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Starting the year with Roses! Or maybe perhaps we could reset 2022 on February 1 ? 😂

I haven't posted for months and I miss painting regularly.

May this be the beginning of many paintings I will create for 2022!

Dahlia

My first project from Patreon class (swipe for photo reference)

Painting dahlias as botanical illustration is such a challenge and Lynn taught soo well that I discovered a new technique 😊

I used the professional watercolors equivalent for the Holbein Lynn was using.
Paper:
Brushes:

O -Orchid
My interpretation of Vanda Orchids for curated by

I have fond memories of these flowers. Our house used to have a lot of these in different varieries nailed in cut tree trunks. No corsage? No problem! We got an instant corsage right from our garden. But the most tedious part is me coming home from school and water these plants every single day --- and miss my anime time. I was just a kid you know (priorities) 😅 But now, I wish we still had these at home. Mom gave them away because she could not maintain them on her own. Maybe now that she actually has time - retired and with lockdown she might revive these back 😊

Post Valentine's -but then we should love everyday. Choose love ❤

My entry for today's prompt for

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A Qatar inspired photo (swipe right) - one of the prompts from

Took me weeks to finish this as I was stalling on the human subject. I managed to paint this but he was years younger 😄 but as they say, " practice makes progress"

Pink Roses for Gratitude
Amidst the pandemic, I am still grateful to Our Father for taking care of me and my family. A step back to the hustle bustle was indeed what I needed and realize what mattered most --living on the essentials, being kind, generous and spending time with your loved ones.

If I were to paint a portrait -- it would just be suitable for a pediatrician like me to do an infant portrait -- all thanks to for her using child photos as reference.

It was a daunting experience - if I didn't like the sketch I would lay it off for a few days then sketch again. And when I started painting it - I started with the lightest wash and wait a day before I start on a new layer.

In the end, it is fulfilling for me to see the result. I overcame my fear and hopefully my future portraits will be done in a shorted period 😅

Grateful for 2020. Looking forward to 2021 -- I declare this my "No procrastination" Year especially in creating art and in my faith journey.

Thank you to everyone who supported me and friens I met throught this platform.

"Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way!"

One of the first Christmas song I learned as a kid and a staple in every caroling. I used to remember when my mom finally allowed me to go caroling with my childhood friends. Instead of tambourines - we used "tansan" or "pitcha" (bottle caps) hammered flat and placed a hole in the middle and hook it in a wire like bracelets or hammered in a block of wood. Those were good memories 😍

Thanks
For your skillshare class on christmas floral silhouettes and decided to use that for the bells.

Paint:
Autumn palette

"O, Frosty the snowman
Was alive as he could be,
And the children say he could laugh and play
Just the same as you and me."

For someone who never experienced snow - I love this character but felt sad when I saw this cartoon where he just melted when winter was over ☹

This is my interpretation for and entry for

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"Strike the Harp and Join the Chorus" fa la la la la - la la la la

Yesterday was the cut off for "deck the halls" prompt for but I can't resist painting when I saw a figurine of this on Ebay. (Nope I did not shop on Ebay --- yet 😂)

Used and calligraphy gouache for the gold elements on a 190gsm watercolor paper

Brushes

Peony

I have to admit -- this is one of my favorite flowers but to paint them - the fully bloomed ones is still a challenge for me. This is my 3rd attempt - painted loosely.

This is my entry for last week's hosted by

Paper:
Paint: watercolor paints
Brush : travel brush no 6

🎶☃️Deck the halls with boughs of holly ☃️🎶
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Joining in for hosted by and

Paper: sketchbook
Paint: Terrain set (their blue shadow is 😍)
Brush : squirrel mop travel brush

Purply (is this even a word) galaxy sky

I followed IG live on how she layers her galaxies and I finally grasp the idea how -- not to use the came color when layering the galaxies. Thanks for this! Now I am having so much fun doing this!

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Snow forest for November's challenge (2 days late) for the

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day 23
INDIGO by
Rembrandt watercolor

One of my favorite colors!
Learned to make this mistt forest thru skillshare class

This is a prequel to my other forest in process for the for November

I hope you like this one. I am happy how this turned out.

Catching up for
Day 21 : Sky Blue

Cerulean blue by

Day 19 - eggplant
For



I used Dioxazine Violet from -honestly, I really am a fan of her handmade paints and I am completing all her paints😁 I want to try out other handmade paints too! I currently have autumn palette and basic palette is on the way :)

More Violets!
Day 18 : Quin Purple from
Day 20: Perm Blue Violet from

I still can't move on from the trees. Blues are coming up next.

Moving on to the Violets!
For and

Left: Magenta from
Right: Permanent Red Violet from

I never imagined that a monochromatic tree would turn out pretty!

Pink Clouds

Opera pink by

Makes me want to have some cotton candy 🤤

A splash of colors!

For prompt 10 - Scarlet Red
Prompt 11 - Perm Carmine
Using and a traveling dagger brush from

This painting reminds me of the mp3 player Winamp (this reveals how old I am) and the waves and splashes it does with the beat of the music.

Late post for



I used for both - perylene maroon (above) and venetian red (below)

My week has been busy with our commitments to our church community and I feel happy about it.

Orange!!!

Made a maple leaf using Cadmium Orange from

Roses using Mayan Orang by