Day 16 - {I Am Not Who I Was Yesterday} Watercolor

Hi, it's day 16. Today I watercolor my favourite drawing: eyes. I always love sketching eyes, especially realistic eyes. I have sketched different manga eyes and realistic eyes with pencils many times. But this will be the first time that I drew one without pencil or pen. Just with watercolor brush. Not easy to draw fine lines especially the lashes with a brush.

The reason why I love to draw eyes is they convey emotions. Most times you can tell a sincere pair of eyes from ones that are not. When one is down, you can see the sadness emitting from the eyes. When you are happy, one can easily tell from the joy emitting from it.

Today I drew an intense eyes, inspired from Pinterest again. This pair of eyes tell of a determination, like conveying a message that "I'm serious about this!". And what I want to convey is I am not who I was yesterday. Every day is a new beginning and everyday we are changed by what we have gone through the day before. We learnt new things, experience different emotions and events that shape us.

{I Am Not Who I Was Yesterday}

Today, I want to share a work in progress. Something different.



I first used a lighter color to draw the basic shape then went in with darker colors to outline. Then I do the shading and add the eyeball color (drawing in lines instead of one patch down. hope my explanation is clear :P). Then add in the lashes and the shadows.



Here's the end result. Also added some white in parts of the eyes. Love it. Yeh.. So glad to challenge myself. And I think I want to get a bigger Winsor and Newton watercolor palette. Really love this palette. Learnt to mix different colors. In the set theres no black color so I have to mix my own with burnt amber and ultramarine. Also mix the eyeball color with ultramarine and viridian hue. Good to stretch myself in color mixing (something that I'm weak in).

Ok. That's it for today. Hope you are inspired to try watercolor. Have fun.

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Day 15 - {Be Brave} Watercolor

Hello. It's a "fun" day for me yesterday. My "baby" brother finally got enlisted in national service. So we went to Pulau Tekong for his enlistment ceremony, visited his bunk that he's going to stay for the next 4 months. LOL. And had "food tasting" of the "Western Food" in the cookhouse. Quite tasty. But according to some the menu seems unchanged over the years. LOL.

One thing amazed me now is how technology is being used in training the soldiers. Though we always see technology at work during war movies, it never fails to amaze me. And wow... each soldier is being given a tablet each for their learning. Ok. Enough talk about the army thing.

Back to my watercolor. LOL.. Last night I watercolored this piece: Autumn Tree. Loved the autumn colors. A pity you won't find that in Singapore.

{Be Brave}



As everyone know, as autumn comes, trees changed colors of their leaves, dried up and wither, in preparation for winter. Then after winter is over, new leaves shoot out and spring is here. But imagine the leaves start withering and the tree had no idea what's going to happen next. What will go through its mind? "Am I withering? Am I dying? What will happen to me?" Spring seems a far away and impossible future. It seems like a lie. Is it going to stop living? Is it going to give up at this point? Is it brave enough to brave through the storms and harshness of winter? What's the truth? Is Spring really coming?

So I just want to share a simple life lesson here. A reminder for myself too. When the winter comes, do not fear. Be brave, dug deep and weather through the storms. For spring is coming. When you met something that totally drains you and dry you up, do not fear, do not give up. Hold on to the truth (to me it's God) and persevere. Look forward to Spring. There's hope.

For this tree, I watercolor the leaves first before drawing in the trunk and branches. All done with the "precision" tip Winsor and Newton brush. LOL.. ok, it's not precision but tiny brush tip. :P I really love this watercolor palette.

I hope you are inspired by my project. Have fun.

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Day 14 - {Be Led By Your Dreams} Watercolor

Hi, it's day 14 of "One Watercolor A Day" project. Gosh... I managed to survive 14 days. LOL... And I did notice that my "simple" watercolor idea seems to be getting more "not simple". LOL LOL... But that should be good news, right. It means I'm improving. Yeh!!

Today's theme is to be led by your dreams and not your problems. And recently I read from somewhere that if your dreams doesn't cause you fear (something like that), it won't be a dream. And on the journey to pursuing your dreams, there's bound to be lots of obstacles and problems. But don't let them stop you from going after your dreams.

{Be Led By Your Dreams}



I love hummingbird. Though they are tiny, they are fast. And they are so petite, cute and colorful!!! So I want to remind myself that though I'm not that "great", I have the right to pursue my dreams and to live a colorful life.

This piece is inspired by a watercolor piece in Pinterest again. I love Pinterest. There's many beautiful pieces that I can try out and learn. My goal for watercolor is to be able to sketch, watercolor sceneries, buildings on the go (be it while travelling or in my daily life). So I want to continue learning watercoloring to achieve this dream.

If you got a dream, go for it. Your dream can be achieved only if you pursue it. Don't be discouraged if you met problems on the way. Just turn around the problem and continue pursuing your dream.

That's all for today. Have fun.

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Day 13 - {Be Strong} Watercolor

Hi, hope you all have a nice weekend. On Sunday, we brought out kids to the nearest seaside Park. Let them play sand at the playground there while I do my sketching. Had great fun. It's so nice to be in nature.

I have always love nature, especially trees. And always very amazed at how each and every trees grow differently. While looking at them, I thought of our creator, our heavenly Father and thankful for his beautiful creations.

One thought pop in my mind as I sketch another owl. "If only I'm good enough to sketch trees!!" But knowing my mediocre skill, I dare not venture into it yet. That's my ultimate sketching goal tho.

So today I tried to watercolor tree instead. It seems easier to watercolor then sketch them out. LOL

{Be Strong}



The reason I loved trees is because everytime I look at them in details, I find myself get strengthened. How the branches will twist and turn shows how they strive to get sunlight. When the branches are "blocked" by another, they will grow in another direction. It's just like our lives. When we met with some stumbling block, we can chose to go another direction instead of giving up. Eventually we will reach that goal.

And as the tree grow, its roots grew further and wider and longer to reach for water and nutrients in the soil. As I grow, I want to let my "roots" dug deeper into the good soil (God's words) to get living water and nutrients.

So I watercolor this tree to remind myself that life doesn't have to be just one way. There's many twists and turns and obstacles but as long as we hold on to God and continue growing, we will find a way out. So be strong!!

That's all for today. Hope you like my watercolor.

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Day 12 - {Owl} Watercolor

Hi, it's day 12 of "One Watercolor A Day". Today I didn't really have a theme. Last night I had a urge to sketch. Took out all my drawings, have a look at them and wonder how long it have been since I sketched. So this morning, I packed my sketchbook and pencil and sketch some owls at Mcdonald's again.

I managed to sketch 3 simple owls(the last 3 owls). The rest of the owls I done some months back. All the owls are inspired by pictures I found at Pinterest.



So tonight I decided to challenge myself to watercolor the last owl. I loved this owl because it look so cute.

{Owl} Watercolor



Many people told me that owl is a night creature and as a child of God, I should'nt like it. But to me, its just a amazing creature that God created. Who says God only create day creatures?? So I'm always puzzled about this reasoning.

I hope you like my watercolor owl and owl sketch. Now time to head to bed. It's way pass midnight at Singapore. So I better stop being an owl and go sleep. LOL..

Have fun. Thanks for dropping by.

Day 11 - {Creativity Takes Courage} Watercolor

Hi, friends. It's Day 11 of my "One Watercolor A Day". Today's theme is courage.

When I thought of courage, I thought of wings. Reason being it takes courage for a baby bird to take the first step to spread its wings and fly. So I hope that I will have the courage too to learn to fly in my creativity. Not to be afraid of failures or setbacks. But to  embrace them. By doing so, I'm growing and learning to be better.

{Creativity Takes Courage}



Ok, does this look like wings?? LOL.. At least one side of wings. But sob sob.. my hubby say its flowers when I show him. LOL...

Hope you enjoy my sharing so far. Do take courage and fly in your creativity. Have fun.

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Day 10 - {Trust Your Heart} Watercolor

Hi, I'm one day late again in my watercolor. Done this piece last night but too tired to blog after done. Inspired by a piece I saw in google. But I think I done a lousy job out of it. :P

Today's theme is Trust your Heart. Many times we speak and think from our mind and not from our heart. I believe we need to process and mull through all decisions etc with our mind and with our heart. Both logic and emotions need to be considered.

{Trust Your Heart}



I used a masking fluid to outline the heart before I watercolor. After done, then I rub off the mask. Its my first time using masking fluid. Fun.

Thanks for dropping by. Have fun.