Play with me

These are my tiny dinosour erasers & an egg container set.  I never use any of them as intended eraser though.

Long time no see...

Well, my title is a bit broken English for Thai people... pardon me... but I truly mean that.  As we have to deal with our hyper second child... so my time to blogging was lagging but I try to keep it alive again.

Here are some part of life-sketching from the list of Scavanger Hunt#320 on Wetcanvas.com.  Recently I just got a few of Copic markers to play it so I enjoy learning to use them here and there in my sketches.

The little red fabric bag is a Thai hilltribe handcraft done as a write bag... for you to put your keys in and wrap it around your wrist while you go jogging.  It works out pretty nice for me if I head out for a walk/jog.

Scavenger Hunt#289

  Most sketches were done while I was having my late lunch after teaching.  The theme of this Hunt was about all kinds of colors.

Zig-Zag hair-do

Today I sketch Miss Iris's braided hair for 'zig-zag' item on Wetcanvas's Scavenger Hunt#276.  She just turned 7 yr old a couple days ago.  Done in my A5 Japanese sketchbook with watercolor and pencil.

Blue gas masks

  No..!!!  . This is not a scene from "Planet of the Ape".  It was our kids this morning being treated with vapor medicine for their respiratory infection at the hospital. They are doing better now. I did the ink at scene under the rolling eye nurse, about 3 min. for each kid. I later colored them at home.

Piano tuning

Sorry for being absent for some time.    I just got tired from trying to juggle my career, piano lessons, arts, and my two kids and the little one is a very active two year old.  I am still around and do some sketching and traveling when I can.  I need to blog about my recent trip to the US and New York City soon.

In the mean while, these are sketches of the piano tuning happened at our love pad last weekend.  Tone and I really appreciate this tuner who pay attention to very fine details of our family treasure.  I wish you could hear our music.

Scavenger Hunt - 257

Here are sketches from life for the assigned list of Scavenger Hunt 257 on Wetcanvas.com.

Shoe shine

Something I found sitting around at one corner of our campus.

Extraordinary pose

I guess the girl can do pretty much anything. This is a life-sketch as a part of ScavengerHunt#256 on Wetcanvas.com, done with pencil, color pencils, and Talen watercolors.

A kind neighbor

Nothing is as beautiful as a simple act of kindness, just like what happened to us today when our neighbor just cut her beautiful flowers and hand them to my baby Lily during our morning bike ride.

2012 New Year Resolution

I have been using mind-maps (computer generated ones) lately in my class to teach. Today I feel that combining Scavenger Hunt#251 life sketching with my personal mind-map should be a good play. So here it is. I wish you a great 2012 year and you achieve what you have been waiting for.

Ending 2011 with a great sketching day

What could be a better way to end the year with going out sketching with your buddies. Today I and four other friends of BangkokSketchers met up at Bangkok downtown and sketch the scene of the Chinese shrine. The Thai believe that 2012 will be a dragon year, people here believe that this year is auspicious to have babies. !!! So it is good that I get to sketch a few dragons on the roof of the shrine. I hope you get the idea where it is in the sketch. ;-) Happy New Year 2012 to you all.

Ending 2011 with a great meal.

I can't imagine ending a year without a good eat celebration. Today, I went in downtown Bangkok for an authentic Japanese meal at the first Japanese restaurant in Bangkok. I did the sketch there while wait for the food. The gentleman (pink shirt) on my left side, was happy to see I included him in the sketch. Have a great Happy New Year 2012, everyone.

A good sketch day after the flood

Finally, a sketch to make myself smile. This is a part of Wetcanvas Scavenger Hunt#246.

Fruit & Veggie Medley

I love to sketch stuffs from the kitchen. I find going to the market and buying these models home an absolute art-life-rewarding. The sketches contain, two peppers, a tomato, an orange, and a pink dragon fruit.

Pretty in pink

This is a part of Wetcanvas Scavenger Hunt#238. I have borrowed a buttfly ring from Iris to sketch.

My favorite thing

It is... tadah... my DH, Tone. He is done in a digital with TwistedBrush freeware. Sorry folk for being gone quite some time; we are experiencing waves of family sickness.

Day 2 -- 75 Day Sketch Challenge

Did this while wait at the Univ. health center. Sorry for the poorly drawn anatomy model. Hope to do better next time. The bag contain x-ray gowns.

Day1 -- 75 Day Sketch Challenge

A BangkokSketcher friend, P'Wan, recommended me to a web-site of 75 day sketch challenge by Brenda Swenson. I think I will try it and here is my first day result. I have to sketch every day using pen & ink, no pencil & no eraser, and If I miss a day, I should make two sketches for the missing day. Let's see if I can keep it rolling for 75 days.

From Korea

This is a 30 min. digital sketch using TwistedBrush freeware of a soup spoon & chopsticks souvenir from Korea given to me by my colleague.