Note to self...

Sometimes...you need to talk to yourself...

Aleksandr Petrov

His works are amazingly detailed and it is scary how he is still using the traditional method of oil pastels on glass...woopeemama...
He won an academy for "Old man and the sea". Then I saw his work again in "Winter Days"...beautiful works...

Check him out at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Petrov_(animator)

Check out his latest work with studio Ghibli at:
http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/mezame/trailer/

Watercolor Palette

I spent $70 over bucks on sable hair brushes at Straits Commercial - Colorpro brushes from Japan. I have to admit that I am not at all tempted or confident that I will stay on in this media long enough to invest in a proper kolinsky brush...maybe some 10-15 yrs later or after I sold one painting...or whichever comes first...

So the new brushes got me into the mood again and I reorganised my palette, since I've gotten a larger one.



I've wasted quite an innocent amount of paint...but let's hope I memorise the colors and their names. Next will be working on how their mixes will turn out...a bit lazy...but hey...cool!...

Need to get my basics covered and 2 paintings done during this break before we resume lessons next year. The class are going to Nepal for painting and I don't think I am good to go...haiz...after a while bah...when I find my painting voice...



I recently purchased a battery box from Daiso to keep all my Horadam watercolor tubes. Fitted perfectly and my collection is modest enough to fit in a sponge too. Hehehe...

TokiDoki and DevilRobots

One of the best cross-over since Alien vs Predator...hehehe...

Froggies at Rasa Sentosa

I was commissioned by Pixel Squad to work on these illustrations for Rasa Sentosa back in 2006. The funny thing about Pixel Squad is...this is the first time we worked together and they gave me the job before they even see my portfolio...haha...

Glad everything turned out well and the clients were happy. The illustrations were on the murals of the children play area in Rasa Sentosa. I haven't seen the actual thing yet and I hope they haven't tear it down...

Artist - Fuyuko Matsui

She is so beautiful...I am so in love with her...her work is amazing but not really my cuppa tea...
To find out more about Ms Matsui, go to her web at
http://matsuifuyuko.com/

No pic of her gorgeous self on her blog though...I got it thru goggle image...Aawee...who say Beauty and Talent don't go together...for once I must complain...God is so unfair!!! :P

Illustration Oct 24 Fri - Repair

Finish liao! Finish liao!!!

Now I can finally move on...gotta try working faster next time! My husband made fun of me..."isn't this the topic several fridays ago?"

Sheesh...

Halfdone Illustration Oct 24 Fri - Repair

I am having a illustrator block...can't seem to continue...

I will probably feel better once I forced myself to finish up the boy and do the remaining touches in Photoshop...

Current mood: I suck...

Nanyang Art Supplies Sdn Bhd

136 Jalan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur 50000, Wilayah Persekutuan

p: 603-20787066 f: 603-20788525

Must go the next time I am in KL....soon, I supposed...hehehe...

Heartlands:Home and Nation in the Art of Ong Kim Seng

HEARTLANDS: Home and Nation in the Art of Ong Kim Seng


• 16 Oct 2008 – 30 Nov 20087 Nov (Fri) •

Singapore Art Museum 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555. Tel: 63323222

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and the National Arts Council (NAC) are proud to present HEARTLANDS: Home and Nation in the Art of Ong Kim Seng, a major exhibition of Singapore’s foremost watercolourist Ong Kim Seng. The show features 35 paintings, together with a companion book and video presentations, of significant places present and past in Singapore’s urban heartlands. The exhibition is supported by the Housing and Development Board and the Standard Chartered Bank.

Half Flat: Arts of Illustrator

Show Opening: 29.11.2008, 7:30pm
Exhibition: 30.11.2008 - 20.12.2008 •
ADMISSION FREE
Black Earth Art Museum • 352 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427599Opening hours 12noon - 9pm • Closed on Monday.

Thanks to Sze Liat for showing me this piece of info~

3rd & 4th Watercolour Lesson

For our 4th lessons, we went out to Alkaff Mansion. I was really excited as I've heard of the place even though I've never been there...

I was disappointed by the current status the mansion was in. It had lost all of its former glory and glow...I wish the organisation that bought it will save it...

But Alkaff Mansion remained to be one of Mr Ong's favourite painting haunt...I think...
And I was complacent...thinking that the place is still well-maintained...I never bring my insect repellent! Luckily Mr Ong got bring...he offered a Japanese brand and China brand one...without hesitation, everyone goes straight for the Japanese brand...

Basic painting equipments...

I already have the chair but I need the serving tray...I haven't invest in an easel yet as I am not confident that I will use it...after all, I didn't produce anything during the Amoy Street outing...

While I was still sketching, Mr Ong had already started to paint...he 'cheated' in fact, he sketched with watercolour...hehe...
Not completely done yet already looking so promising...haiz...master is master...

This is my chosen shot...

I finally disciplined myself to at least complete the painting for class correction today. Got paint, got show, got correction, got learn!
I love what Mr Ong had fixed for me! And I learnt! Cannot gabera already...will put in more effort in mastering the water and the color mixing...

Felt more inspired now that I finally painted something on my own. My classmates were super encouraging as well...and they are all really fantastic painters...still learning under Mr Ong!

Works of classmates...

Those really good ones have minimal correction. Those really really really good one...Mr Ong will say..."Can sign already!" or..."This one can sell!"

Classes with my classmates and Mr Ong are really fun and lighthearted...the way painting should be...

Sketch Oct 24 Fri - Repair

Finally completed the sketch today...in between what little break times I have during work...and time at home were spent trying to complete my first proper outdoor painting...

Late but I will set to complete it before the next topic came out...

For our wedding 1st anniversary...

I wanted to surprise my husband. I want to draw and paint this and frame it up. I have this image of 2 cute little characters...that's as cute as our representative DDungs...

I even dragged my colleague to Ikea to chose a frame with me...but as it turns out...its very amateurish...I am so very tempted to forgo the entire project and just stick to my forte...vectorising....

At least the colors will be so much more brilliant than what I could conjure with watercolor...haizz...but the biggest boo-boo was...Kelvin arrived home before the paint dry and before I can hide it!!!

Don't care ar...I spent the whole afternoon doing this so he's gotta like it regardless...although I think the faces are a tad orangy...I think I will do another one...and hide it carefully from him this time! But hor on 2nd thought...I think I will just print out the DDungs shot that we took on our own and frame them up and present to him instead...hehehe...

2nd Watercolour Lesson

Outdoor sketching at Amoy Street...

I am too shy...and I don't know that Singapore has such a lot of Indian Tourists nowadays. Even the Tian Hock Temple's swarmed with tourists. Caucasians and Indians. And you know Indians...being shy really isn't their virtue...so many of them tried to catch my attention and half the time I was horrified and I so wanted to hide my 'ugly' drawing but I have to carry on sketching...

*I only fill in the colors after I got home...

I've paid for this lesson and I am so damn well gonna draw! But I think its my own fault for choosing a spot away from the group. Nice try, Ranna! Stupid is as stupid does...next time I am gonna hurdle together with my classmates and let the better ones be harassed indeed~

I am just complaining for fun...this is really a wonderful training process for me. Impatient...wanna fly before even learning how to walk...haiz...

This is a shot of what Mr Ong did on the spot.

It is damn nice lor! Even though it's half done...The passerbys are added on by him and he even altered the tree...

Must jia you! I am studying under a great master...so much to learn from him...

I didn't start painting on the spot so that really totally took away the drive to complete the painting. I must get new watercolor papers, probably a bit more colors to play with and also...an easel. I noticed that Mr Ong and my classmates got some of those serving trays to use as a desktop...I wonder if which artshop did they get it from?

Watercolour Lesson 1

I don't know what stirred me but I went to email to the super famous Mr Ong and he found a vacancy for me in his class!

So I went to the class...absolutely clueless about what to expect. I was early, I was the first student to arrive.

Mr Ong asked me where I worked and I told him honestly...he goes..."Oh...Do you know Mr Ho? He's also from your company!"

"Ohh..." I smiled and took a while to digest that fact...then it finally dawned on me..."You mean my colleague is my classmate here???"

"Noo nooo...your colleague's FATHER is your classmate here..."

Small world man...turns out my GM's father is my watercolor classmate. So you can imagine how very young I am in my class. hehehe...this got me to suspect that I managed to get a seat in Mr Ong's class because his student (who had a eye problem) probably needed cataract surgery...