Ollie and cat

Ollie has been wanting a cat. But when I brought her to a cat cafe, she found that she preferred playing with her stuff-toy cat. It is easier to play with. Monoprint and photoshop.

Drawings from a mini sketchbook

With Ollie staying home more, she often feels bored. At first, she would say she was bored. But we taught her to say she "feels bored" instead. We wanted to train her to see her identity as separate from what she feels or experiences.

Then, while working on a project, I couldn't get an art style looking right. Felt frustrated and tired as I worked on it over and over again. Then i stumbled upon the concept of growth mindset. That helped changed the perspective. The project is looking alright now. Though it took some time working through it, learning all the way.

 

kitchen

 I'm trying new and quicker ways to use natural media for picture books with tight deadlines. Do I separate the line layer from the colour layer? Or do I separate the elements in a picture and put them together in photoshop, like this one? Used oil pastels on brown and white paper + colour pencil, scissors and photoshop.

lips

oil pastels, acrylic, colour pencils, photoshop

 

crayons

Been working on a picture book again. And it got me experimenting to figure out new combinations of techniques to arrive at fresh look. Here is one I like, though it's not for the current project. This one brings me back to old school oil pastels (crayons), combined with some acrylic for a base (the hair) and colour pencil/pencil for lines, with the addition of a palette knife to scrap of the wax of the oil pastels. I almost sound like a chef haha.
 

Diary on the go

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Muji pen, ballpoint, Color pencil, photoshop.

Diary on the go

 

Happy

 

HIP renovations

My whole block is undergoing renovation. They are hacking and retailing and repiping our toilets. I taped up plastic sheets to keep the dust from permeating portions of my house. I even made an airlock so I could travel from the dusty part to the clean parts of the house. It’s almost over. Just some leaks to solve and painting to do. The plastic sheets are starting to fall. Glad to be able to get my house in order again.

Digital art

No I don’t like drawing digitally. But Procreate on iPad is making it look and feel like real media. I hate to say that I kind of like it. Plus, i have less art on paper to store away this way. Still, I want to draw with my fountain pens. Digital media may not be able to capture that experience fully yet. Or maybe ever.

Sketching at Tiong Bahru

Been teaching an urban sketching class at SUTD these few months with Tia, James, and Dave. The last couple sessions, we've gone out to different locations to sketch. Yesterday afternoon, when it was burning hot, we sketched around Tiong Bahru. I did one sketch from within the food centre and another from a cafe called Prive, across from the food centre. I used pencil and acrylic for one The other one was acrylic first, then charcoal on top. 

 

Singapore river

Sketching with SUTD students along the Singapore River where the fat bird by Botaro is. Pen and watercolours.

Original paintings for stories for the Ministry of Education

Drawn with pencil, gouache and colour pencils
 

Teeth

Parallel Pen + watercolours

 

Back

 

rescue

Pen + acrylic

 

Bishan Park

 Acrylic on paper. Saturday morning. Yvonne and I brought Ollie to the park to cycle. Then we sat on a picnic mat to rest under some trees. Ollie and I did some painting. Across the river is a MacDonalds.

headphones

Acrylic on paper

 

sunday morning

fountain pen + acrylic

 

What I don't need

Nakaya extra fine with flex + photoshop

 

Spirit and flesh

 Acrylic on brown paper

goodbye to an old routine

 

Nakaya extra fine with added flex + watercolours

Yep, my daughter has started primary school. No more sleeping late and waking up at 8am. Now, we wake at 6am while it is still cold and dark. But the days seem longer now.

Drewscape prints!

 I've teamed up with my friends at Labrador Publishing House to produce quality archival prints featuring my artwork. They've released the first three. And they can be purchased framed or unframed.

Take a look:https://labradorpublishinghouse.com/collections/artworks