies is a collection of Victorian and Edwardian houses, and is famous for the contrast with its background–the old and the new.
Japanese Samurai
When I was young, my dad asked me to read a really thick book: James Clavell’s Shogun. I still remember how they said earthquakes was normal, that the Japanese just use wooden structures to easily rebuild. I also remember how they don’t have an actual word for love, but just a word that closely describes it: duty. And most importantly, I remember honor, and how it was exemplified with their samurais–you are either captured by an enemy or break some rules from their code, you use a sword and slit open your belly. So after my trip to Japan, my
Grey and Peaceful Nishinomiya
I visited my friend, and I stayed at her place, for the spring of 2014. She was living in Nishinomiya, and had to work on weekdays. While she worked, I observed the life at Nishinomiya–the quiet, the grey buildings, the tiny car spaces, the tinier garden decorations–and I really liked it! I remember going for jogs, or for buying at the groceries, just going around to the trains or to see sakuras, and just seeing how the Japanese, and my friend, lived!
Painting by the Beach
Went to a beach with my friends. It was my first time to sleep in a hostel, where there were actually no rooms and we slept in hammocks. It was different, and the insect repellent was my saviour! Had time to do some art while on the beach!