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.

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

 So here's my page after some doodling!

Something inspirational for your day I hope?

Continuing with the theme of hands I guess... here's a sketch I made. Tbh, hands are a great go-to subject to practice drawing skills, while almost always looking really artsy. I drew these based on a photograph of my own hands. Hey, there's a nice DIY art project!


And here are closeups, of course, because I like them. :)

DIY Completed

Starting to figure out how to form the hands

I came home this semester with a lot of extra tissue paper I never got around to using, so naturally, I looked up some DIY's to make them useful. I found two interesting wall art DIY's and worked off of them. (Linked in the headings below if you're bored at home and have some art supplies lying around...)

Here are some shots I took of my process. I'll continue these after the new year with the final products!

Textures With Tissue

Aluminum Foil Version

Coated with craft glue

So I intended to vary the medium in my posts day by day and was planning on posting something music related today, but I spent the day in the city with my sister and ended up doing a few sketches in my down time...so here's some more art. Perhaps music will come tomorrow.

Speed Sketching

I've always wanted to work on sketching fast and doing it well. When I draw with a time limit (usually something like 5-10 min), I tend to get caught up in the details and can't manage to capture the scene before I have to leave. Still trying to get over this habit. For instance, this is my sister Joy at dunkin donuts - I didn't even get the chair she was sitting on before we had to leave to catch our ride.

Some Background

This is my latest piece, made this past summer, based on a photograph I took in Sedona, Arizona last winter break at one of the stops on the Red Rock Scenic Byway (right). The painting represents an idealistic view, highlighting a simplistic path to a detailed, grand summit.

I thought about indicating scale somehow in the painting to properly capture how amazing the view was. This location was quite a climb to get to, so the photo already discounts the height. And if you look in the original photo, I've circled in red a man standing among the rocks for scale. But I decided it would be fitting to leave it as it is, because an idealist's vision is often an isolated idea that isn't grounded in the realities of its fulfillment.



Feel free to share any impressions or questions by commenting!

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I'm collecting various quotes for an upcoming art/calligraphy works. Please message me if you'd like to share any empowering, humbling, inspiring truths or quotes, from anywhere, anything or anyone.