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Archive for August 2010

Monochrome

I love monochrome. I love how you can say so much with so little color! I enjoy doing watercolor portraits so much. I painted this out of frustration the other day. I was running out of ideas for an upcoming project and finally gave in to just doing what I felt that night. I spotted [...]

“Take a picture, it lasts longer”

We’re all awfully forgetful ingrates every now and then. Grab a camera (an analog one, for good measure!) to capture those moments so you’ll never forget. You know what they say–Take a picture, it lasts longer.

Progress: “Love Capture”

So I didn’t exactly count on me to produce this right away, but then like an itch that just had to be scratched, I proceeded to unearth all I needed from my (dusty) plastic bin of art goodies. Unfortunately my watercolor brushes have gone MIA on me, so you can see here two Chinese brushes [...]

Sketch: “Love Capture”

A quick sketch before the week ends. I will most likely develop this into a painting. And even a triptych, perhaps? I realize it it somehow inspired by Tara McPherson (who, by the way, I got to meet at this year’s Graphika Manila!). What can I say, I guess we’re both in love with hearts–or [...]