I never took much liking to colored pencils, until one day I felt the urge to sharpen every pencil I had in the house. It’s quite a meditative task and sometimes one just feels like it. That’s when I thought of actually trying to use them again, after all, I do have quite a few… Continue reading Mademoiselle Sketchbook
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Deadlines and Timelines
A modern day society pushes creators to be extra creative and extra productive for the holiday season. Every year, I see pushy advertisement for sellers on all e-commerce platforms to help prepare for the end-of-year holiday rush. Get the holiday hashtags ready, add gift wrapping options, adjust shipping times, and so on. In other words,… Continue reading Deadlines and Timelines
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… Continue reading Neutral Gray
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.… Continue reading Time Flies
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… Continue reading Tackle Box for Art Supplies
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… Continue reading Taking on a New Medium
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… Continue reading New art category: Sculpture
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… Continue reading Fascination with Sea
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… Continue reading Mermaid Illustration – Watercolor Challenge
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… Continue reading Fear of Oil Paint