https://leafbear.com/tags/painting/ Recent content in Painting on Leafbear Studio Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 April Yip · Leafbear Studio Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-landscape-studies-with-mapcrunch/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-landscape-studies-with-mapcrunch/ I love painting landscapes and I’ve made a small sketchbook dedicated to painting landscape studies. This sketchbook is folded from a A3 size BaoHong 300gsm watercolor paper and measured about 18x10cm. https://leafbear.com/blog/2-100-of-the-100-storefronts-challenge/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/2-100-of-the-100-storefronts-challenge/ Hello friends! I painted the second storefront for the #100Storefronts challenge during our weekly art stream on YouTube last Sunday! One storefront at a time, we are making progress here! Yay :D https://leafbear.com/blog/1-100-of-the-storefronts-challenge/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/1-100-of-the-storefronts-challenge/ I’m excited to embark on this new art challenge of painting 100 storefronts! I painted the first of the #100Storefronts during last night’s Youtube stream 😁 About the 100 Storefronts challenge and how to join: https://www.leafbear.com/2024/03/100-storefronts-art-challenge-2004/ https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/cityscape/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/cityscape/ https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/landscape/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/landscape/ https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/malaysia-paintings/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/malaysia-paintings/ https://leafbear.com/blog/asia-geographic-magazine/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/asia-geographic-magazine/ Finally received my copy of the No. 132 issue 4/2018 @asiangeographic magazine 😁 Happy to see my #pleinair #watercolor #painting of #pulauketam on the content page✨ https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/art-exhibitions-2018/ Sat, 06 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/art-exhibitions-2018/ Paintings featured in shows and exhibitions https://leafbear.com/blog/october-free-date-sticker-sheet/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/october-free-date-sticker-sheet/ The October free date sticker sheet is now ready! I tried something different for this month’s date sticker sheet. Instead of drawing individual items, I’m painting them all together as a whole! I first painted a paper with indigo, leaf green, and violet watercolors. I then added scribbles with fountain pen and metallic pen. I also added some alphabet stamps, hoping to create a collage feel for each sticker. https://leafbear.com/blog/august-date-sticker-sheet/ Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/august-date-sticker-sheet/ I’ve created this August date sheet This time the theme is about summer and I hope you’ll enjoy it! If you’ve downloaded it, please leave a comment here or tag me with #leafbearfreestickers on social media so that I know :) Don’t be shy to show me how you make use of these little stickers! https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/abstract-flowers/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/abstract-flowers/ Some of these prints are available on RedBubble: https://whya.redbubble.com https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/chinese-landscape-paintings/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/paintings/chinese-landscape-paintings/ Chinese Landscape Paintings on rice paper https://leafbear.com/blog/october-update/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/october-update/ It’s been awhile since my last update. Well, a lot had happened… and we finally moved to a new city/ place in early October. For the past few weeks, we have been busy unpacking/ settling down/ explore the neighborhood. https://leafbear.com/blog/may-update/ Mon, 30 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/may-update/ When I thought that April was a tough month, May is even worse… and I can’t imagine what June’d be like… Well, at least I’ve continued to make art… I’ve decided to be more focused when working on the ACEO projects, and tried to work with some themes. I’ve worked on is the “Girls in the Universe” series (shown above). I had fun randomly applying colors onto the paper, and then worked out the details using negative painting techniques. https://leafbear.com/blog/february-artworks/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/february-artworks/ Here’s a collection of my ACEOs done in February. Thanks to my friend who brought me some new watercolors and gouache paints, I got to play and experiment with the new paints :) always fun to play with new art materials. https://leafbear.com/blog/keep-on-painting/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/keep-on-painting/ 2016 is the year for ACEO! I’m going to keep on painting, keep on experimenting, and hopefully keep improving… :) https://leafbear.com/blog/original-watercolor-postcards-for-sales/ Wed, 09 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/original-watercolor-postcards-for-sales/ I’ve just set up my bigcartel shop, go check it out: leafbear.bigcartel.com These original watercolor postcards are now up for grab! https://leafbear.com/blog/pameran-poskad-2015/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/pameran-poskad-2015/ Thanks to the encouragements of my friends, I’ve decided to join this year’s Pameran Poskad 2015, a postcard show that features works from artists around the world. This year, a total of 502 artists are included, and more than 5000 postcards are on the show and for sales! https://leafbear.com/blog/a-watercolor-doodle-demo-video/ Sun, 11 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/a-watercolor-doodle-demo-video/ I’ve posted my first watercolor video on youtube! Go check it out! Watch on YouTube https://leafbear.com/blog/buried-by-work/ Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/buried-by-work/ Did not post anything for almost 2 months, because I was buried by work… I’ve been longing for the summer break since Dec last year!! https://leafbear.com/blog/flowers-2/ Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/flowers-2/ watercolor is so fun to play with… i usually started by simply dropping colors onto the paper… then the idea and form would slowly develop and evolve… and the final result is usually a nice surprise.. https://leafbear.com/blog/experiment-with-acrylics/ Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/experiment-with-acrylics/ Studio class exercise – using the wash technique (above) and layering technique (below). still life – acrylics on canvas https://leafbear.com/blog/ginger-flowers/ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/ginger-flowers/ I went to the Botanic Garden last week and took lots of photos. Here’s two paintings of the ginger flowers I did based on the photos I took last week. The one on the left was done on a hot press watercolor paper that I bought recently, and the one on the right is on a 135lb heavy weight paper. https://leafbear.com/blog/negative-painting/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/negative-painting/ I’ve been borrowing books and DVDs on watercolor painting from the library lately, and got really motivated to practice my watercolor techniques. I painted the followings after watching the DVD, Painting outside the lines – A positive approach to negative painting by Linda Kemp. You can get the book of the same title on Amazon too. https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-practice-2/ Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-practice-2/ practicing watercolor painting based on some photo references… autumn colors https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-experiment/ Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-experiment/ i had so much fun playing with the watercolor set, just experimenting with different color combinations and see which one i like best… hmm….still couldn’t decide… https://leafbear.com/blog/inspire-and-pixlr-o-matic/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/inspire-and-pixlr-o-matic/ Been playing with the new iPad, and was having fun with this painting app Inspire and the photo effects app Pixlr-o-matic.*** *** Inspire is quite easy to use, and I really like how the colors can be blended together beautifully. However, the canvas size is too small for the free version, and the image looks kinda blur when you view it on the computer. https://leafbear.com/blog/painting-on-a-leaf/ Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/painting-on-a-leaf/ Went for a walk at the Botanic Gardens last weekend and picked up a leaf from the ground to bring home. I did a small painting on it the next day, it looked great when I just finished, but it ‘shrink’ and wrinkle up the next day! I tried to press it down with my sketchbooks but it seems too late, does anyone know how to fix it?? https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-58-bartender-bear/ Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-58-bartender-bear/ Bartender Bear Bartender Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/houses-2/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/houses-2/ watercolor on 9*20cm sketchbook, finishing the last page… houses https://leafbear.com/blog/telok-ayer-street/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/telok-ayer-street/ After having lunch at the Korean restaurant MANNA on the Telok Ayer Street, I did a quick sketch of its shopfront. I sketched another shop along the street, and the entrance of the mosque inside Nagore Durgha. https://leafbear.com/blog/rainforest/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/rainforest/ I’m thinking of writing a story about rainforest… Rainforest https://leafbear.com/blog/bunnybear/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bunnybear/ I’ve been drawing buildings and street scenes on location too often the past few months that I almost forgot what I like most is to paint these little characters. Thanks to Illustration Friday, I’m back in painting them! More to come, so stay tuned! https://leafbear.com/blog/giraffe/ Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/giraffe/ giraffe in the dark https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-6-sleepy-bear/ Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-6-sleepy-bear/ ZzzZzzZzz sleepy bear is dreaming of letters Sleepy Bear letter brush on Deviantart or from obsidiandawn.com https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-5-thunder-bear/ Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-5-thunder-bear/ roar roar roar it’s the sound of thunder thunder bear https://leafbear.com/blog/st-andrews-church/ Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/st-andrews-church/ I was sketching the St.Andrew’s Church near the CityHall MRT last month St.Andrew’s Church and today, I was reading this photoshop tutorial and decided to apply some of the techniques onto the sketch.. https://leafbear.com/blog/wedding-band/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/wedding-band/ it was a crazy month in March… too many things are going on… https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-practice/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-practice/ mini paintings… https://leafbear.com/blog/drinks/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/drinks/ had a great time… https://leafbear.com/blog/enjoy/ Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/enjoy/ “listen to the music”, acrylics on A4 paper. based on an old drawing… https://leafbear.com/blog/legging-party/ Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/legging-party/ acrylics on A4 paper. https://leafbear.com/blog/mom-and-i/ Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mom-and-i/ a painting for mom… https://leafbear.com/blog/lake/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/lake/ https://leafbear.com/blog/winter/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/winter/ https://leafbear.com/blog/winter-is-here/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/winter-is-here/ haven’t been drawing or painting much lately.. this was done in last month…a quick watercolor… https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-mountains/ Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-mountains/ https://leafbear.com/blog/random-flowers/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/random-flowers/ finally got some acrylics paints last week and can paint again… https://leafbear.com/blog/sunset-wood/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/sunset-wood/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on canvas paper https://leafbear.com/blog/orange-poppies/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/orange-poppies/ https://leafbear.com/blog/impression-sunrise/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/impression-sunrise/ Trying to copy Claude Monet‘s Impression Sunrise. But my sun and its reflection on the water are still there after removing the color… https://leafbear.com/blog/lavander/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/lavander/ https://leafbear.com/blog/morning-glory/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/morning-glory/ https://leafbear.com/blog/fish/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/fish/ around 9*12″, acrylics on canvas paperstarted with some random blue circles and random colors … then a face and a fish emerged… then the fish took over… https://leafbear.com/blog/lighthouse/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/lighthouse/ on canvas paper https://leafbear.com/blog/ultramarine/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/ultramarine/ finally replaced the ultramarine acrylic paint…. i can paint the sky again….. https://leafbear.com/blog/waves/ Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/waves/ https://leafbear.com/blog/freeing/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/freeing/ was painting this afternoon… long time no paint, and it felt great to do it again :) just love to see how the colors flow by themselves.. watercolor on 4*4″ cardboard. https://leafbear.com/blog/the-falling-star/ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/the-falling-star/ 2.5*3.5″, watercolor on canvas paper https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-river/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-river/ 2.5*3.5″, watercolor on canvas paper https://leafbear.com/blog/swing/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/swing/ https://leafbear.com/blog/stars-3/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/stars-3/ happy new year to you all. https://leafbear.com/blog/angel/ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/angel/ Merry Christmas to you all. https://leafbear.com/blog/starry-flowers/ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/starry-flowers/ something random… https://leafbear.com/blog/xmas-cat/ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/xmas-cat/ first xmas painting this year… https://leafbear.com/blog/raindrops/ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/raindrops/ keep falling on my head… https://leafbear.com/blog/rain-2/ Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/rain-2/ I was re-watching BLEACH last week… and these two paintings were inspired by the quote from Orihimi: “If. . . If I were the rain. . . that binds together the Earth and the sky, whom in all eternity will never mingle. . . Would I be able to bind two hearts together?” https://leafbear.com/blog/autumn-leaves/ Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/autumn-leaves/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on canvas paperpainted this one a few weeks ago when the leaves just started changing color…. now most of the leaves were gone…. https://leafbear.com/blog/mommy-bear-cat/ Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mommy-bear-cat/ i painted this based on mom’s drawing… https://leafbear.com/blog/lotus-2/ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/lotus-2/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on canvas paper https://leafbear.com/blog/mermaid-2/ Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mermaid-2/ https://leafbear.com/blog/and-more-dried-flowers/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/and-more-dried-flowers/ https://leafbear.com/blog/more-dried-flowers/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/more-dried-flowers/ i did another 2… the first one with watercolor background.. https://leafbear.com/blog/green-eye/ Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/green-eye/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on canvas paper https://leafbear.com/blog/creepy-poppies/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/creepy-poppies/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on canvas paperi was in a painting mood last nite, and i did 4 mini paintings… this one is the last one… i always don’t know what i wanted to paint when painting… -_-~ https://leafbear.com/blog/shadow-forest/ Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/shadow-forest/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on canvas paper https://leafbear.com/blog/dessert-snow/ Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/dessert-snow/ 5*7″, acrylics on bristol board https://leafbear.com/blog/heart-eyes/ Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/heart-eyes/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on canvas paper https://leafbear.com/blog/sunset/ Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/sunset/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on bristol board https://leafbear.com/blog/whales/ Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/whales/ 3.5*5, watercolor on watercolor paper https://leafbear.com/blog/red-and-blue/ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/red-and-blue/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on bristol board. https://leafbear.com/blog/field/ Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/field/ https://leafbear.com/blog/blending-pen-exp/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blending-pen-exp/ trying to do more experiments with the STAEDTLER water-soluble pen, i drew a simple heart shape on the rice paper, then added a drop of water at the middle of the heart, and watched how the ink flow out by itself…. quite interesting. i think we’ve done similar things ages ago in a chemistry class… i forgot the term for it… and i tried to made a drawing from it… fun…. https://leafbear.com/blog/more-mountains/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/more-mountains/ https://leafbear.com/blog/mountains-2/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mountains-2/ mountains and villages…mountain monsters islands… https://leafbear.com/blog/flowers/ Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/flowers/ chinese ink on rice paper.. https://leafbear.com/blog/purple-flowers-2/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/purple-flowers-2/ 2.5*3.5″, ink and watercolor on bristol board https://leafbear.com/blog/fly/ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/fly/ ink and watercolor on ricepaperi paint’ the left one first, and found that the watercolor went thr’ the ricepaper and left a nice pattern on the scrap paper.. i really like it so i put another layer of ricepaper underneath the right one before painting and hope to get a nice pattern as well…and i did another one…. https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-flowers-2/ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-flowers-2/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on bristol board https://leafbear.com/blog/daisy/ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/daisy/ 0.5*0.5″, acrylics. a super mini painting. https://leafbear.com/blog/mountain-cloud-water/ Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mountain-cloud-water/ ref to a photo uncle5 took… i think it’s the ‘heaven lake’… https://leafbear.com/blog/colorful-flowers/ Sat, 26 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/colorful-flowers/ 3*4.5″, watercolor on watercolor paper. https://leafbear.com/blog/mountain-3/ Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mountain-3/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on bristol board https://leafbear.com/blog/chinese-ink-experiments/ Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/chinese-ink-experiments/ some experiments… after looking at the sandbanks photos…1. swan2. trees on sand..3. sunset over the lake…4. river… https://leafbear.com/blog/mountains/ Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mountains/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on bristol board [200 post already… wow…] https://leafbear.com/blog/desert-2/ Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/desert-2/ another desert painting…2.5*3.5″, acrylics on bristol board https://leafbear.com/blog/100-pandas/ Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/100-pandas/ brush pen on rice paper At first, I was just gonna practice drawing more pandas by following the instructions on the chinese-tools site… then I came across this post on Stefan G. Bucher’s DAILY MONSTER site and thought that maybe I can fill the page with 100 pandas too! So this is what I got after 5 days! This is the first piece of work that took me so long :P feeling somewhat accomplished though. https://leafbear.com/blog/desert/ Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/desert/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on bristol board. https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-family/ Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-family/ Miru likes to wink…Blubberu says blub all the timeGrumperu is not grumpy, he just has character. https://leafbear.com/blog/chinese-tools-com/ Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/chinese-tools-com/ Here’s a page of drawings by following the simple instructions on the Chinese-Tools site, using the brush pen I just got. And that was done by drawing from memory only after looking at the site once, I thought I did pretty well, but now I realized how bad my memory is! None of the drawings look like the original one :PThis is just more random stuff… https://leafbear.com/blog/haywire/ Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/haywire/ from last nite… https://leafbear.com/blog/rain/ Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/rain/ trying out another new sketchbook I got the other day.. it’s a 5*7″ one.. 90lbs paper https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-nite/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-nite/ Yesterday was a blue nite…1. blue penguins on ice2. blue whale flying in the sky3. between blue mountain and blue clouds… https://leafbear.com/blog/brush-pen/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/brush-pen/ My ink pens are running out of ink, so I decided to take a walk out in this SUNNY afternoon and went to the art supply store to pick up a new pen. I got a Sakura Pigma Micron 01 this time. I also got a Pigma Brush pen, and 2 more journals/sketchpad! Just can’t resist it -__-… https://leafbear.com/blog/stars/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/stars/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on bristol board. The paint was put directly on the board from the tube to get the darker area and the texture… I like how this one turned out…. https://leafbear.com/blog/more-random-stuff/ Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/more-random-stuff/ https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-the-tee-star/ Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-the-tee-star/ Heehee, Teru is finally on a TEE.And here’s the complete collection… I think I’ll take a break from that site now.. https://leafbear.com/blog/random-chinese-paintings/ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/random-chinese-paintings/ So.. that’s what I did after viewing the site ChineseTools suggested in last post’s comment.. I just did these from memory after I got home… actually don’t remember much.. :P all were in chinese ink and painted with a round brush, except the color ones which were watercolors, and the first panda which was in ink.. https://leafbear.com/blog/tee-design/ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/tee-design/ So I was playing with the tee printing site”Bountee” the other day and I have my first designed tee up… it’s based on this random flower painting… https://leafbear.com/blog/more-chinese-painting-teru-2/ Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/more-chinese-painting-teru-2/ try to see how ink works on rice paper… i think it’s not too bad.. but the colors are a bit too faint this time… too much water…. https://leafbear.com/blog/chinese-paintings-teru/ Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/chinese-paintings-teru/ inspired by CY’s ‘chinese paintings’ on msn… teru could use a chinese painting version too… the last one was just random stuff…. https://leafbear.com/blog/more-chinese-paintings/ Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/more-chinese-paintings/ actually.. it’s just watercolor on ricepaper… all were done on last night… last night was ‘purple night’… the last one was trying to copy a photo of A-mie from her site.. but of course it looks nothing like her… just want to see how it’d look on ricepaper.. https://leafbear.com/blog/chinese-paintings/ Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/chinese-paintings/ watercolor on rice paper. did these last last weekend… https://leafbear.com/blog/spring-flowers/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/spring-flowers/ 2*1″, acrylics on bristol board. So warm these days, sunny and nice outside.. i wanna go out to take photos…… https://leafbear.com/blog/plum-blossoms/ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/plum-blossoms/ 2*3″, acrylics on bristol board. JY was showing me how to do some Chinese paintings on rice paper last weekend, we did some plum blossoms, blue flowers, bamboos, etc… and yesterday when I was trying to think of what to paint, I decided to try the plum blossoms with acrylics… I framed it with the 2nd mini frame, but I don’t think it goes very well with it :P https://leafbear.com/blog/new-moon/ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/new-moon/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on bristol board. I guess I watched too much PGSM lately.. I just want some quiet time… https://leafbear.com/blog/sunrise/ Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/sunrise/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on bristol board. Sunrise this morning. After the portrait, I just need to paint something that is easier…. in order to feel ‘balanced’ -__-. https://leafbear.com/blog/hindi-ayumi/ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/hindi-ayumi/ 3*3.5 acrylics on bristol board. The background is the support board that I use whenever I paint acrylics. So I just feel like painting today, but don’t really know what to paint. I’ve never really painted a portrait, so I try to paint Ayumi again. This time, she turned into an Indian girl… Oh well.. this reminds me of Miss Chan Chan. https://leafbear.com/blog/shoes/ Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/shoes/ I just can’t help but paint more shoes… here are two based on the sketches….2.5*3.5, acrylics on bristol board. https://leafbear.com/blog/fishes/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/fishes/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on bristol board. https://leafbear.com/blog/keyboard-key-monster/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/keyboard-key-monster/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on canvas paper. I ‘saw’ this little creature the other day when ‘focusing’ my sight on laptop’s keyboard… https://leafbear.com/blog/apple-rain/ Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/apple-rain/ 2.5*3.5, acrylics on canvas paper https://leafbear.com/blog/lotus/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/lotus/ https://leafbear.com/blog/mountain-2/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mountain-2/ https://leafbear.com/blog/roster/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/roster/ https://leafbear.com/blog/snail/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/snail/ https://leafbear.com/blog/tea/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/tea/ https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-and-jack/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-and-jack/ https://leafbear.com/blog/trees/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/trees/ https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-angel/ Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-angel/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on bristol board https://leafbear.com/blog/bubbles/ Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bubbles/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on canvas paper the background was first yellow, then reddish brown, then blue.. not what i planned… and i got too much red and blue paint squeezed out and did 2 other paintings from them.. https://leafbear.com/blog/red-flower/ Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/red-flower/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics got too much red paint left from last painting, so just randomly painted this, but i like how it turned out… https://leafbear.com/blog/hearts-2/ Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/hearts-2/ https://leafbear.com/blog/saliva-monster-2/ Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/saliva-monster-2/ https://leafbear.com/blog/bamboo-2/ Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bamboo-2/ 13*27″, Chinese ink on rice paper Finally got some Chinese ink, and a big brush, so just practicing here. This is the biggest thing I’ve ever painted. I have to put it on the floor to take a picture. https://leafbear.com/blog/mountain/ Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mountain/ 9*13″, Chinese ink on rice paper just another practice.. i think i need to get a book, cuz i don’t know what else to paint except for bamboo and mountain… https://leafbear.com/blog/wc-lets-illustrate-no-2-making-a-wish/ Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/wc-lets-illustrate-no-2-making-a-wish/ I like the watercolor version better… https://leafbear.com/blog/bamboo/ Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bamboo/ just practicing… https://leafbear.com/blog/rice-paper/ Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/rice-paper/ A friend gave me some rice paper, and here are some of my first tries… watercolor with a round brush.. https://leafbear.com/blog/hearts/ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/hearts/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on canvas paper I only noticed that she turned out like Yoshitomo Nara’s drawings after I painted her, I didn’t mean it at all… it just turned out this way itself… doesn’t look like the draft at all… https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-rabbit/ Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-rabbit/ 2.5*3.5, watercolor on canvas paper, 10min Trying out the canvas paper again, this time with watercolor. I think it works better with acrylics. https://leafbear.com/blog/angel-wings/ Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/angel-wings/ 2.5*3.5″, acrylics on canvas paper, 20min Just wanted to try out the canvas paper I bought yesterday. First time painting on ‘canvas’, it feels good! It’s a lot easier to paint on the canvas paper than on the bristol board. The color wasn’t what I planned for, but I never followed my own plan so as long as it turns out alright, it doesn’t matter. And I think it looks pretty good, what a nice surprise. https://leafbear.com/blog/caught-in-the-web/ Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/caught-in-the-web/ Thinking of re-drawing those mspaint drawings onto paper, and here are some attempts. I messed up the color of its head, so I just painted it into all black. Didn’t really like the background too… it doesn’t look like a ‘web’ now.. not sure what to do with it.. it looks too empty when it’s blank… https://leafbear.com/blog/flower-head-2/ Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/flower-head-2/ Hmm.. another attempt… maybe I should just stick with mspaint? https://leafbear.com/blog/1870/ Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/1870/ 3*4″, watercolor https://leafbear.com/blog/purple-flowers/ Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/purple-flowers/ 3*3.5″, watercolor https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolors-on-bristol-boards/ Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolors-on-bristol-boards/ 2.5*3.5″, watercolor just experimenting, the results are quite interesting.. but colors are a bit off in the photos.. blue flower: colors be more greeny… it was painted wet in wet at first, but decided to just add colors directly from the tube using a dry brush at last… https://leafbear.com/blog/on-the-roof/ Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/on-the-roof/ 3.5*5″, ink and watercolor https://leafbear.com/blog/red-flowers/ Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/red-flowers/ 3.5*3.5″, watercolor random stuff… https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-flowers/ Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-flowers/ 2.5*3″, watercolor wetcanvas got tones of online demos… got me reading all day… these are supposed to be dandelions, but they turned out like daisy more… https://leafbear.com/blog/mermaid/ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mermaid/ 3*4″, watercolor I guess Mermaid and Monster come from the same place…. https://leafbear.com/blog/monster/ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/monster/ 2.5*4″, watercolor I have no idea where this thing comes from, maybe it has always been there… https://leafbear.com/blog/fire-dance-2/ Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/fire-dance-2/ 2.5 *3.5″, acrylics, 30min I liked the fire dance sketch, so I decided to paint it with acrylics. The background was deep blue at first, then it became yellow, and green, and finally this reddish brown one… https://leafbear.com/blog/wild-flowers/ Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/wild-flowers/ 2.5*3.5″, watercolor, 15min random stuff… wanted to paint the sea at the beginning, but the sea turned into the sky, and there are some weird flowers / glasses at the foreground… https://leafbear.com/blog/1816/ Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/1816/ 2.5″*3.5″, acrylics, 1.5 hours. Wanted to paint one of those “streetlight paintings” photos, but it didn’t turn out right at all. Don’t know how to paint lights. I just kept painting over and over and finally settle with this. Not happy about it, maybe I’ll paint it over again later, but that’s it for today. https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-sky/ Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-sky/ 3*4cm, ink and watercolor, 1 min It’s sunny today, and the sky is so so blue. I really miss the blue sky.