小小铅笔，大大素描 “Geisha”

以前老是说自己少发文的原因是因为生活很忙碌。

今年更少了上来其实也不能再用忙碌来当借口了。 

可能是随着年龄的变动，生活的中心点也跟着变。 

对部落的爱，就好像爱情变亲情一样，欠了热爱。 

十分敬佩风雨不改每年365天都不停在发文的朋友。 

你们的毅力值得大家多学习，继续保持着这份热诚。  

今晚，我想分享昨晚上刚完成的铅笔素描，用时1小时左右。 

我在面子书提过，描绘艺妓的灵感其实从很久之前就有了。
艺妓是古代女性柔美的代表作之一，是我非常欣赏的人物。

希望大家也会喜欢。

素描的主人。

祝你有个愉快的一周。

铅笔画。眼影画？

天啊。太久没上来了！

最近真的很忙，九月份的时候突然心血来潮，想自修考当 Pharmacist Immuniser (我不知道这个中文怎么说），结果一报考不久后才惊觉，原来年级大了脑袋吸收能力也特别弱。

还好小女我的毅力还可以，终于在昨天让我成功完成了科系，除了感恩，还是感恩⋯⋯

今晚特别想分享我最近的 Casual Sketching，希望大家喜欢⋯⋯

过期的眼影，其实也可以画出一篇美。

祝你有个愉快的周末～

Girl with Broken Smile

Happy Weekend Folks!

Just thought of sharing with you a portrait I painted very very late last night.
Girl with Broken Smile. It took me about 2 hours to complete.

These pictures are all raw, original, unedited, and freshly uploaded at 1am this morning.
I am glad that I am still able to pull out something decent to show you all.

Thanks for sharing my happiness ^__^
I really hope that you like it too.
It means a lot to me.

Coarse sketch at 10pm...

11:30pm approx...

Finally at 12am...

#4 Next day...

Medium: Acrylic
Date: 13th December 2013
Duration: 2 hours from 10pm to 12am

满足感

这一夜，偶突然间想画画了⋯⋯

这一小时的随意画，让偶觉得特别满足，都很久没有感觉那么放松了。

至于它像不像，这个喔⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯ 还是算了吧 ^^

祝你有个美好的周末！

十二三岁

我爸昨晚电邮过来的水彩画，是小女十二三岁时的作品。

功力虽然不足，不过细节画得还相当仔细的。

瞧瞧沙发上的碎花案⋯⋯ 很耐心有没有？

十二三岁时很天真，以为天空会是五颜六色的，建筑物和玻璃窗也跟着缤纷色彩。

The Good Old Painting

I went to a friend's house several weeks ago and showed her some pictures of oil paintings I used to do in my younger days. Some of which I have shared them here before.

So later that night, I asked my dad on the phone if he still remembers where he kept this old painting we used to call 'Saddam Hussein'? Because I am keen to show it to this friend of mine. So very promptly after our evening chat, dad went to organise to have this picture snapped and emailed to me.

Oh my my I haven't seen this for a long time. I could not believe my eyes!

I think I was either 16 or 17 years old then... will need to ask dad to verify this!

Anyhow I think it was quite good for such a young age and it is definitely one of my most favourite pieces of art.

Disclaimer: This man in portrait bears no resemblance to Saddam Hussein (apart from having a thick moustache). It was merely a joke between me and my dad...

By the way, I have a painting of my dad as well. Shall share it soon =)

我的画画生涯

七岁那年，听我妈说她曾经带我参加过一项公开组绘画比赛，那一年的比赛刚好被我夺冠，上台领奖的时候台下观众纷纷害怕我会被那台巨型hamper压死（还好没事，死了我的画画生涯就从此结束了）。没有多少个人知道我妈其实才是我背后的中梗，是她教我画天要有云，画湖要有倒影，画树要注意阳光的方向。到我九岁的时候，我妈开始嫌我画人画得太扁，脸部的表情太卡通，因此决定每周日把我送到美术班去学画画。刚开始的时候，我很害怕，因为班上的同学都很厉害，而且那个时候我不会说福建话，所以很容易被其他同学排挤。还好Aaron老师很年轻，跟我们孩子很容易相处，所以跟他学绘画的基础很容易就学上手。十一岁的时候，终于升到中学班跟院长老婆徐夫人学粉彩和铅笔画。学了大概一年左右，我后来莫名其妙被调去院长徐先生的大人班，跟比我年长很多的哥哥姐姐、安帝安哥一起切磋切磋。跟徐院长学习那五年的时间可以说是我画画生涯中最开心的日子，他虽然一副严格的样子，但是从他身上我确实学了很多技巧，没有他我也不可能有今天的油画，感谢他坚持要我只画肖像。

跟徐院长拜师学画的那五年里，我画了应该有十几副的肖像油画，因为只有每周日才抽得出那四五个小时的时间来上课，中间也很舍不得的卖出去两三副油画。有段时间我执意不卖，可是后来徐老师点醒了我，他说一个画家总不能收藏着自己的作品，应该能捐就捐，能卖就卖。可因我的固执，如今我妈的家里依然像画廊一样挂着满满的油画，其中一副是我爸的肖像。去年返娘家可惜我只把两副油画拿下来亮相，下一次回娘家时要得好好补拍其他的。

跟徐夫人学绘画的那一年虽然很短暂，可是蜡笔、水彩、粉彩和铅笔画样样学齐全。

这一副是当时跟徐夫人学的铅笔肖像画。记忆中好像是画了蛮久的，因为老师要我每一痕都画得很细，不准我马虎。这副画的角落头盖上了我幼稚的签名，隔壁写着1996，当时我12岁。

这是比较后期的油画，原本说想挑战一点比较难画的动物画。那一次我选了松鼠，因为自己没看过一只活生生的，所以也只能凭空想像松鼠的样子。结果这副画的美感不是来自松鼠，而是来自看来有点3D效果的树皮。

多希望现在自己还能再次拿起毛笔来画画，可惜年级大了，也忙得抽不出时间来作画。

看来油画也只好变成我的回忆而已⋯⋯

跟我现在的作品是不是有很大差异呢？请按这里

A Painting of the Nature

Recently I took up an interest in painting again...
I told Alex I wanted to rekindle interest in art again. He was very supportive of my passion.
I told him I wanted to paint a picture that represents my feeling at that certain moment.
Something that is calm and serene.
Something that is morally soothing and mentally tranquillising.

So he inspired me to paint the way I feel - a picture of the nature.

Ta da... the almost finished painting.

Some bits still need a fine-tuning work.

It was a short painting and may not be the best painting I have done. 

Nevertheless I had a lot of fun.

I am glad that I added a bumble bee to the painting.

I find it intriguing how it ties everything together and gives life to the painting.

I hope you enjoy the painting (^__^)

Buzzing off now... 

Have a great weekend!

When I was young...

Dad shows me some funny cartoons I used to draw for school when I was young...
They were published in school magazine in 2000 when I was sixteen and they have now become one of my dad's most favourite collectibles.

The Ancient Sports Day

Would love to share more art works soon ^_^

Mini Comb Rack

I have been very creative lately and started to revamp old combs into a mini multipurpose rack.
I have tested it. It can hold as many things as name cards, birthday cards, CNY cards, CDs, small letters, photos of different sizes, cosmetic and skincare sample packs, medicine blisters etc...

Honestly... I am quite proud of myself! ^_^

Amazing Crafts!

One thing that ties us together is our very much gifted talents in art and craft.

Alex's cork and wood crafts when he was in grade school.

Aren't they amazing?

I am so proud of him~