It’s April already! ♥ Why do I feel like everything is just a blur? The months went by so fast, huhu. There are still so many things that I haven’t talked about here on my blog and I feel like I’m running out of time already. One of them is about my rekindling relationship with my Moleskine watercolor notebook.
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197591/2018-04-moleskine-peony_e186zl/2018-04-moleskine-peony_e186zl.jpg?_i=AA 960w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197591/2018-04-moleskine-peony_e186zl/2018-04-moleskine-peony_e186zl.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197591/2018-04-moleskine-peony_e186zl/2018-04-moleskine-peony_e186zl.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197591/2018-04-moleskine-peony_e186zl/2018-04-moleskine-peony_e186zl.jpg?_i=AA 691w)
Peony. (2018 version)
![2016 03 peony](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585784936/2016-03-peony/2016-03-peony.jpg?_i=AA 850w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585784936/2016-03-peony/2016-03-peony.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585784936/2016-03-peony/2016-03-peony.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585784936/2016-03-peony/2016-03-peony.jpg?_i=AA 612w)
Peony. (2015 version)
I bought this notebook a few years ago through Amazon since it was rare in the Philippines. When I started using watercolor back in 2015, I used this notebook for practice. I found this moleskine notebook again about when I was looking for a notebook to use for the food illustration thing that I did. Since both pages can be used for watercolor, I painted on the opposite side to compare my watercolor journey.
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197589/2018-04-moleskine-hydrangea_umpuih/2018-04-moleskine-hydrangea_umpuih.jpg?_i=AA 960w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197589/2018-04-moleskine-hydrangea_umpuih/2018-04-moleskine-hydrangea_umpuih.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197589/2018-04-moleskine-hydrangea_umpuih/2018-04-moleskine-hydrangea_umpuih.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197589/2018-04-moleskine-hydrangea_umpuih/2018-04-moleskine-hydrangea_umpuih.jpg?_i=AA 691w)
Hydrangea. (2018)
![2016 03 hydrangea1](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585784938/2016-03-hydrangea1/2016-03-hydrangea1.jpg?_i=AA 850w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585784938/2016-03-hydrangea1/2016-03-hydrangea1.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585784938/2016-03-hydrangea1/2016-03-hydrangea1.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585784938/2016-03-hydrangea1/2016-03-hydrangea1.jpg?_i=AA 612w)
Hydrangea. (2015)
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197587/2018-04-moleskine-sunflower_yvqjke/2018-04-moleskine-sunflower_yvqjke.jpg?_i=AA 960w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197587/2018-04-moleskine-sunflower_yvqjke/2018-04-moleskine-sunflower_yvqjke.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197587/2018-04-moleskine-sunflower_yvqjke/2018-04-moleskine-sunflower_yvqjke.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197587/2018-04-moleskine-sunflower_yvqjke/2018-04-moleskine-sunflower_yvqjke.jpg?_i=AA 691w)
Sunflower. (Sketch 2015 / Colored 2018).
I loved the comparison paintings. ♥ You could see my improvements from the muddy, save-the-painting-with-color pencil peony from 2015 to the bright, confident, lots of contrast peony from 2018. It’s the same with the hydrangea! The old one I tried to save it by using white poster paint, while the new one is just confident and used shadows for contrast. With that confidence, I felt like I could finally use my moleskine to its potential lol.
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197585/2018-04-moleskine-rose_zd2qrt/2018-04-moleskine-rose_zd2qrt.jpg?_i=AA 960w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197585/2018-04-moleskine-rose_zd2qrt/2018-04-moleskine-rose_zd2qrt.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197585/2018-04-moleskine-rose_zd2qrt/2018-04-moleskine-rose_zd2qrt.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197585/2018-04-moleskine-rose_zd2qrt/2018-04-moleskine-rose_zd2qrt.jpg?_i=AA 691w)
A red rose with confident, bold strokes. I didn’t do a pencil sketch for this.
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197583/2018-04-moleskine-waterlily_ldurn7/2018-04-moleskine-waterlily_ldurn7.jpg?_i=AA 960w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197583/2018-04-moleskine-waterlily_ldurn7/2018-04-moleskine-waterlily_ldurn7.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197583/2018-04-moleskine-waterlily_ldurn7/2018-04-moleskine-waterlily_ldurn7.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197583/2018-04-moleskine-waterlily_ldurn7/2018-04-moleskine-waterlily_ldurn7.jpg?_i=AA 691w)
A waterlily that I had a hard time painting. I think I did this on IG live.
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197581/2018-04-moleskine-practice_zj7bqb/2018-04-moleskine-practice_zj7bqb.jpg?_i=AA 960w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197581/2018-04-moleskine-practice_zj7bqb/2018-04-moleskine-practice_zj7bqb.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197581/2018-04-moleskine-practice_zj7bqb/2018-04-moleskine-practice_zj7bqb.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197581/2018-04-moleskine-practice_zj7bqb/2018-04-moleskine-practice_zj7bqb.jpg?_i=AA 691w)
A warm-up painting referenced from pinterest.
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197579/2018-04-moleskine-quince_bhprpj/2018-04-moleskine-quince_bhprpj.jpg?_i=AA 960w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197579/2018-04-moleskine-quince_bhprpj/2018-04-moleskine-quince_bhprpj.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197579/2018-04-moleskine-quince_bhprpj/2018-04-moleskine-quince_bhprpj.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197579/2018-04-moleskine-quince_bhprpj/2018-04-moleskine-quince_bhprpj.jpg?_i=AA 691w)
Quince from an art tambay. The pinks I used there was seamountainco’s newest color. ♥
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197787/2018-04-moleskine-magnolia_fkbrix/2018-04-moleskine-magnolia_fkbrix.jpg?_i=AA 960w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197787/2018-04-moleskine-magnolia_fkbrix/2018-04-moleskine-magnolia_fkbrix.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197787/2018-04-moleskine-magnolia_fkbrix/2018-04-moleskine-magnolia_fkbrix.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/suffrie/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578197787/2018-04-moleskine-magnolia_fkbrix/2018-04-moleskine-magnolia_fkbrix.jpg?_i=AA 691w)
Magnolia ♥ My favorite!
During our StickerCon prep, I didn’t have any idea on what I want to do as a new sticker pack. But then someone told me that I already have a lot of current art that I could use as a product, so I followed their advice and made them into stamp-sized stickers.
I also wanted to do a StickerCon aftermath blog but I don’t have any pictures HUHU. It was a crazy, yet fun-filled day. Thank you to everyone who came to our booth that day! ♥