Happy Lemon

Life Drawing

2012-02-14T19:18:00.001-08:00

Driving to the life drawing today, I'm truly appreciating the warm and sunny Westcoast after a week of frigid Boston .

A Week in Boston 3

2012-02-11T16:24:00.001-08:00

This is the hotel we stayed at, The Liberty Hotel, it used to be a county jail, now is a fancy happening place.

There were so many wicket trees in that Public Park, this one was conveniently situated at a sunny spot that happens to have a bench right besides. Some very fat squirrels were watching my drawing with their judgmental beady eyes.

This was a view from a Gelato Cafe, the main reasons for choosing this spot was a) heating b) hot chocolate c) heating.

A Week in Boston 2

2012-02-11T14:14:00.001-08:00

As seen at the Public Garden next to Boston Common, what a statue of man-on-horse looks like:

And what realman-on-horse ACTUALLY looks like:

(Sorry, park ranger)
And the horse pooped a lot.

A Week in Boston 1

2012-02-11T10:50:00.001-08:00

This is the first time I saw East Coast America, and boy did their architecture impress! I was very taken with their old school brick buildings and I even sat out in zero degree temperature for hours to draw it. Me who don't even step out into my yard during California Winter would froze a butt off and shiver in the wind in Boston in February? go figure. Well it was either that or be bored out of my mind in the hotel room. Plus I thought I should seize the opportunity to embody a true artist's spirit by roughing it in nature, endure physical pain and weird glances from passerby and squirrels, and producing meaning pieces of artwork that will be enjoyed by generations! Having Starbucks nearby for hot chocolate and bathroom doesn't hurt too.

Life Drawing

2012-01-31T17:27:00.001-08:00

Today's model was very tall with long limbs.

Life Drawing

2012-01-24T18:38:00.001-08:00

Today's model was a magnificent specimen of a man. The ladies in the drawing group were pleased, and not just because he had superb poses.

Bunny's Alphabetical Misadventures

2012-01-23T11:09:00.001-08:00

Bunny's first Children's Picture Book is now published on Kindle! Check it out Here.

Ships Ahoy!

2012-01-20T18:09:00.001-08:00

Bunny bought the new Ships Ahoy Lunchable pack.

There's ship toasts, ship cheese, ship lettuce, and ship ham.

Bunny constructs it carefully.

While eating it bunny imagined swimming with the ship in the sea!

Life Drawing

2012-01-17T18:38:00.001-08:00

First life drawing class after New Year. It feels good to start drawing again.

Koi Mutant Render

2012-01-10T16:34:00.001-08:00

This is my latest texturing work using Mari, Modo and Photoshop. I was reading The Hunger Games series while I did these so I fashioned him into a mutant who was part of the capital's experiment on combining human and animal, in this case Koi fish. They habituates and terrorizes lakes and ponds, using their glamorous scales as bait to sneak up and devour their victims.

Bon Voyage!

2011-11-29T13:13:00.000-08:00

Bunny is off on a trip to the land of glowing pumpkin trees!

Figure Drawing

2011-11-17T12:39:00.001-08:00

This week's figure drawing.. there isn't one next week due to thanksgiving.

Doll Face

2011-11-11T12:20:00.001-08:00

I was watching "The Man Who Cried" and there was this shot of Christina Ricci at the end with that cold lighting that I found very inspiring. I took a few screen shots and used photoshop to help figure out some base color combos in oil and painted this. I've always loved this type of heart shaped, doll like face. I messed with her face proportion a bit and she actually looks a bit like Lily Cole now.

Long Time No Figure Drawing

2011-11-09T15:49:00.001-08:00

I really missed figure drawing, luckily I found this small art gallery in Los Gatos that organize it once a week. $16 + tips, a bit expensive but I think it's worth it. It's quite close to my house and it's a very pleasant and short drive to get there. And the folks there were surprisingly friendly, I thought I was back in canada for awhile.

Bunny's Unconventional Poetry

2011-11-08T18:41:00.001-08:00

Last hike of the summer

2011-10-18T16:41:00.001-07:00

We hiked this trail three weeks ago after stuffing ourselves with dim sum, it was one of the last few sunny weekends before the rain. After the hike we checked out a near by archery ranch which rekindled my desire to be an Elf again. I'm be a dim sum-eating Elf.

Happiness is playing piano... well, for some

2011-10-04T17:48:00.001-07:00

My brother never liked piano practice, neither did I. But I do now.

Yak Shaving!

2011-09-26T15:48:00.000-07:00

Yak, the cow that's wearing a lot of dirty old rags, is the ultimate best friend of procrastinators.

Happiness is jumping rope

2011-09-08T16:42:00.001-07:00

Sister jumping rope at age 10 (I think).

Some drawings this week

2011-09-07T17:05:00.001-07:00

The view from my kitchen window. I'm still learning to draw light and shadow.

The pest control people made this half a wood box to cover up an entrance to the house's crawl space in the yard. I decorated it.

Garden Pot

2011-08-30T17:59:00.001-07:00

Last time after paint the fruit in my garden, not only the garden didn't make it in, it looked like I painted indoors... So I'm putting "trying to paint light" as my next goal. This painting at least have some light and shadows, but somehow it still looked like indoor light! hehehe, hmm.

Keep going I guess.

Bunny at work

2011-08-26T18:14:00.000-07:00

Bunny gives all the fishes a regular spray of water.

Sometimes bigger ones would come by too.

Bunny also gives it a spray, since it seems to like it.

Bye bye come again!

Long time no fruit

2011-08-25T17:09:00.000-07:00

I haven't done fruit in a long time, and I wasn't going to do fruit today at first but I was looking for simple shapes to paint against my lovely new garden, but then the fruits' so big the garden didn't make it in after all, haha. That's ok, the melon at the back was going bad and I have to eat it tonight and garden will still be there tomorrow anyway so it works out. Haven't painted in awhile cause I was busy moving to my new house. I look forward to paint more outdoor in my garden from now on.

Lloyd

2011-08-09T16:17:00.001-07:00

I had a chance to visit my friend Lloyd last week, I haven't seen him since we sat together at DoubleFine three and a half years ago. Lloyd hasn't changed much, still got the sexy legs and shorts. I was too excited when drawing his award winning legendary legs and I screwed up the portions a bit, damn.

8 Dollars a Jar

2011-08-01T16:26:00.001-07:00

I felt my oil practice need to start from scratch, so I'm gonna concentrate on doing some simple geometries.

This is a trusty brand of tomato sauce that I buy from WholeFoods. It wasn't my first choice in the beginning cause I was loyal to another brand that they stopped carrying one day and with a sigh I realized that anything and everything in life eventually will be obsolete so I might as will give other brands a try. Now I switched to this brand and I couldn't even remember what my previous favourite was. What a cold blooded heartless consumer I am!

I heard the other day that 'blogs' are very old school now, that nobody haves blogs anymore. I guess as we get older I have to get used to things I consider as current being laughed at by the next generation. My Kindle is already outdated, I don't use a smart phone, and the west coast swing steps I learned are considered old and not taught anymore.... and I'm late for the Early Bird special at Denny's!