Portrait... Lee JaeJin of SechsKies #3

Portrait - Lee JaeJin of SechsKies

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Well, 2019's about to end... Finishing the year with a Lee JaeJin portrait!  He's part of the kpop group, Sechskies... one of my fave kpop groups!  And he's my fave member!  This is my third portrait of Lee JaeJin, from this particular reference photo, clickie-click (here)... One of my fave photos of him!  I like it so much, this is actually my second portrait from that photo!  You can view my other portraits of JaeJin and other celebrities here on my blog... Just click on the Portraits link on the sidebar.  😺😺😺  

Really enjoyed doing this portrait as I got to use the art supplies I bought a few months ago - Winsor & Newton (Cotman) watercolor pan set, Umae watercolor tube (base skin color) and Daler-Rowney A5 Fine Grain - Cartridge paper.  And I also used my Derwent watercolor pencils and Staedtler Mar Lumograph graphite pencil.  Although I've done several portraits, each one is a practice piece.  I still need a lot of practice and have lots to learn.  Getting the likeness is one of them!  I can't seem to get it right every time I do a portrait!  I've tweaked this one so many times, I still couldn't get the likeness.  I think I might do another portrait from the same photo again!  Challenge for 2020?!   Anyway, hope you all had a good 2019.  See you in 2020! 

Sketch... Happy Holidays!!!

Fashion Illustration - Santa's Helper

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Happy Holidays! She's Santa's helper, rocking her Christmasy red and green worksuit!  I used my new-ish Winsor & Newton Cotman watercolor panset and Umae watercolor tube.  Enjoying these new art supplies very much!  It's been quite a while since I've last drawn an outfit fashion illustration... many months ago I think.  Long time ago considering they're all I pretty much drew and posted week after week back when I started this art blog.   😺😺😺

Doodle... purple garden

Meeeoooow, Monday!  A very colorful and purply floral doodle... I used an UniPin inkpen to draw the doodle and for colors, Derwent watercolors pencils and a tiny, skinny paintbrush.  Took a bit of time to finish, but a lot of fun!  I finished this one several weeks ago actually but only posting it now... 😺😺😺

Sketch... pink and hearts

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Playing with color for this fun hairstyle doodle... Gave it a touch of kawaii with the pink striped hairbow and hearts.  Used the watercolors I bought recently - Winsor & Newton Cotman  and Umae.  Glad I bought the skin-color Umae tube.  After using the Cotman pan set, I realized I'm not quite fond of repeatedly mixing colors I use often... and often I don't mix enough of the colors!  😺😺😺

The skin-color tube isn't quite the shade I wanted, so I still need to tweak the color every time I use it.

Doodle... poofy-'do

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Very hairy and poofy long hairstyle doodle... 😺😺😺

Doodle... leafy and swirly Monday

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Since I post on Mondays... Have a lovely and meowy Monday!  😺😺😺

Doodle... flower trails

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Playing with trailing floral pattern design... 😺😺😺

Doodle... feline and flowers

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Flowery feline doodle!  Gave the kitty a mohawk. I find Sphynx cats have that fierce and sassy appearance... Cute, fuzzy and fierce!  😺😺😺

Doodle... dotted forest

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Fun and leafy doodle... Drew this in Pointillism-style... took a bit more time than my usual doodles!  Did the whole doodle in tiny dots.........  The paper is an A5, yet it still felt like it took a looooong time!  The last time I did Pointillism was in art school, freshman year, back in 19-forgotten.  😺😺😺 

This doodle is inspired by the underwater kelp forests.  I remember watching it on one of the nature channels on TV many, many years ago.  I find them so fascinating and mysterious.  

Doodle... trail of blue and pink

Meeeoooow, Monday!  A colorful and fun flower doodle for today's Inktober blogpost, using Staedtler Triplus Fineliners.  Bought these recently... a nice and colorful break from my usual black inkpens.  This one is inspired by one of my older doodles from 2016.  It's fun to flip through old sketchbooks!  😺😺😺

Doodle... flowy layers

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Another flowy, sexy long hairstyle doodle for Inktober.  😺😺😺

Doodle... inktober florals

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Back to inky and flowery doodles for Inktober.  Eventhough the paper size is A5, comparatively small, I still find it intimidating to do a full-page doodle...  😺😺😺

Doodle... short and center

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Fun and quick hairstyle fashion illustration... Long and flowy hairstyles are fun to draw, but short and sleek hairstyles have their own charm too!  😺😺😺

Doodle... flowy, flowery

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Hairstyle and flowers fashion illustration... Colored this one coz I wanted to use my new Winsor and Newton, Cotman watercolors.  They're the student-grade quality but I looooooove how vibrant the colors are!  

Portrait... Lee JaeJin of Sechskies #2

Meeeoooow, Monday!  I bought some art supplies during my recent trip to Singapore and wanted to try them out.  Since it's been some time since I last drew a portrait... seems a good way to try out these art supplies.  This is my second portrait of Lee JaeJin of Sechskies, one of my fave kpop groups.  And JaeJin is my fave/bias in the group!   I also love their songs!  He's also one of my fave portrait subjects.  Handsome, beautiful expressive eyes and an adorably kooky/quirky 4D personality! You can find my first portrait of him from a few years ago under Portraits, on the right sidebar.  

This is a quick portrait to try out the new art supplies, so it's less detailed than my usual.  Paper is A5 Daler-Rowney Fine Grain - Cartridge, watercolor is Winsor and Newton, Cotman and I also used my old Derwent watercolor pencils and Staedtler mars-lumograph 8B graphite pencil for the details. I loooooove the Cotman watercolors!  Colors are quite vibrant, eventhough they are of student-grade.  I like this new paper too!  Although it says fine grain, it's not quite smooth enough for me since the watercolor pencils and graphite pencil are too grainy and stroke-y on it.  Will need to modify my portrait method a bit the next time I use this paper!

And these are the new art supplies I bought... Not really an art haul!  I bought these at ArtFriend, in Plaza Singapura on Orchard Road.   Huge art store!  Sooooooo many art products, and craft stuff!  There's also another branch at Bras Basah Complex in the Bugis area.  It got rather confusing at the paper section.  Sooooo many paper choices, had a hard time choosing!   Was planning to check out other art stores as well, but I didn't have enough time to go as I only had a few days in Singapore.  Going to an art store is quite a treat as we don't have any art stores here in Cebu City.  Art supplies are sold in a section of bookstores and with very limited choices, so going to an actual art store is like going to a candy store!  Another excuse to return to Singapore!  😺😺😺 

Guo Pei fashion exhibit

Meeeoooow, Monday!  Went to Singapore recently for a short vacation, and mainly to see the fabulous Guo Pei fashion exhibit at the Asian Civilizations Museum.  It was such a treat to see all those exquisite gowns up close!  So nice to be able to see all the intricate embroidery/design details!  

This showstopper robe was the first thing you see of the exhibit... 

I did not include all of the photos of the gowns in this blogpost.  Flash photography was not allowed.  So some of my photos did not come out too well. The exhibit lighting was not very suitable for appreciating all the design details.  It certainly looked very dramatic but it was a bit too bright on the gowns and casted dark shadows, which made it difficult to see those details.  The gowns below are some of my faves in the exhibition.