To keep the daily grind of staring at computer screens in check, I’ve reignited my childhood love for doodling and kicked off my journey back into painting.
Meanwhile, I’m diving headfirst into life’s adventures, soaking up new experiences, and breathing new life into both my art and work with vibrant inspiration.
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Improving Watercolor Skills: Roses and Composition
This week’s lesson focused on painting roses, emphasizing composition and color accuracy, encouraging persistence in improving skills.
Night View Watercolour Painting Enhanced with Charcoal Bar – A New Artistic Challenge with Unique Perspectives
Exploring My First Night Street View Painting Using Watercolours Painting a night street view for the first time was both challenging and intriguing. In previous lessons, our focus was mostly on daytime scenes, which offered plenty of natural lighting and bright colors to work with. Shifting to a night view scene required rethinking everything—from color…
Fragrant Lilies Pastel Sketch
I managed to complete this pastel sketch of fragrant lilies, also known as Easter lilies, during my painting lesson this weekend. 🌷🌷😊 Initially, my instructor wanted us to practice life sketching this blossom with watercolor. However, after finishing my pencil sketch and preparing to paint, I noticed that the watercolor paper was damp—definitely not suitable…
Pen and Wash Watercolour Painting
Remembrance of Childhood Comics – Old Master Q Comics First Experience with Pen and Wash First try with pen and wash watercolour painting. After completing a pencil sketch on the drawing paper, I started to paint with watercolours. Since this is a wash painting, I used a more diluted combination of watercolours. Compared to normal…
Bringing Life to “Laowu” – A Watercolour Tale
From Coffee Trucks to Noodle Houses — Expanding Creative Horizons This week’s class was more challenging compared to our previous watercolour illustration lessons. We were tasked with sketching and painting a more complex-structured noodle house. Everyone referred to the same photo of the noodle house, but we were allowed to outline the background according to…
Fun with Watercolour Illustration
Embracing Patience and Imagination After our instructor noticed that many of us struggled with imagination last week, we continued practicing watercolour illustration, this time focusing on painting a house. The pastoral-style brick house seemed simple at first, but I spent quite some time on the sketch. Given the freedom to outline the background instead of…
Sparkle Imaginations with Illustrations
Relight Creativity Like a Child A First for Watercolour Illustration This was my first time painting an illustration with watercolours, and the experience was both eye-opening and challenging. We were given the freedom to choose any van photo provided by our instructor and then reconstruct it into a food truck or a mobile vendor. Being…
Watercolour Antique Volkswagen
Capturing Simplicity in This Complex World This weekend, we were assigned the task of painting an antique Volkswagen in watercolour, which instantly brought back memories of the purple one my aunt used to own. As I started sketching, I thought, “It’s just a simple car—no intricate parts or complex design.” I was confident I’d finish…
Watercolour Still Life Painting
A Lesson in Observation and Composition Our instructor set up a still life arrangement featuring a pot of roses, variously shaped wine bottles, mugs, and containers, all placed on a wooden table. We were asked to choose 5 or 6 objects from the setup to sketch and paint with watercolours. With guidance from our instructor,…
Acrylic Painting of Orchids
Painting Like a Cake Decorator This weekend, we learned to paint with acrylic. Instead of a brush, we used a palette knife to apply the acrylic colors to the canvas or drawing paper. Since palette knives come in different shapes and sizes, choosing the right one is another topic to explore. This time, we skipped…
Gouache Painting First Experience
Learn and Grow Like We Were Young I spent two weeks completing my first gouache painting. Our instructor provided photo references and gouache supplies for us to choose from. After finishing the sketch, we began painting with gouache. Since most of us were new to this medium, our instructor demonstrated how to mix it with…
Enhancing the Skill of Pastel Color Painting
Be brave to make mistakes, learn from the mistakes This week, we continued our journey with pastel colours painting, focusing on a different bird photo as our reference. I chose a green drawing paper provided by our instructor and painted an orange-red AI bird to create a striking contrast. A Humorous Reflection While working on…
Pastel Painting of an AI Bird
Second Lesson: Bird-Themed Pastel Painting In our second art lesson, the theme was birds once again. This time, however, we used a photo of an AI-generated bird as our reference. The medium for this painting was pastel colors, which was a first for me. Using pastels brought back fond memories of my childhood. I reminisced…
Mastering Watercolour Painting
Embracing Imperfections and Persistence Recently, I embarked on a weekend drawing and painting class, marking my return to art after years focused on work. The experience was both exhilarating and challenging. We were tasked with selecting a bird photo to sketch and paint using watercolours. Despite the short class time, mastering the art of blending…
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