Mandala day 1-3

So there’s a facebook group, called New Year Mandalas 2015 where everyone posts mandalas in the first 12 days of January with the intention that they are about the next 12 months of the year. An artist friend who happens to be the group owner, Judy Shintani, added me to the group and…

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diorama work in progress part 5

I changed my mind. I decided to continue posting these updates to my progress like no one is watching, even though two people are watching. As of Jan 1 12:00 am, I finished my 20th jar, so I reached my goal. Yay! In the last half hour, I really hauled ass…

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diorama work in progress posts—halt!

Well, I just got word from the curator from the show that I’ll be in that she wants to link my blog to the website for the show, so I want to either take down the posts that show the dioramas in progress, or significantly reduce the number of pictures…

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diorama work in progress part 4

I’m feeling the pressure, so I’ve decided to go easy on myself on the daily drawings. I’m a bit disappointed that I couldn’t keep the momentum going, but honestly, I have allocate my resources to other things… like food and Christmas festivities…. and these dioramas. I’ve set a deadline for myself to…

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diorama work in progress part 3

part of it is actually from part 2, but what the heck… these are better photos, i think. 8 done. 12 more to go. please god, let me get 20 done by the end of december.

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daily drawing(s) 12/14/2014

To make up for yesterday’s bad drawing of people (and dog) on the BART, here are some better drawings of random passengers. No one seems to like making eye contacts these days… and understandably, so I suppose. I even avoid looking at them because I don’t want them to think I’m…

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daily drawing 12/13/2014

I think someday I am going to do a better drawing about this day. You see, I attended a protest today. Though I wanted to draw, I felt I had to do more than draw and observe. I had to participate on this day, but I swear i will do…

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daily drawing 12/12/2014

Another busy day. I am kinda running out of ideas here because I feel so exhausted. So I am just going to continue the plant part series. Today’s drawing is brought to you by the plant part… Trichome. Trichomes are basically plant hairs. Some are glandular, so they produce this…

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daily drawing 12/11/2014

Oh man. I’m so busy, didn’t even have to go to Beyonce dance class today. About the drawing, since I did the pollen drawing, I guess it’s only fair that I do a drawing about stigma. No, not that kind of stigma. This is the the distal end of the…

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