Mama Fish

Acrylic Ink

I was getting restless last couple of days. After the trip with my girlfriends, I was itching to reach for my brushes again. I was inspired with all the paintings at Kuningan Suites where we stayed. Lots of naive and abstract paintings hung on the walls at the lobby and along the room corridors. The moment I got home I already knew what I wanted to paint and set to work the very next day. I came up with this. A naive painting of a fish. Now, this gives me an idea to make this into my sister's 38th bday present. I will scribble at the back "Happy Birthday Mama Fish Fina!" I hope she will get the message..hehe. Ok. Going back to bed. This fever I'm having is so not fun :(

Yellow Painting

Mixed media on canvas board

This started as a test board. I had too much fun trying different techniques that I almost completed it as a whole painting until, I spilled half a bottle of yellow ink in the excitement of doing this. Sheeshh! Half a bottle of pricey ink gone! That's when I started to scoop up the paint and used it on the test board. It came out as above. Of course I added few other colours and did print transfer to give it depth and focus. Oh, I added texture to it too. I think it came out quite alright. I call it the Yellow Painting :)

Lotus Pond

Acrylic ink on canvas.

Weekend is always high risk days for me. The tendency for me to just get ready, start the car and drive to the nearest mall is very high. Shopping is my fave past time next to painting. So, today, before I have the itch to spend money unnecessarily, I quickly donned my painting uniform (shorts & tee) and started working on a canvas. The result - Lotus Pond! I just love ink. Tricky but fun. Well...who knows, instead of spending money, I will make money out of this...hehe.

Test board with acrylic ink

I recently bought a set of inks. Experimenting was fun! I did this on a small canvas board. The flow of the ink was so smooth and vibrant akin to watercolour except this was a mixed media as I sprinkled a bit of white sand texture gel.

GREEN

I am enchanted by the colour green. Apple green, mossy green, lime green, sap green, all shades of green! I've just noticed that on my study table, most of the things here are green in colour. My vase, my photo frame, my ashtray, my Harrods tin... I noticed that, when it comes to house decor be it my sofa or my feature wall, they are green. I don't like to wear green though. It's 1.28 am and I know I'm rambling now. Sleepiness is setting in...g'nite. New project starts tomorrow! :D

Work in Progress

Mixed media on canvas boards

This is my current project. I plan to make three of these and frame in together. So far I have done 2. One more to go. This is inspired by the works of Carla van den Berg. Instead of using the conventional texture paste, I used glue and household putty filler instead. I must say the outcome is more fluid than using the texture paste though the process is more tedious. Right now I'm thinking on the 3rd one. When it's done, I shall update this post and name this project.

My ride...

Some bimbo hit my sexy Scarlett's bootie and now she's in a garage getting repaired. Was told that it could take at least a month to get her back in shape! I was upset! I drew this when I visited her at Glenmarie a couple of days ago. I sat by the walkway, took out my sketch book and just drew. I'm going to miss you partner :(