Buried by work

Posted on April 25, 2013 by why

Did not post anything for almost 2 months, because I was buried by work… I’ve been longing for the summer break since Dec last year!!

A bunch of bananas

flowers

Posted on January 29, 2013 by why

watercolor is so fun to play with… i usually started by simply dropping colors onto the paper… then the idea and form would slowly develop and evolve… and the final result is usually a nice surprise..

blue flowers

i was inspired by the phrase ‘artist’s wind’ in this one…

artist’s wind

Experiment with acrylics

Posted on September 22, 2012 by why

Studio class exercise – using the wash technique (above) and layering technique (below).

still life – acrylics on canvas

Ginger flowers

Posted on July 18, 2012 by why

I went to the Botanic Garden last week and took lots of photos. Here’s two paintings of the ginger flowers I did based on the photos I took last week. The one on the left was done on a hot press watercolor paper that I bought recently, and the one on the right is on a 135lb heavy weight paper.

halia

Negative painting

Posted on July 3, 2012 by why

I’ve been borrowing books and DVDs on watercolor painting from the library lately, and got really motivated to practice my watercolor techniques.

I painted the followings after watching the DVD, Painting outside the lines – A positive approach to negative painting by Linda Kemp. You can get the book of the same title on Amazon too.

I’m always intriguied to see negative painting techniques in a painting and have always wanted to learn to do it. Linda makes it seems so easy to follow! She starts by showing us the basic of negative painting, using circles only. This exercise really helps me to understand how negative painting works. She then went on to demonstrate how she works – paint some bold colors as an underpainting, identify shapes using the colors already on it and further develop these shapes by painting around it, then slowly build up the painting layer by layer to achieve the final result. She demonstrated three paintings in the DVD – winter berries, forest, and a landscape scene. I enjoyed watching she paint and how the paintings slowly evolve.

Negative Paintings

watercolor practice

Posted on June 22, 2012 by why

practicing watercolor painting based on some photo references…

autumn colors

watercolor experiment

Posted on May 25, 2012 by why

i had so much fun playing with the watercolor set, just experimenting with different color combinations and see which one i like best… hmm….still couldn’t decide…

watercolor

Inspire and Pixlr-o-matic

Posted on March 27, 2012 by why

Been playing with the new iPad, and was having fun with this painting app Inspire and the photo effects app Pixlr-o-matic.

Inspire is quite easy to use, and I really like how the colors can be blended together beautifully. However, the canvas size is too small for the free version, and the image looks kinda blur when you view it on the computer.

Pixlr-o-matic is gotta be one of my favorites. It provides many filters that could drastically change the mood of your photos. I found it equally useful for drawings and paintings.

In this Rabbit King painting, the one at the upper left corner is the original one painted with Inspire using fingers, and the rest are different versions of the same painting created by Pixlr-o-matic.

Rabbit King

Painting on a leaf

Posted on March 8, 2012 by why

Went for a walk at the Botanic Gardens last weekend and picked up a leaf from the ground to bring home. I did a small painting on it the next day, it looked great when I just finished, but it ‘shrink’ and wrinkle up the next day! I tried to press it down with my sketchbooks but it seems too late, does anyone know how to fix it??