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Neutral Gray
I have been working in Adobe Photoshop for over a decade now, and at some point their default interface changed to a darker gray. It looks cool and goes easier on the eyes, but I realized that it also results in lower contrast in artworks. Whatever one’s editing or drawing seems to have a higher…
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Time Flies
It seems like I started this blog only yesterday, however it has been a while! I’m still taking my time to get back to art and to social media after all of the family issues. Today, I finally realized that I have so many art supplies that I can stop worrying about using something up.…
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Tackle Box for Art Supplies
Ever since I started studio drawing, I have been thinking about means of carrying my tools and art supplies. I do have some pouches and pencil holders, but they don’t really work well for messier things like charcoal. I ended up carrying three different pencil holders to separate my eraser, chalk, and pencils. Unfortunately, it…
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Taking on a New Medium
As the new year started to creep in on me, I decided to rethink my creative process and what I want from it. I was stressing quite a bit trying to keep up with a schedule that I made up for myself. It required a lot of work and yielded results that were not viable…
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New art category: Sculpture
Long time ago, I’d heard the call of the sea. Since then, mermaids and sea creatures have been appearing in my artworks. Today, I’d like to introduce a new category in my art gallery, the sculpture! I have started the Sea Creatures series a while back, and I hope to continue adding new creations to…
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Fascination with Sea
Ever since early childhood, I had a particular fascination with sea and for buoys. I used to live on the banks of a large river, so I would play on the beach all the time, and go for boat rides and adventures. These floating beacons would reflect their bright colors in the water during the…
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Mermaid Illustration – Watercolor Challenge
I started this mermaid illustration a while back, but I wanted to do the finishing lines in golden ink. I finally got my hands on some, and it looks beautiful! It’s hard to capture on a still image, but the gold sparkles like magic! I also used liners in some places as I don’t have…
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Fear of Oil Paint
Long, long time ago in a galaxy far away, while Naboo was under attack, I received a set of oil paint as a gift. I was around 6 years old at that time, and I was told that this gift has to be saved for when I grow up. The further questions were answered with…
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Mystery of Purple Passion
This houseplant is called purple passion, and it is one of my favorite flowers. When I was little, there always was one of these growing in our kitchen, but I never saw it bloom. I always assumed that this is not a flowering plant, but the green leaves with tiny purple hairs were beautiful enough…
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My Journey
Hello and welcome! I took quite a break from blogging, as I needed some time to figure out the structure of my blogs and websites. I used to have separate blogs for all of the different media that I work with. I was trying to stay active everywhere, but it is so difficult to manage…
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How to Get Better at Figure Drawing
Drawing from life is one of the best ways to study and improve one’s skills. Recently, I came across a figure drawing class at the Society of Figurative Arts near my home studio and decided to join. It has been quite a while since I did figure drawing from life! It’s so very different than…
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How to Rejuvenate Polyurethane Covered Brush
For my serial experiments with polymer clay, I often use water based polyurethane as varnish for paint and pigments. It is a liquid substance that I apply with a brush. Quite often I get carried away with my creations, and forget to clean the brush right away. The next day, I usually find a stick instead of…
