Painting Daily Day 25
Today I am gently reminded by God through letters from our sponsored child, Chen-Chen. She said that we must always be happy even if we have problems. Be happy not sad. Her birthday is coming up. This painting is my…
Painting Daily Day 24
“Brushes and Watercolor Paints” in watercolor In my life as an Artist I have learned that there are two kinds of struggle. Happy struggle and sad struggle. Both struggles experience difficulty, suffering, hurt– all the bad stuffs. But the happy…
Painting Daily Day 21
A quick painting of a lighthouse in watercolor. I am enjoying painting without a preliminary sketch. Painting brings much excitement in me. Particularly watercolor painting. Even though the learning never ends, The desire is there. Painting everyday is a habit…
Travel Sketches and Reflections
I miss my daily painting. I was off travelling with my family at Singapore. It was an amazing 4 day escapade. I was able to squeeze in some travel sketches though they are very simple things. We had a tight…
14: Happy Love Day
God loves us first. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love…
7: Living Love
While I paint I am reminding myself to live in love. With each stroke that I made I tell myself to live in love. Because that is what we are all born to do. To love and nothing else. This…
Happy Thank You More Please
Sketch of one of my favorite character in the film Happy Thank you More Please: Annie Annie opening the bottle of medicine using her mouth after failed attempts of opening it with her hands. Pen and watercolor on sketchbook Annie:…
Living in the New Year
When we are feeling the brokenness in our lives, fragility setting in our bones and holes penetrating our hearts, may we never cease to live. I was taking a very slow walk last week and noticed these beautiful plants in…
New Year
“New Year: In memory of the 27 souls of Sandy Hook Elementary School” ~Watercolor in Berkeley paper 2012 has been a brave year for me. I want to live. I need to feel alive in what I do. And so…
On God
I have known God since I was a little girl when my parents enrolled me in a Catholic school. I know him in the stories of the Bible. I know that I cannot see him but I can possibly hear…
Merry Mail Swap
It’s actually a first for me to join a mail swap from my own country as I’ve joined most from other countries. LOL. I am happy and thankful for this Merry Mail Swap hosted by the creative Mansy. She sells…
Christmas Card Swap
I joined a Christmas card swap over here at Willowing. My partner is Amy Malaise and among the many interesting things about her I decided to create a painting of a Christmas book display inspired by a photo in the internet.…
Lifelong Fan
To all of you Artists, who think that this dream seems impossible because of a lot of reasons but still make time to create something simple everyday, who struggle with obstacles and challenges in life but never give up, who…
Holiday 2012 Handmade Gift Exchange
This is my second time to join the handmade craft exchange hosted by Linda Gardner. And this time it’s a holiday gift exchange! We are assigned a partner wherein we will make and give each other a handmade gift. Hello…
Travel Sketches
I managed to squeeze in some sketching time whenever possible during my travel with family. Sharing a few quick sketches in pen and watercolor. A sleepy lady at the airport View in front of our hotel waiting for boat ride…