When was the last time that I did a compilation post?! Two years ago! This feels so weird. It felt like I’ve been neglecting my blog after I got a job (I’m so sorry bb). I wanted to continue from the previous compilation blog, but I felt like I’ve blogged about most of my artworks here. The remaining ones didn’t have a lot to write about. So we’ll start with 2019. As always, photo heavy post ahead!
My first artwork on the Canson watercolor pad that I received last Christmas. ♥
A tropical feel artwork that I did days after Stickercon.
Gardenia on old watercolor paper.
The full piece. I think I also used Prang for the background?
Magnolia artwork. I found this color theory book in our office library and thought it would look good as a prop.
Some scibbles on my Moleskine watercolor pad.
Second page from my Moleskine pad.
Left: Practice peony. This took a long time detailing the petals. | Right: A random flower bouquet I referenced from Pinterest.
Sometimes I would have the patience to layer the petals. Most of the time, I don’t. This was a Berkeley paper.
Art tambay at Hannah’s house. I was thinking of new art for sticker sheets.
Left: Anemone bouquet practice. Daler Rowney paper and Mijello paints. | Right: Old canson watercolor pad and my usual watercolor palette. This was also made at Hannah’s, where I had an LSS on a detergent commercial song.
The way I painted this is so loose. I like it a bit.
I brought my Prismacolor pencils with me to work on day and left it on my pedestal so I could create art on idle time. On the left is my portrait practice, on the right is my team mate’s.
Then our team thought “We should buy a team sketchpad”. So we did, and I’ve been using mine during downtime. | Right: There was a time that I didn’t want to paint flowers, so I painted a portrait instead? Whyyyy.
Snapdragon painting that I did at Tweedlebook Cafe.
I sometimes got lazy to scan and edit my works. So I just took pictures under natural light. On the right is Nori trying to get in my way by posing near my works lol.
Tulip practice. Ruth gave me reference photos that she took from a tulip festival in Japan. The first attempt was on the left, and I hated the paper. So I redid it on my bigger canson watercolor pad. (I kept and re-used the paper on the left for my gouache works).
Some paintings that I find “ugly”. I think I don’t paint perfect or pretty flowers all the time. There will always be bad art. And that’s okay. Just paint the bad art away and you’ll create something good again. ♥
In our Office Secret Santa, I wished for a one time big time gift – 1k worth of watercolor paper. And my secret santa delivered! Thank you to Nadine! I especially loved the gift wrapper lol. It’s already September and I still have a lot of stock left!
Left: my awesome gift | Right: my first artwork
Since our office hour on our team ends at 3pm, we had a LOT of time to wait for the start of our Christmas party. I painted during the down time.
Another peony practice. One of my officemates loved this painting so much, so I gave it to her. It is now proudly displayed in their home. ♥
My last works would be from my art tambay with my cousin. Didn’t really felt that focused, I think.
Finished, but not perfect.
Feeling a bit lost, but still the same loose strokes.
And that’s it for my 2019 artworks! Hopefully I’ll post my 2020 compilations this year too.