My Visual Diary...

Complementary Color Scheme. Working with something simple here with only one subject matter - Onion. Split Complementary Color Scheme. I used tangerine fruit, turnip and 

The most pleasurable thing in the world is to draw; and to be able to draw anything you want.

"this, too, shall pass" However, during the state of chaos, one should still try to act or appear at one's best; to try to make a good impression.

Complementary color scheme and contrast of warm & cool value to bring about a simple design. Analogous color scheme and a spot of warm accent color for focal attention.  Analogous color scheme and working with value contrast to give a sense of depth to the entire composition.

  These Chinese looking dolls were drawn in beginning of this year. I was inspired by the Chinese festive mood. Lately, I have this new addiction to Adobe Illustrator. I started exploring on the pen tool and find it really fun. I am going to use it often from now onward.

I wonder how many more versions I can think of.

I am planning to get them print and have them pasted around at home for 2016 CNY.

 Preparing to get them printed for 2016 Chinese New Year.

Another Chinese New Year 'Ang Pao' design is out. Soon will do the layout and get it print!

Every Thursday and Sunday morning chatting away with my cactuses.

Finally, the coloured version is out.  This is painted digitally with adobe photoshop.

My latest obsession... using washi tape for my illustrations. This is my first attempt. There are so many different washi tape designs out there. It is not easy to decide which one to buy because I do no want to end up over stock and not using them in the end. For this one I draw my character first then I decide which washi tape design I want for my character. It is almost like shopping for the right textile to dress up my character. 

Some random sketches I did yesterday. I will probably animate this some day.

One more day to go. 2 of them were drawn just last week. I thought these are good for birthday or Christmas cards. Can you see the air plant growing out from the baby's head on the first piece? 

More sketches done recently. Continue to work on Chinese New Year "Ang Pao".

These are some recent sketches found in my sketchbook. Some initial ideas I have planned to draw for Chinese New Year "Ang Pao".

I was nominated by a friend to take up an Art Challenge in Facebook. I was supposed to post 3  sketches or drawing a day for 5 days and nominate another friend to do the same. It is preferred to post the stuffs that were done recently. Here is the 1/5 of Art Challenge: Life drawings. These are some drawings done 2 weeks ago in class with my students. They usually look at how I draw and use it a reference for their own drawings.