Beach painting

Feel so bad as I have not updated this blog for nearly two months. I think I kind of just switched off as I concentrated on the paintings. I have painted quite a number due to some sudden inspirations to continue and continue. Worry that those inspirations would dry off, I just told myself not to stop till the ideas had dried. It was really hectic but I felt so satisfactory as this is a personal triumph and shows that hardwork does pay off handsomely if you concentrated and focused. Here is one of my recent paintings:

Backyard painting

At the left is my latest printing done. It was painted outdoors from the backyard of one of my ex school mates. The weather was rather cold that day and the sea breeze sent heavy shivers down me. However, the lighting and view were just too alluring for me to persist on to complete the draw in more than half a day. It was not my best painting though. The strong wind made the painting stand and easel shaky... some of the brush strokes were rather out.

Beach painting

I spent the last few days time working on this picture and finally I completed it early last night. Beaches are my favourite and I like to paint them whenever I feel like.

New printer

Yesterday I bought a printer because my old one had not been printing as smooth as it was like before. The new new printer is one of those all-in-one machine that can print, scan, copy and fax and it works amazingly well - it prints beautifully. However, like every other printer I've owned; the colour I was seeing on my monitor was much more vibrant.

I played around with the different calibration procedures according to the manual but... i gave up as it was getting nowhere.

Today I'm going to draw about a garden scene and I printed out in full colour a garden photo I took somewhere; that will be my inspiration and focus. As I have done many times before; I overlaid some textures, in this instance from the garden and swimming pool

I know... a bit brash, but I love it all the same.

A painting from my younger days

Today I would like to show you a photo of one of my fav paintings which I completed when I was still a novice in my painting career. It was a oil painting of the sea coast I visited and I drew it while sitting at the bench besides the beach. The weather on that day was perfect and the breezy morning made it a really mesmerising experience. It was that nice!

Now as I look at this picture again, there is a sense of nostalgia overcoming me as the picture reveals the mood of my younger days and there's a surreal feel to it. If I go back to the place again, I believe it will come out completely different.