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Took a while to finish this one. Been busy with my studies, events and volunteer programs. I sure do hope I nailed this sunflower art this time and I feel kinda accomplished so hopefully you'll like it too.

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New updates about my subject, planning on shifting to painting lighthouses. Was inspired by my aunt's trip to Capones. Hopefully my painting of the below subject would turn out to be something I wanted regardless of my imagined added effects.

Lighthouse in Capones

Wild Flower on Yellow Soil

*While my iPod is blaring out Beautiful Balloon by Mew*

My 8th masterpiece... Nothing much to say but I'd probably rest for a while before creating another... LOL XD

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Gumamela

At last I'm back on track... Bright and lively! First time this year I've ever felt satisfied with my work. I hope this level of momentum won't halt randomly... Anyway, my 7th masterpiece... Happy viewing! ^.^

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Feel free to comment for future artistic development...

Thanks for dropping by! And I think I run out of Oil Pastels particularly Olive Green and Blush Pink... Oh boy... >,<

Violeta

I have this strange nagging feeling that my art has become denser. I should be more happier of the result but I'm not sure why I feel like something's missing... You tell me! Anyway here's my 6th masterpiece... Happy viewing! :3

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Hydrangeas by the Well

At long last I was able to get a hold just a little of my time to finish this. I was not even sure if I still got that Van Gogh impact to it as my artistic momentum got halted for a long period due to unexpected Mafia Wars business. It was a bit off at first but overall I was satisfied with my work. Anyway, here it is...

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Tulips by the Mill

What I love about Van Gogh's technique is its imperfection. If you look closely, specially his early works like the ‘Potato Eaters’ aside from using dark colors, the perspective is somehow distorted. I am also specifically impressed with the shading effect of his artworks and the intricate brush strokes. Totally amazing. His brush stroke method is really hard to follow and from the looks of it, very exhausting as well.

Anyway, enjoy my fourth masterpiece ‘Tulips by the Mill’.

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Thanks for leaving comments! ^_^

Country Bellflower

I just finished another flower artwork. Anyway, maybe you're wondering how I start with my painting. I don't use pencil anymore. I am directly using oil pastel to draw...

Firstly, I browse good pictures for reference and then print it out. After printing my subject out, I am just directly putting the exact object to the blank canson paper I am using. I use base color to draw the figure, depending on what dominant color of the subject is (for example, if I am painting sunflower I would be using yellow as my base color). After forming the object I create the shading to bring the object to life and then furnishing it by outlining my subject with a much brighter shade of the base color (for the sunflower case, I used orange as its outline). Then finishing it with the third layer of shading...

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Well, enjoy my third master piece.

Thanks for leaving comments... ^_^

Lily by the Window

I just finished another flower artwork this afternoon and I am so happy about it I can't even wait to show it to my dad... and I did a little while ago.

I set-up the webcam and focused the lens onto the canson paper filled with oil pastel, the medium I used to bring to life the blossom I loved before sunflower caught my attention. My dad exaggiratingly asked… “Saan mo naman nabili yan? Art ba ni Salvador Dali yan?” I smiled and said “Akin kaya to!” and wondered why the artist Salvador Dali? I am nothing like him. He’s a surrealist and I don’t have that kind of wild, out of this world imagination to become one. I am more comfortable claiming myself as a post-impressionist or an asbtract/cubism artist. I am not that good to be the next Rembrandt. However, I am also not saying that post-impressionist and abstract artists are intimidated by golden age artists. They belong to two different movements in the first place but I would have to say that Rembrandt art is just too intricate for me plus I don’t have abundant patience to spent perfecting my obra maestra.

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I remember someone told me that my talent is rarely given and I should be thankful to have it although I was not sure what he really meant that time. Maybe I was just over analyzing but I don’t know if I could accept it clearly and openly. It’s just too flaterring that I thought I did not deserve such admiration. It is sometimes hard to believe such compliments specially when you know you still have room to grow.

Anyway, please… oh please… if I could just have some teeny weeny bit of your time… I would be grateful if you could leave comments regarding the above artwork done with oil pastel on canson (meduim I personally love). I would appreciate it very much even if it is a condemnation. It would really help me improve my techniques.

Thanks… ^_^

My Artistic Side...

I have been targeting at least 300 artworks for me to be able to host an art exhibit. This has been one of my goals and my dream ever since having consciousness regarding my surroundings.

I remember, I was just about four or five years old when I discovered my love for painting. I was overly fascinated with Van Gogh's Starry Night. Although it was impossible for me to explain the intricacy, the techniques and the brush strokes given that I was very small, as far as I could remember, the thing that kept me staring at the picture of Van Gogh's marvelous artwork in a magazine are the lovely colors he used and the dominant Cyan hues interpreted in his canvas. That was the time when I told myself that I want to be like him when I grow up even though it was not realized obviously...

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I just hope someday I could show everyone what the world is in my eyes personified through my paintings and my artworks.

Anyhow, the above picture was done via Oil Pastel on Canson. It's one of my personal favorite from my flower collection. Please leave your comments for personal artistic development.

Thank you... ^_^

The World of Paper-Craft

Origami was the first paper craft technique I got myself involved into. As far as I can remember, I think I was in my 4th grade when I got to do my very first 'geometrically-perfect' (as I call it) bird crane. It took me hours to perfect and follow the drawing instructions for the bird crane version I perfected. Moreover, it wasn't only the bird crane model I got to finish but a lot more (Gold fish, frog, bell flower, penguin, whale, paper cup...) and through Origami I felt like I did have a normal childhood.

Anyway, as I was being fond of Origami, I started to get involved with paper-crafting, well just last year.. when I had nothing to do but waste paper and ink >,< I became interested with this technique after seeing a picture of Howl's Moving Castle paper craft... and it looks 'that' good, I didn't notice it was actually made out of paper.

Well, as far as I can explain, paper crafting is just another technique which includes (of course) paper, scissors for this case, glue, printer, and patience. Models can be created via software, 3D software probably since I have not yet to create mine... and from this you will have a pattern in which you will then need to build-up like that of a plamo (plastic model).

I have actually created several models already. None of them were my own but I hope to create my original someday.

Furthermore, I am just taking this like a theraphy. Away from my stressful work and my stressful life. You should try it too. It's fun! ^_______^

A Deep History for the Textile Art of Persona: Eternal Punishment...

I started playing video games since Atari I think, but pleeaaasssee take note that the Atari we had was over 10 years old when I had come to play it and to my surprise… it’s still alive until today, hey we’re paranoids and we love collecting gadgets. Anyway, I was simply trying to say that I grew up with games even if I’m a girl I didn’t grew up with Barbies…

My first game was the infamous Pong and then Galaxian. Then Nintendo came out with their 8-bit 3rd generation console the NES and Famicom, I was fond of playing Q-bert and of course Gauntlet. I was never happy with Mario although the game was alright; the game is pretty much mediocre. After some time, Nintendo released their 16-bit 4th generation console the SNES. This made a huge impact since I was introduced to playing RPGs which I had come to love from then on. I didn’t know I was playing the future over-rated game Final Fantasy VI (FFIII in North America).

Well, back to the future… since then I was really hooked playing RPG games and this led me to the greatest RPG game ever created IMO and that would be the Shin Megami Tensei series. Everything that was written from this URL: HARDCORE GAMING 101 is sooo true. Anyway, as I was overly crazy about this game since 5th grade, I had come to collect some cool stuff over the past 10 years. After Sony released their first game console the Playstation which changed the history of gaming, I was able to get a hold of Persona: Eternal Punishment (SMT spin-offs) which I find quite well. This got me to paint my first entry for the Jazz-up your Jeans contest sponsored by Robinson’s mall.

This was actually chosen to be 1 of the semi-finalists for the contest which was least expected. Anyway, I still have lots of history and story to tell you and I hope you find them interesting.

Naruto Effect...

I have been interested in painting since grade school and I was particularly fond of painting manga characters. I grew up watching Japanese animation and these shows made a huge impact therefore influenced my art style.

When the show, Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto came out, primarily I was already a fan of his manga even before the show started. What I love about Naruto.. first the color palette used for the whole animation (even the covers of the manga), second the personalities of all Kishimoto's characters, story pacing (even if most of the people claim it slow).

I tried painting with textile paints on t-shirts, pants when airbrush was nothing but a tool for painting vehicles, big bikes and other stuff. I made a business using this method when I reached college and was beginning to become an expert with the technique.

The shirt above was created way back in high school. I used black shirt so that the colors and the image would clearly be seen from afar. I particularly made this for my younger brother but he just bought the t-shirt without fitting it. It turned out that the shirt was too small for him and pretty large for me so we just decided to have this like an ornament.

Moreover, during the course of getting more familiar with this art method, there was an announcement which got me motivated to join and compete for it. Robinson’s mall has announced that they will be having a ‘Jazz-up your Jeans’ contest and those who will win will obtain gift certificates and of course pretty good cash. I was really excited and that afternoon bought some textile paints for this project.

It was really hard to find a subject for my painting but my brother made a hunch that I would be, again, painting Naruto and he was definitely right about it. I thought that colors used for Naruto are so bright and cheerful that it’ll make an impression through the judges.

After a week of preparation, it had come to the finals and I was happy to learn that I was chosen to be 1 of the 5 finalists. Unfortunately, I had to end the story with slightly sad news. I didn’t actually win the competition but I placed third but I think the winner really deserved it.

It just came to my mind that I should be selling out stuff that I made at home. I thought of having this business and since I’m sure I can pretty much satisfy my customer with my art, I think I’ll pursue.

Well, I was simply saying that if you want your shirts, pants, what-so-ever painted, I am actually having this personal business. Just provide the shirt or any kinds of stuff you wanted to get painted on. Just e-mail me for more details.