Starlight

Not my usual style, but it felt good to try something different. Splattering paint was fun.

Acrylic ink and acrylics on canvas board. 16"x24". Acrylic ink is great - easy to use and fast drying - I'm converted! Still will turn to acrylics for texture and dimension though. The board was first laid with some pages from a chinese graphic magazine I bought in HK.

I like the close up of the face more than the entire picture. Composition-wise seems to lack some interest. Serves me right for not planning! I just took the brush and got at it and this is the result after 2.5 hours.

My last painting for 2008 (unless I manage to inadvertently get some painting done in the next 14 hours!)

Happy new year! :)

Transporter

Having a little fun...Inspired from a movie poster for Transporter 3. Pencil, poster colour, masking fluid.

Brekos, Holland Village, 26 Dec

More sketches. Pencil and poster colour. The one below was after Photoshop.

Hong Kong sketchbook

Was in Hong Kong from 8 to 16 December. Here are some of the sketches I had the time to complete. All in pencil and poster colours.

November mural #2

A hop, skip and jump away is the Children's Club, also operated by Viriya Community Services. They wanted a mural that was in the same style as My Centre @ Moulmein. So this time round, the subject was children. We had a lot more walls to cover and fewer volunteers. We stopped after 5 hours after all the drawings were done on Saturday 29 Nov, and we'll be heading back soon to touch up on the lines. It's officially opening this Saturday!

The view of the Children's Club from the back of My Centre @ Moulmein. The walls were already painted orange.

November mural #1

You can find this mural at Kent Road, facing the Pek Kio Market. It's for a senior citizen's activity centre called My Centre @ Moulmein, operated by Viriya Community Services. Thanks to the volunteers at My Centre and to Li-Anne for helping out on Saturday, 8 Nov.

A view of the entire wall. It was already painted orange, so we just added the blue. The mural was intended to highlight some of the activities that the centre organises. It looked like rain that day, and so we worked fast. Finished it in about 4 hours.