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  • Art Journals

    Watercolour Explorations #51 to #75

    July 22, 2017 / No Comments

    Here’s the third installment of my #the100dayproject. Thank you for looking.

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    Watercolour Explorations #26 to #50

    July 7, 2017 / No Comments

    Here’s the second installment of my #the100dayproject. Thank you for looking.

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  • Art Journals

    Watercolour Explorations #1 to #25

    June 27, 2017 / No Comments

    Have you joined this year’s #The100DayProject? If so, how are you getting along with your respective projects? Mine was going well until I had some family emergency and then had to do a lot of catch ups. But I’m happy I got to the halfway mark in spite of the crazy days at work. So here is a look at 25 of my mini watercolour exercises. Thank you for looking. SaveSave SaveSaveSaveSave

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  • Art Journals,  Currents

    500 Colored Pencils: Fun

    June 26, 2017 / No Comments

    Last week, I received a surprise present in the mail. It was a set of the Felissimo coloured pencils, more specifically the FUN set. Oh boy! I was giddy and excited to try these out. I actually knew of these Felissimo coloured pencils years and years ago when I walked into the shop in Beijing. Back then, I couldn’t get myself to buy any because there is about 500 colours to choose from and being a designer, it is never easy to decide on which colours to get! I’ve used these together with my watercolour art. And I love the way it turned out! Eeeks! And can I tell you…

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  • Crafting adventures

    DIY + Recycled Watercolour Set Tutorial

    November 18, 2016 / 2 Comments

    These days my head is filled with wanting to get more watercolours as part of my EDC (everyday carry) but haven’t been able to find the ‘right’ one apart from the Peerless watercolors I already have in my Traveler’s Notebook. Until I found these small clear containers on Taobao, but the coordinating case for it was still too thick to use. And then lightbulb idea (!) when the phone protective film that I purchased came with a very slim plastic case. Immediately I tried putting the containers inside and they fit perfectly inside! Yippee! It’s always great when you can combine a DIY and recycling something at the same time. This is the…

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  • Art Journals,  Crafting adventures

    Art Journal | Get Messy Season 8: Messy Lists Part 4

    June 4, 2016 / 2 Comments

    Sharing my pages for the GetMessy Messy List part 4. Somehow this set of prompts got me quite inspired to do quickly (unfortunately it took me a while to get this post out). I think it is also to do with having a smaller area to play with and getting most background done before putting on the finishing touches on each spread. Here are my spreads: Since I wrote this list for the prompt, new trips have suddenly come up which I am excited about. One of this is to Tokyo and another to Wuxi, China. Thank you for looking.

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    Art Journal | Get Messy Season 8: Messy Lists Part 3

    June 3, 2016 / No Comments

    This blogpost is way way way overdue. My pages for the Get Messy Messy Lists #3 and #4 were done some time ago but somehow time went in a blur and kept forgetting to take photos of them for this post. So finally, I’m sharing my Messy List #3 here below. Thank you for looking.

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    Art Journal | Get Messy Season 8: Messy Lists Part 2

    April 26, 2016 / No Comments

    So far so good with keeping up with the Get Messy art journal Messy Lists challenge. I’m enjoying the time spent in the evenings to make my pages. One thing I have noticed though is that I realised I spent more time than needed on these pages… I seem to have reverted back into “over thinking” things. But that is changing on the 3rd round, for sure! So here is what I made for the second set of prompts: Thank you for looking.

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    Art Journals

    #foxandwatercolour Watercolour Challenge: April (Part 1)

    April 25, 2016 / No Comments

    When I saw this challenge on Instagram, I immediately jumped at the chance to get my watercolours out and try the challenge. I was also quite ecstatic to hear the positive ‘yes!’ I got from my colleagues when I brought up the subject with them joining this challenge. All hands on deck! Just amazing and I am very inspired. I decided on making an MTN insert format out of some watercolour paper so I can carry this around with me. We are halfway into the challenge, and I wanted to share what I’ve done so far… We went out to the nearby park on Day 11 to do some painting outdoors. It was an impromptu…

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    Art Journal | Get Messy Season 8: Messy Lists Part 1

    April 20, 2016 / No Comments

    It’s Season 8 of the Get Messy art journal challenge. Last year I ended up only getting up to Season 2 and 3 because my full-time work got too hectic. And I also realise that I seem to overthink my pages and spent too much time visualising how it will look which in the end, well, got me sidetracked into other stuff. When the collab between Get Messy and 30 Days of List came up, I knew I didn’t want to pass up on this one. And this time around, I am changing things around by: Destashing – I am using a handmade MTN insert using various papers from my…

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