“The powers of a (Philippine) President are overwhelming. He commands an army and a national police. He controls the biggest chunk of government resources (budget and manpower). ” Given this, it makes you wonder why our President choses to clip the Supreme Court’s powers. Is it greed or is he just getting even? This is...
I think this will be the last time I will ever do a full body painting of a dog on a 9″ x 12″ paper. How to do the fur and the level of detail drove me nuts. I didn’t realize how difficult it was to paint a Shar Pei. Ha! I know, there are hundreds of dogs. I wonder how many I will get to do till I master...
I am still trying to teach my son part of the list. I realized that parenthood, which is the same as student-hood and saint-hood is a lifelong process. Personality goes a long way. Walk on the outside (closer to the street) of your female companion. Cooking, cleaning, laundry and taking care of kids are things men...
My friend was able to unhook me from the internet for a few hours. We walked to the nearest Starbucks and I ordered my regular double-shot, iced-shaken raspberry coffee to get my brain working. As I settled down on one of the couches and stared at the people chatting animatedly, I couldn’t help but notice that the...
I was able to dig up some animation backgrounds that I coloured back in 2009 for a projected under the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) under the Office of the President. These beautiful places were drawn and inked by Jerald Dorado. I coloured them digitally using Photoshop. The animation...
Did a painting of my friend’s mom. Doing commission pieces is stressful. There’s the pressure of making it perfect and at the same time, the client has to want it. Since this is watercolor, it means starting over…and over … until I get it right. I had that problem with this piece. I felt that the image didn’t...
Somebody said painting children is difficult. Aside from getting them to pose (and I’d rather have kids doing stuff than smiling at the camera), it’s the facial features that make it difficult. Why are children difficult? Because they have no wrinkles or cheekbones to define facial features. Even in daylight, the...
It was my first pen-meet. That is a group of people meeting for one reason – fountain pens. It was held at my friend’s place and Thom happened to be there. He’s a shy guy and got flustered when I kept taking pics. The reason why I kept on taking a lot of pics was because it was sunset and it filled the room with gold,...
I’ve often admired artists who could really paint sunlight into their portraits. Inspired by the national artist Fernando Amorsolo, I’d seek out paintings where the entire canvas would be flooded with sunlight. It was one of my frustrations, until now. Details. I know nobody looks at paintings this close – but I...
When I was new at blogster back in 2009, I had no idea how to blog or how it was like to be in a blogging community. Sure I had a job to fulfill, one of them was learning how to blog. Charlie (Abifyt) happened to be one of the few who visited and commented on my blog (Anacoana, ceilede, Strider333, Ekyprogressive and...
I guess one could tell that I don’t want to be stuck in a rut. With friends like Amado – who would? It is good to have someone who can push you to do something else. Amado’s that kind of person. He would show some works or send me a link of a painting that shows a different style, and we’d both wonder how it was done. We...
I don’t know which is more challenging – drawing a white pet or a black one. Sure, the dog already showed blue highlights. But how do you make it into a painting? I placed the basic colors first. I realized that I have to do the highlights last. The base color is what the highlights will look like once paint has been...
Things I did differently with this painting: 1. I used the base color as background; 2. All harsh lines were muted by running over the dry lines with a clean wet brush; 3. The final outline was softened; 4. Using green as base color for both models, not just blue; and 5. Uhm.. a #5 would be nice. I realized a...
I was fortunate to be gifted with a calligraphy set by a blogster member early this year. That motivated me to try my hand at calligraphy. I got some ebooks and doodled a few. While I was practising, I stumbled upon 3D calligraphy from an instagram account by Tolga. Inspired by Tolga’s works, I decided to try it...
All these years, I am fortunate to be able to do what I love and get paid for it. This is the first time however, that I’m finally tackling the bull by the horns – that is painting the traditional way. Something I could never do before because I couldn’t afford to buy art materials. Now I can buy what I need and hope...
