panda

Did this watercolor last April when I was condo living for a month! One good thing when you live near your work is you have a lot of time on your hands. (but now I travel to my office for 1.5 hrs everyday and another 1.5 hrs to get back home, 3hrs spent ont ravel!!! sniff...) Anyway I forgot about this piece for a while... until I saw a bright light coming out of my sketch book then it started moving towards me, as it comes nearer the page opens showing me the unfinished panda painting, it looked at me with blue evil eyes and told me in a slow threatening voice "finish this painting or else..." okay I should stop daydreaming! I just saw it today and decided to finish it. Spent a couple of hours doing the details. I really love the way it turned out. :)



This was shot during my condo living days...

DETAILS: For the panda fur I used a fine sable brush. And painstakingly added them one by one. This took about an hour and yes patience is a virtue! Added texture on the hair by creating uneven lines, i like the feel of its unevenness. :) Same technique is applied on the shirt, just make sure to follow the shape of the object you are trying to make, so it doesn't feel like it was just pasted.

 

Sunny

It rained all day, gloomy skies and cold weather. I was thinking of what to post and found this on my art archive.:) Wishing for a sunny and warm day ahead.

Eli the elephant

Another illustration on my sketchbook! :) My inspiration for this came when my mom cooked raw peanuts. The peanuts was drawn from life hence the somewhat realistic feel. Medium used are watercolor & gouache on muji sketchbook. This took a day to finish, because I had a hard time retouching eli to make it look the way I wanted.

 UPDATE: Eli the elephant has already found a new home on my Aunt's wall who is nuts about elephants! :)

Gaga

Lady gaga sketch. I was browsing my sketches last thursday and decided to color this one! :)