Happy Lemon

Assignment and Ink

2016-08-08T07:58:00.001-07:00

Week 5 assignment 3, night lighting. 2 years ago when I was getting up at 3am everyday to use this pump, I saw my lone tired reflection in the dark window and I silently saluted to whoever else was out there going through this same period of time. Congrats to myself, I'm over this now.

I always thought ink markers are for true artists only. I remember leafing through my dad's interior architectural drawings as a kid and thought grey markers are for grownups and professionals who needs to shade incrementally. So I bought some and now pretending to be grownups.

iPad paintings

2016-07-19T15:18:00.002-07:00

I bought an iPad two months ago and have been painting with it almost every day. So much plein air is now possible! Also a shout out to Zac Retz who has been giving me tips and suggestions on my studies.

Week 4 assignments

2016-07-19T15:15:00.001-07:00

Week 4 assignments, neutral light versus spot light in grey scale.

2016-01-01T13:42:00.000-08:00

Last two assignment of material studies.

2015-11-07T16:42:00.001-08:00

Week 3 assignments part 1, materials. The fabrics and the green onion were the toughest.

2015-10-05T16:02:00.004-07:00

Last two of the value studies.

2015-09-24T14:54:00.003-07:00

Week 2 assignment 2 and 3. Three value studies continued.

3 value study lesson

2015-09-04T19:31:00.005-07:00

Week 2 assignment 1.

3 value study with finished painting.

2015-08-25T22:21:00.000-07:00

Last assignment from the first week of classes, painting under diffuse light. Watercolor.

More assignments

2015-08-19T16:20:00.000-07:00

Neighbor's house under overcast lighting.

Cherry jar with north light. Oil on 5x7" canvas board.

Long time no paint!

2015-08-07T18:50:00.001-07:00

I've started taking an online painting class and finally get to paint for a bit while toddler is napping. Yay!

Long time no bunny!

2014-09-24T20:00:00.001-07:00

These bunnies are custom made for Reviewable -- a code review program for GitHub. I still don't have time and energy to get back to regular bunny drawing, or regular life (for those of you who don't know, I procreated, and am now suffering from the consequences.) Precious naps were sacrificed for these drawings.

Bunny's Roaring Rainmaker

2013-04-12T15:23:00.001-07:00

Bunny thinks sunny days are overrated. Damn sun shines all the time.

Thus Bunny deploys its newest patented invention: Roaring Rainmaker!

It contains lion-shaped thunder clouds. When released they roar thunders and soar above.

Within minutes Bunny can cozy up on the couch with a hot cuppa and enjoy the lovely pitter patters.

Bunny's Personal Heaven

2013-02-13T14:19:00.001-08:00

Bunny bought a "Make your own Heaven" package.

It involved putting together a sky box,

and release the cloud bag.

Let the cloud lift up the sky box.

Open up the bottom view hole.

And you're free to observe the world from your own personal heaven! (Or passing judgement on all other creatures on earth who are literally beneath you.)

Bunny hatching

2013-01-29T14:14:00.000-08:00

Bunny has an enormous egg in its lab and is doing all kinds of experiment to help it hatch while trying to figure out what kind of egg it is.

Lemon Land

2012-12-14T17:34:00.001-08:00

Bunny visited Lemon Land!

In Lemon Land, every citizen is well documented with size, level of acidity, and favorite color.

Bunny saw the nursing quarters for babies.

And where they lock away the bad lemons.

And witnessed their natural defense mechanism.

Run bunny run!!

2012-10-30T19:05:00.002-07:00

Bunny committed burglary by taking candy without paying and was trying to escape in the midst of people firing bullets all around. Let this image be a warning to you all: crime doesn't pay, people!

Bunny vs. Elevator

2012-10-18T14:30:00.001-07:00

Bunny has mixed feelings about elevators.

Bunny's always afraid that the desired floor number isn't available.

Or that the space suddenly feels very, very cramped.

And how do you know EXACTLY what's outside the closed doors?

Nevertheless Bunny always arrived safely, albeit a little less graceful.

Bunny's magical cover

2012-10-09T15:37:00.001-07:00

Bunny has a magical bed cover that bunny never parts with.

You can put anything that needs repair or mending under it.

And after a good night's sleep,

Things are magically alright again!

French Succulent

2012-10-04T14:53:00.001-07:00

I wanted to work my way up to paint nature scenes again so I'm baby stepping it. I found this photo of succulent plant I took while in France that I wanted to paint as soon as I saw it. I'm quite afraid of simplifying leaves in nature so I thought succulents are good practices to start with.

Life Drawing

2012-09-27T14:57:00.001-07:00

Today's model I've already drawn her twice from the right, so I moved to her left and I borrowed a fellow artist's "watercolor crayon" which I've never used before. It's a crayon stick that you dip the tip into water every few strokes and it lends messy and interesting results. It's good for quick gestures cause it's so un-precise. I took some pictures of her longer poses hoping that some day I'll do a painting of that.

Life Drawing

2012-09-19T16:52:00.001-07:00

Today's model was that curvy one again, she really have very interesting lines, I just wish the studio lighting wasn't so bland, otherwise the tonal change on her could be fascinating.

Bunny in the Zoo

2012-09-14T15:00:00.002-07:00

Bunny visits The Zoo of Large and Intelligent Animals during their Monday night reading hour. The book of the month is The Complete Collection of Short Stories by P.G. Wodehouse.

Runny Honey

2012-09-14T11:53:00.002-07:00

Raspberry honey from local farmer's market.

Life Drawing

2012-09-13T14:17:00.001-07:00

Today's model was a beautiful young girl full of Asian tattoos and pink short hair, she looked like one of those Japanese anime girl character. I find it amusing that people like me whose English is the second language and we try very hard to improve our vocabularies, loose our accents, and blend in with the western society as best as we can, and once in a while we see this white girl trying very hard to be Asian.