9/10/2009

Mahachai -- Paint out













All of the sketches are about 7x9 inch watercolor, some combine with ink. The first sketch of a man with a bike on the train was done with watercolor pencils and ink.

Our small sketch group went out by a train from Wong-Wien-Yai station last Saturday, heading 1 hour south to a famous fishing industry town, Mahachai. We were amazed even as we get off the train.. of how close the Mahachai merchants people live their life close to the train track. The train end right at the heart of Mahachai market, a place where an active mixed of vegetables, fruits, seafood, and fishing supplies. I could stop and paint right out from the train track but the space might be the problem because the market was so dense. So I took some photos, and we all walk about 300 meters along Tha-Chine river to a riverside restaurant and settle there to paint from 10:00 am til noon. We ended up with a great seafood lunch and the restaurant owner seemed happy to see our sketch results. My two river scenes are the result of this place. Then around 1 pm, K.Piboon, one of our sketcher who used to live there, took us in his car surveying the opposite island called, Tha-Chalom, seeing more boats, and life along the river which is a few miles away from the Gulf of Thailand. Then K.Piboon took us to the heart of the "Ka-Za-Khao" fishing village, a few hundred yards by the sea. The fishing village was a small community on the little waterway just off from the Gulf of Thailand. My last two works show the fish boats and fisherman shack that harbor in a small water way a little few yards from the ocean. It was a fun pack paint out day.

8/31/2009

Tango



It takes two to tango. This is about 10x14 inch watercolor from a ref. photo on Flickr by Stefano Bussolon.

Clay pots



This is about 6x8.5 inch watercolor from Wetcanvas's Weekend Drawing Event on Aug 28th. It feels so good to paint again after almost a month of absence. So many things are going on in my life.

8/23/2009

It is official.

Well not that I no longer do arts. I still sketch here and there but I have been busy with works and some work related travel on weekends and some allergy attacks. Anyway, we just got an official confirmation from my doctor that Iris will get to be a big sister. The new kid on the block is now 7 weeks old. So Tone and I have to re-prioritize our lifestyle a bit. I have to delay my future big painting trips for a few years but I can still do local painting trip and sketches. In the mean while, I can do a lot more of baby portrait. So here is the fetus's first appearance.

7/30/2009

Paint out -- Klong Suan Market



















Well today is my lucky day to get to join a few painter friends at KlongSuan Old time market. It locate about 60 Km. south east of where I live. The market is the 100 year old community along the Klong, or Thai canal. The canal, the shops, and also the food are awesome. I did the noodle shop ink sketch after we finished our delicious lunch there.

7/29/2009

A rose a day



A rose a day makes happiness stay. Watercolor from a still-life set up using Holbein artist paints on 11x14 inch Bockingford block. Recently, one art shop in Bangkok put Holbein WC professional paints on sale for 40% off. I can't help stocking them up... despite I still have a ton of Winsor&Newton to play with. Oh well, more reasons to paint more ;-).

7/26/2009

A Thai garland



This is a Thai garland (a number of small tropical flowers such as jasmine, roses, aster, etc. are strung together). Can you believe that someone put those tiny flowers together for a price of 1 USD per garland. I had to buy it to paint; luckily, I had preserved it in our fridge. for 5 days until today that I have time to work on it. So our fridge smells very heavenly and jasminely. :p Tone laughed again at things I do for art. This is a 9x12 inch Casein paint on a canvas panel