My Visual Diary...

Working with ballpoint pen, copic markers and watercolors. One of my favorite medium is drawing with a ballpoint pen. It is cheap and most effective for the type of look I want to achieve.

Another new addiction of mine. If I am a full time artist, I will devote an hour a day to draw one fashion illustration each day. I am going to try doing this everyday for a month and see if I can manage......

I never thought collage can be this fun. This is the first time I explore collage work. This has been going on for seven months and it is never enough. I am still thinking of what to do with all these collage pieces. How am I going to bring it to the next level? We will see and I will keep everyone posted.

I am a paperdoll collector. It is just one of those thing that I enjoyed playing most when I was young. I can spend hours just creating my own. After so many years, I started creating my own paperdoll again. I suspect this is going to be one of those thing that I am going to get addicted with for many years.

These are some life drawing demos I did in class for my students. It is usually Xu Hui or Steven posing for my class. They are my favorite.

My new addiction this year. A continuation from my flower series.  I think this is going to be my next big personal project.

My works explore the dialectical consequences between metaphorical representation and human behaviour. The illustrations are grounded in the natural structures of matter: the life cycle of a plant, the elements of mineral and the natural surroundings. These combinations produced an infinite series of possibilities during growth when the original structure adapts itself and gives birth to various diverse forms, all of the same family but dissimilar in copies. The outcome is dependent on what the owner sown and the surroundings that he intends to put in. The diversity signifies a sign of life that appears out of randomness, yet any similarities are unintentional. 

...work in progress on my upcoming exhibition "Chance, Luck Accident", a collaborated exhibition with 4 other artists and design friends...

   One of those things that keep me going at work is to find time drawing things that I like... and I am blessed with a job that allows me to do that. 

These are painted with acrylic on canvas. I like how you can use acrylic paint to create texture. The colours from acrylic can be very vibrant. Acrylic paint is still my favourite medium.

I remembered one of my favourite hobby when I was young is to sew my own stuffed toy. The craft shop used to sell packets of 'DIY Stuffed-Toy'. I would just spent the entire day working on it during my school vacation; and I enjoyed it so much.

Little Angels that have been appearing in my mind...sprouting from the buds I used to draw in "Garden of Hope". I made them clothes using the leaves and petals from the Garden...they were so happy and danced with joy.

I am back working on the second part of my children book. Sometimes I asked myself, "Will I ever finish it". I know I have not been working hard lately. I am really slow. No excuse at all. I cannot find an excuse for myself. However I am glad I found my momentum to work again. Soon you will see the final output of my second children book.

We had so much fun making dumpling for the first time......I am looking forward to try it again.

2 years ago when my Aunty gave me a bonsai, it had only 4 leaves. I diligently water the bonsai every week for 2 years and now I am beginning to see there are some signs of growing. I am happy.

Let me tell you how important they are to me...

My favourite childhood pastime is playing paperdoll and making my own paperdolls...

These are some of the sketches on the characters in my Children Picture Book. Yes, it looks like I am almost done but there are still a lot more to work on....the cover, the text, the final look and design of the book, etc, etc. Sometimes I asked myself 'Can I ever finish it?'. Oh, the story is written by Maybeline Tan (my sister); she has to draft and re-write the story many many times.....