Well, it happened. I skipped a day in my one-post-per-day challenge. It was bound to happen. But it only happened because I was busy doing actual work, so I guess it's a good thing I was focused on that at least.

I will be working on an assignment until Monday, so I think I'll take a break from the one-post-per-day aspect of this blogging project and just post if any art or music happens to come up in this last week of break. I guess this is the "end" of the challenge - nearly 20 days in a row. Not bad!

Thanks for following along! :) And thanks for the kind words you had - it makes me happy to know that some of my posts have inspired readers to go do something creative themselves, and it's really encouraging to know that my art and music is appreciated! I definitely will be blogging more (than none) from now on, since this challenge got me in the habit of just thinking about things to create, write about and share.

My Funny Valentine

Here's a recording of a version of My Funny Valentine that I arranged in the jazz ensemble at school that I've been a part of for the past three semesters. I hope you enjoy this unique take on the classic! The song starts at 31:30, but feel free to also watch other jazz ensembles' performances from the fall semester in the video.

I'm A Belieber...

NEW COVER!

If you haven't noticed, these days, rather than embarking on long-term projects like my previous DIY, I've been instead trying to find how I can incorporate art in the simple everyday activities I end up doing. This is partly because I've actually gotten quite more busy during the day while still holding myself to the 1 post per day. (A challenge is a challenge!)

For instance, yesterday I was watching the Golden Globes and decided to sketch the gowns. Today, similarly, I also drew from a screen again--a computer screen, though. I was video-chat-streaming an episode of Sherlock (which should continue to stream until Jan 25 I believe!) with a couple of friends -- which is a funny story actually. Somehow I missed out on some friend telepathy going on, and upon receiving utterly confusing texts at the time of our scheduled meeting, I realized the two of them were in Boston at one of their apartments, expecting me to join them, when all along I thought we would just be streaming the episode online at the same time. That is, because I am a few states (mentally and physically) away. (It's a long story. I hope I captured it more or less.)

Anyways, here are sketches of Watson at the dining table and Sherlock in his study during the episode -- which I screen-shotted and sketched while watching (I'm not THAT fast).

Watching the Golden Globes tonight, I decided to sketch some gowns instead of merely shouting at the screen "YEAHHH", "EWWW", "I want to wear THAT!" etc.

Here's a few that, although weren't necessarily my favorites, were fun textures/forms to sketch. Fun Fact: Dream Career #1 in my life was fashion designer! lol.

Every once in a while at school or at home, I pick up an old piece from my piano repertoire and try to see how much I remember or how much I can revive -- since I don't know how long it will be before I find time to practice again if I were to start something new. Plus, playing stuff I technically already know but still have to do some work to remember is pretty fun.

About a week ago I went back to "Zapateado" from Joaquin Turina's 3 Danzas Andaluzas, Op. 8, which was one of my favorite pieces. Here's a recording of day 2 on this piece this week (today).



Messy messy messy! I apologize for how rough of a run this is - I cut it off because it was getting a bit tooo ugly. Just more to work on the next time I pick it up again, though!

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

 So here's my page after some doodling!

Something inspirational for your day I hope?